[Callers] Holiday Contra

[Jonathan Sivier]

    I need to get that page updated.  It's on my list of Things To Do 
Real Soon Now.  Maybe I can get to that over the holidays.  ;-)

    Here is the dance.

Champaign Cocktail
Jonathan Sivier
duple improper

1 - Neighbor do-si-do
2 - Ladies allemande left 1 1/2
3-4 Partner balance and swing (on gent's original side)
5 - Circle left 3/4 (back to original places)
6 - Neighbor swing (on the side)
7 - Circle left
8 - Star left (look for new neighbors)

I came up with this dance on 5/20/2013 prior to a gig in Bloomington, 
IN.  I wanted a nice easy dance for early in the evening and was tired 
of the same old dances I had been using.  I borrowed bits from several 
other easy dances.  I live in Champaign, IL and figured it was a 
cocktail of dances and thus the name, a play on Champagne Cocktail.

Jonathan

On 12/14/2017 1:09 PM, Linda Leslie wrote:
> Hi, Jonathan!
> Just went to your website to look for Champaign Cocktail. I am not seeing it. Would you share it with us?
> Thanks! Linda
> 
> On Dec 14, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> 
>>    It depends on what you consider to be a holiday theme.  Here are some dances I included in my program at our local contra dance last Friday.
>>
>> What we are all trying to do at this time of year -
>> Losing Weight by Michael Barraclough
>>
>> For New Years Eve -
>> Champaign Cocktail by Jonathan Sivier
>>
>> For the Gay Gordon's figure -
>> Glen Echo Promenade by Bob Dalsemer
>>
>> For Christmas shopping -
>> Scrod Pudding's Trip to the Mall by Bill Olson
>>
>> Snow Dance by Gene Hubert
>>
>> Christmas is on Monday -
>> Monday by Jim Hemphill
>>
>> And what we are looking forward to after winter -
>> American Spring by Glen Nickerson
>> Summer Sunshine by Paul Balliet
>>
>>   I also had some Star themed dances such as Star of Joy by Kate Chaitin in reserve.
>>
>> Jonathan
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>>
>> On 12/14/2017 12:24 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
>>> Does anyone have a couple of easy holiday themed contras to share?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rich