[Callers] Ferry Boat Contra Ideas

[Karin Neils via Callers]

this is 'Englishy' so if you have a "contras only" crowd, teach 
carefully and use contra terms for calling

Anderson Ferry Reel    By Eric Conrad
Proper
Longways Mixer - 5 to 7 couples (6 is ideal)
Beginner

A1        (8) Up a double and back     [an English dance move a bit like 
fwd and back]
            (8) Repeat  

A2        (8) Dosido partner slightly more than once to face a new 
partner (leaving two loners at the ends) 
            (8) Swing this new 
partner   

B1        (16) Two loners ``ride the ferry''.       The lone man weaves 
down the women's line to the bottom of the man's line while the lone 
woman weaves                 up the man's line to the top of the women's 
line.

B2         (8) Forward and back (adjusting the two lines)    (8) Swing 
another new partner (person directly across) and end face up.

see notes at 
<http://web.archive.org/web/20110811023012/http://www.math.osu.edu/~econrad/AFR.html>


We just rode a ferry to cross the upper Ohio River - it is easy to 'feel 
the ride' in this dance....