Not to get too whacky here but: how about contra --> 4-face-4 --> square??? -- Maia McCormick (she/her) 917.279.8194
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 8:33 AM Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Ron Buchanan was the first person I saw medley a square into a contra. I > don't remember him doing the reverse, but he may have. > > Going from square into contra is actually pretty easy. Sides chain, get > the heads in between the sides (say, heads DSD opposite, current corner > DSD), then go down the hall four in line. Turn alone, come back up, CL 3 > places, partner swing. poof. > > I haven't found a method for smoothly going from contra to a square on the > fly. The best I've done is Circle left, now pause, and change into hands > eight. Then circle left, open up. Then identify the square - and have sides > chain across. > > Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his) > Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jeff Kaufman via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 25, 2023 8:12 AM > *To:* Contra Callers <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [External] [Callers] Putting a square in a contra medley > > *"if we had more time we'd throw in a square"* > > The contra dance medley at NEFFA > <https://www.neffa.org/folk-festival/new-england-folk-festival-2023/> is > normally six dances, each six times through (well, the last one is five or > seven). I was thinking about what you'd need to do if you actually wanted > to include a square... > > The main problem is that you need to switch the dancers from groups of > four to groups of eight, and there isn't really a great way to do this. In > computer science speak the issue is that it takes time linear in the number > of dancers. But maybe you could have the top couple sashay down from the > top, and everyone takes hands eight as they pass, which is fast enough even > in a long hall that it's ok (~16 beats, and you adjust the time by figuring > out how much intro to do on the square)? And then tell anyone left out at > the bottom to square up? > > (Going back into contra lines from aligned squares should be easier: side > couples circle left three quarters and twirl to swap, lines at the sides, > etc) > > Would this work? > > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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