Hi Contra Callers,
My wife and I have just had 10 days of
fantastic contra dancing here in New Zealand. We
joined up with Ron and Cathy Arps' contra
tour. We had a ball! It was our first chance to
experience real contra dancing.
I've called "barn dances" here for many years, and
call MWSD too. I hope we can get contra going here
in Christchurch. We had a first go last Sunday
(www.baritompa.com/contra)
I've been on the ABC square dance forum for
awhile, which promotes the idea of dances rather
than classes. On the tour I really enjoyed calling
a simple traditional flavour dance to the contra
dancers - who would swing for 8 beats!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4zInEY84UI&feature=PlayList&p=40331DECD14CC5C0&index=11
Since coming back from the tour, I've made contact
via the web with a number of contra callers and
musicians and received so much help and useful
material. The contra community is very welcoming.
Cheers, Bill
