Sets in Order published a teaching manual for teaching contras. Sorry I can't remember the exact name. For sure it has the kind of material you're looking for. My guess is that it's out of print and you'd have to find a used copy.
Sent from my iPad > On Jul 18, 2017, at 10:40 PM, Jeanette Mill via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Judy > > I called a couple of contras at a square dance festival here in Australia, > and found that I needed to keep calling all the way through, as they were > used to calls being varied through the dance, so would stop dancing if I > faded out the calling. This may not be common to all codes of square dancing. > > cheers > Jeanette > > Jeanette Mill > Contra dance caller, musician, workshop facilitator > Canberra, Australia > Phone: +61 (0)449 686 077 > Email: [email protected] > Skype: jeanette.mill > > "The piano - 88 little mistakes waiting to happen" Kate Barnes > > > > On Wednesday, 19 July 2017, 12:28, Judy Greenhill via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > I have undertaken to teach some modern square dancers how to contra dance, > and I’m wondering if anyone has experience with this and has any dances to > recommend? I’m a square dancer myself but most of my contra repertoire is for > modern contra dancers- 2 swings, lots of Balance and swing, etc. I’d like > more dances with MWSD moves in them and possibly without any, or only 1, > swing, and they don’t need to have a partner swing. The dancers I am teaching > are all either plus or advanced, so they will tire pretty quickly of the > usual simple glossary contras I would normally do in a teaching situation. > They can do the moves; it’s the formation that is new to them. > > Thanks, > Judy > > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
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