New subject: [Callers] Folk Festival - Easy Contra dances to teach Beginners

25 Jul 2018

Hi Cheryl and all,

I'm glad you like the dance, it's called  Easy Progressive Contra 3
  http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/2012-July/…

I don't specify how much to move the circles or stars in A1 and A2 but just say 
to move
for 8 beats. I tell them they will end of back where they started because moving 
both
directions cancel out each time.

Also I didn't specify the type of stars but stress the A1/A2 transition is to 
keep moving and
put your 'inside' (left) hand in. This is to get them to learn to move the stars 
first and make the
grip on the move. Also they don't need to know which hand is left, as they 
should use the hand
closest to the center.

If the dancer look up to it, I suggest the option to communicate with your Nbr 
in B2 and choose
to allemand 1x or 2x.

Cheers, Bill

On 25/07/2018 11:33 a.m., Cheryl Joyal via Callers wrote:
...
  One of my favorite is Easy Progressive Contra - I find
it works better for me 
 with beginners, because the couples do-si-do 1+1/2 in Family Contra seems to 
 confuse people (or I dont teach it well!)

 Easy Progressive Contra  (by ???)

 *A1*(8) Circle Left 1X
 (8) Circle Right 1X

 *A2*(8) Star Left - Hands across
 (8) Star Right - Hands across

 *B1*(8) Women Do-si-do
 (8) Men Do-si-do

 *B2*(8) Neighbor allemande Right 1x
 (8) Neighbor Balance and Pull by to New Ne’s

 Cheryl Joyal
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