Well Chrissy, if your french is good, Rick Mohr's "Night Sail" was specifically written to go with "Nous Allons à une Fête" as performed by Nightingale and sung by Keith Murphy. You can hear a excerpt from Dance Flurry 2008 here:
http://bit.ly/h8KJ9m Night Sail by Rick Mohr Contra/Becket-CW A1 ----------- (8) Women chain to Neighbor (8) Circle Right 1X until across the set from partner, then turn towards next couple A2 ----------- (8) (With next couple) Circle Left 1X (8) Do-si-do new neighbor on the side (Join hands in a wavy line of four, women LH in center, RH to neighbor) B1 ----------- (4) Balance wave to right and then left (12) pass neighbor by right shoulder into 3/4 hey B2 ----------- (8) Gypsy partner (8) Swing partner on 1/20/11 10:25 AM, Chrissy Fowler at [email protected] wrote: > > Hi all, > > A friend asked me if there are contra dances whose associated melodies/tunes > have lyrics. > > Suggestions? > > Chrissy Fowler > Belfast ME > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers -- William M. Loving Dedication Technologies, Inc. 7 Coach Lane Amherst, MA 01002-3304 USA [email protected] Tel: +1 413 253-7223 (GMT 5) Fax: +1 206 202-0476
