Hey Sue (and other community dance callers), Would you mind posting the content of some of these dances here? The quadrille sounds very interesting. I've been asked to call a couple of barn dances too, and keep seeing references to these dances, but don't have access to the books they're printed in.
Thank you!! Tina > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:48:46 -0500 > From: Sue Robishaw <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Beginner Contras > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Hi, > We are sadly lacking in contra in my neck of the > world, and I don't > have the experience of others on the list (who I'm > thoroughly enjoying > learning from), but I've taught a few easy ones to our > IFD group to > introduce the idea, and these worked well (I think > they were all from > the New England Dancing Masters "Chimes of Dunkirk" > book: > Jefferson & Liberty > Haste to the Wedding > Broken Sixpence > A non-contra easy dance that's gone over well with > both our IFDers and > mixed public is the quadrille "The Carding" from > Dudley Laufman's > "Sweets of May". Lively and you don't need even > numbers of couples as > in a square. > Snowy Cheers, > Sue Robishaw > Upper Peninsula of Michigan > > -- > > * * * * * * * * * * > > Sue Robishaw ~ [1][email protected] ~ > 906-644-2598 > 770N Fox Rd, Cooks MI 49817 ~ ~ ~ > [2]www.ManyTracks.com > > "At the heart of this story, I think , is a > simple, abiding > belief: it is possible to live wisely on the land, > and to live well. > And in behaving respectfully toward all that the land > contains, it is > possible to imagine a stifling ignorance falling away > from us." > Barry Lopez ~ "Arctic Dreams" > > * * * * * * * * * * > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://www.ManyTracks.com/ > > Tina R. Fields, Ph.D. (707) 824-9318 "Hindsight Now!"
