[Callers] Contras for One Nighters

[Rich Sbardella via Callers]

Kalia,
You make a good point.  My most successful contra for such applications has
been Haste to the Wedding in a proper line.
I have had trouble with the cast at Party Dances.  Do you demonstrate it?
How do you describe it?
I like your suggestion of Washington Quickstep.  I might try it with 1.s
DSD, then 2s DSD instead of R&L Thrus.
Rich

On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> 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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