Linda -- The handshake thing made me think of the English ceilidh dance "Buttered Peas" (although it doesn't have the same handshake pattern). Here's a video of it being called then done to a moderate tempo bouncy reel or polka with no particular support for the shake/shake/shake clap/clap/clap and you can see it works a treat. (It's in the B music.).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6xtlh_udQM So it's possible you don't need a perfect rhythymic match for this. But also, if I understand what you're after right (and it's very possible I don't!), maybe "Little Brown Jug"? -- Alan ________________________________________ From: Linda S. Mrosko via Contra Callers <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 5:20 PM To: Neal Schlein Cc: Contra Callers Subject: [Callers] Re: Looking for a Tune Well, you know, Neil, every time I've ever called a Virginia Reel or any other dive to the top dances for community-style dances, the dancers are always late doing the dive to the top, so this allows for diving under 2-3-4 arches to progress, and I can get maybe 8 or more couples dancing instead of 4 or 6 dancers, which is the kind of line I was in when I learned the dance. So it seems perfectly reasonable to me to allow extra time to get everyone back in place. The 1-2-3-4 part is also shaking hands (actually, it probably should be 1-2-3, step back), so it's shake (rest) shake (rest) shake shake shake step back -- Looking forward, Linda S. Mrosko (903) 292-3713 (Cell) contradancetx.com<http://www.contradancetx.com> _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
