Laurie, I suggest you consider Colin Hume's Ely Waltz. It's very approachable to newer dancers while being interesting enough to keep more experienced dancers happy.
Colin has written a nice tune to accompany it, but I have found that it works just fine with most 32-bar waltzes. Mark Hillegonds Cell: 734-756-8441 Email: [email protected] On Aug 30, 2012, at 10:53 PM, Laur <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Greg. I am looking for a mixer, probably a circle mixer, that is > fun and interesting for regular contra dancers, not new dancers, and not for > a festival or a ONS. > > I have, for instance, Esmeralda’s Revenge (and the easier versions January > mixer and Atlanta mixer); I have Teds mixer. So something maybe in the > middle of those two. Something not so involved that people will scratch > their heads, and with flow. > > Lp > > > --- On Thu, 8/30/12, Greg McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Greg McKenzie <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Callers] mixers for regular dancers not ons >> To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 10:44 PM >> Laurie, >> >> With the vast diversity of interests and types of dance on >> this list...can >> you be a little more specific about the "regular" dance >> series you are >> planning to call fun mixers for? >> >> Is it a square dance series; a "barn dance" series, an >> English country, >> advanced contra, an open, public contra dance; or some >> mixture thereof? >> >> (I am trying not to make assumptions before I comment on >> such things.) >> >> - Greg McKenzie >> >> ************ >> >> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Laur <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I'm looking for interesting/ fun mixers to use at a >> regular dance series. >>> I haven't had the opportunity to collect any mixers >> while dancing around >>> this year (they are sometimes few and far between) and >> so - here I am! >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Laurie P >>> West MI >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
