Jeff, I recommend Joys of Port McNeill by Marian Rose, especially when danced
to the tune Joys of Quebec as it was intended by the author. I won't reprint it
here without Marian's permission, but it's in her Step Lively 2 book. It
fulfills much the same objectives as Haste to the Wedding, has the same kind of
alignment between the music and choreography, and has the bonus of an easy
zigzag figure. I've used this early in an evening to preview the zigzag figure
in a contra later on in the program. Works as Sicilian circle (as written) or
as improper contra.
Jeremy
> Yesterday I called Haste to the Wedding [1] after an influx of new
> dancers and as a recovery from a dance that was a little too hard for
> the group. I expected it to go well, but I was surprised by how well,
> actually. With the clapping in time with the music in the B parts and
> the extra time for the pass through, a lot of people who'd been
> confused by progression and how this whole thing worked seemed to get
> it in a way that helped for following dances as well.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions for other dances that work similarly,
> teaching progression?
>
