[Callers] Holiday contras - BEG/EASY
Rich Sbardella via Callers
callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Sun Dec 4 08:09:38 PST 2016
Winter Wonderland. Here is a Community Dance, square dance version, but it
is a 32 bar tune and will work with contras.
Rich
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 5:20 PM, David Harding via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I'm interested in familiar holiday tunes that work for contras. I know
> I've danced to Jingle Bells a couple of times (as Alan suggested), and
> think I remember doing a mixer to Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Any other ideas?
>
> David
>
>
> On 12/2/2016 6:10 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
>
>> Claire --
>>
>> In my experience, choosing dances because their titles fit a particular
>> theme isn't the best way to make programs.
>>
>> For Christmas holiday dances I'm used to bands slipping familiar holiday
>> tunes into their regular sets. (Jingle Bells fits in nicely as a bouncy
>> tune. Several carols can be played as waltzes.) You can also playfully
>> alter the names of dances you'd want to call anyway to make them fit the
>> theme.
>>
>>
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