I agree - the dances she's leading are what I call "community dances" and I've also emailed her separately with some suggestions of mainly whole set dances and circle, square, & other formations that are family-friendly.
Marion Rose also has some great books with CDs; the series is called Step Lively (Canadian). Patricia [email protected] www.countrydancecaller.com Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 15, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Colin Hume via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:34:10 -0400, Sister Mary Joseph wrote: >> I'm not sure if the dances I do know are even contras technically. >> I am pretty much working with the families who come here to Mass >> and am looking to add to the ten or so dances that they already >> know. Here are a few of our dances. >> >> -The Virginia Reel >> - The Bridge of Athlone >> - Heel & Toe Polka >> - Oh Suzanna > > No, they're not contras; they're English Barn Dance repertoire - > though I'm not saying they're all dances from England; Bridge of > Athlone comes from Ireland and Virginia Reel comes from America though > the original was Sir Roger de Coverley which comes from England. > Every Saturday night hundreds of callers in England will be teaching > these at Barn Dances to people who may never have danced before: > school PTAs, Weddings, Scout or Guide parents, etc. > > I recommend http://barndances.org.uk/ where Thomas Green which gives > lots of good advice and instructions for lots of good dances. > > To find out what the terms mean, I recommend Hugh Stewart's book > "Elements of English Country Dance" which you can find online at > http://round.soc.srcf.net/dances/elements.htm > > Colin Hume > > Email [email protected] Web site http://www.colinhume.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
