Dancing Sailors is a fantastic dance -- one of my favorites! It's also quite tricky. Unless you're calling to experienced dancers, you may choose to avoid this dance, with contra corners into a hey where the ones are dancing with their partners, but the twos with a shadow in a different minor set, it's ripe for beginner, and even experienced confusion. Besides being a challenge when in the middle of the set, the end effects are tricky, and can easily increase the confusion factor...

~erik hoffman
oakland, ca

On 7/9/2015 11:48 PM, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote:

Lindsey,
I was looking for a fun but easy to call contra and found this one for your nautical theme. From Rich Goss' collection of dance cards. http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/

claire takemori

Dancing Sailors - Ed Shaw                                                                     Proper

Reels

A1:         Actives down the outside below two couples

         Return up the center, cast off

A2:         Actives turn contra corners

B1:         Actives with their second corners

         Hey-for-4 on the diag (actives start pass right sh)

B2:         Actives swing in the middle (end facing up)
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