I'd love if you could include the dance notes here, for a few of the most favourite!
I know one can always google such things, but it's always so nice to get handpicked ones written out here :) (Whenever I am asked to call a "contra dance" at a wedding or community event, I usually use ceilidh-inspired dances but using more typical contra figures - lots of allemandes and balances-- for the fun centripetal and pushme-pullyou forces that my dancers enjoy at our monthly dances and likely inspires them to ask for contras at their wedding or community event). Sep 17, 2023 11:34:48 AM Dave Casserly via Contra Callers <[email protected]>: > 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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