What called waltz dances do people know?
These are the three I use most frequently:
Spanish Waltz, an oldie
Waterfall Waltz, by Pat Shaw
The Wood Duck, by Fried Herman
(both of these are from English country dancing, as is Margaret's Waltz, Duke of
Kent's Waltz, and many, many more, but these two are the ones I seem to have
settled on)
There's also Roses in Bloom, a square set in waltz time, written by Rich Jackson
and published in the CDSS News #106. But given the difficulty of getting some
contra dancers to dance squares at all, and adding in the challenge of asking
people to dance in waltz time, you can imagine that this doesn't get used much
in contra circles!
Also from the ECD world, another square in waltz time is Pat Shaw's
Heidenroslein.
David Millstone