I think they're trying to refer to the style of dancing that was popular before Larry Jennings-style "zesty contra".
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:21 AM, John Sweeney via Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I was at a workshop recently where someone asked me if I liked "the > Ralph Page style" of contra dance. They claimed that they had been told > that he wanted dances to be slower and calmer. > > Is there a "Ralph Page style"? If so what is it? > > If he wanted the music slower, what speed did he want? Did he want > it slower than the 130+bpm that square dancers used to use? Or slower than > the 120bmp that is common now in contra? > > Thanks. > > Happy dancing, > John > > John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected] 01233 625 362 > http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
