My band frequently requests that callers do this when we play, at least once or twice in a night. We'll be doing that this coming Friday at Glen Echo, with Greg Frock calling. Gives us a chance to play our hornpipe / 48-bar-jig / slip jig, or whatever, sets. If you'd like, I'd be happy to put you in touch with some of the callers who have accommodated that practice. Some contra dancers complain if it's more than a dance or two in a night, but most of them enjoy it, particularly if you don't tell them it's not a contra dance. They're certainly not any more liable to complain about a ceilidh mixer than about any other mixer.
On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 10:27 AM Rich Goss via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone slip in a ceilidh style dance at a contra? Some of the > mixers work well at contra dances. Also, it’s an opportunity to give new > dancers brains a break. I suspect this practice is more common in the > UK. Colin, feel free to chime in. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- David Casserly (cell) 781 258-2761 he/him
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