5 Mar
2016
5 Mar
'16
9:27 p.m.
In looking at Kalia's suggestions, I've put the Itchinton dance in what
is more readable to me. Kalia, do I have it correct?
Itchington Long Dance
Hugh Rippon, 1990
(pretending it's) Improper
A1: Star L/R;
A2:Wm DSD; Mn DSD
B1: Ones down center, turn alone, return, cast
B2:1s swing and look down for new Nbrs
For beginning dancers, I'd change B2 to Long lines forward and back
(good for connection, reduces swing time, which is often better for
beginners)
~Erik
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On 3/5/2016 12:54 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
On 3/5/2016 10:44 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers
wrote:
I rarely call a contra at a One Night Party
Dance, but occasionally I am
asked to. I have a few in my cards, but can anyone make some sure fire
recommendations.
Assume 95%-100% non dancers.
Just getting to the duple minor progression can be quite a process.
The simplest duple minor I've got is not technically a contra (it's an
English ceilidh dance), but works well as a mine-sweeper to see
whether more complex duples will work. It's called the Itchington
Long Dance (Hugh Rippon, 1990). Star L/R; cnrs dosido; 1s
down/bk/cast; 1s swing and look down for new Ns. If your crowd is up
for it and you've got room, the B2 can be a general P swing, but I
like to do it just for the 1s to make the progression clearer.
Washington Quickstep (a contra chestnut) is good too, and if the 1s
lose track of who needs to be on the right after the swing, nothing
terrible happens. Star R/L, 1s dn/bk/cast; R&L thru over/bk; LLFB, 1s
sw.
Kalia
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