I'm going to head off-list and talk to my friend Norb Spencer, accordionist extraordinaire, major tune-hound, and player of all three likely-to-be-not-32 genres (Oldtime, Fr.C, and Scottish). Watch this space... On 1/3/20, John Sweeney via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hi Amy, > You asked about the 40-bar dance. > > The dance I am currently working on is " Ladies Walk Around Their Contra " > http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/FormationsDances.html#LadiesWalk > > I was at a dance on New Year's Eve where it was called and realised it was > a new formation for me. It is a Becket dance for Trios (Lady-Man-Lady). It > is Formation #102 at http://contrafusion.co.uk/Formations.html > > I don't know who wrote it. Does anyone know? > > A good 40-bar tune will also be useful for: > "Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman > http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=5030 > “Apple Pie Quadrille” by Ron Beeson > http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12522 > "Not So Solitary" by me (Nine dancers in a 3x3 grid doing lots of Heys) > > Thanks. > > Happy dancing, > John > > John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 > 940 574 > http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs > http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent > http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net >