Hi Kalia,
I see you have loads of responses already! Here are a few easy ones
from my files that I believe meet your criteria:
Bases Loaded (by Jim Saxe, Lydee Scudder, and Tom Thoreau)
Contra; Becket (CW)
Start by turning the circle of four 1/8 AC so
that you face another couple on the
Kalia, Don’t know if any of these will suit. It’s for new callers, not
necessarily new dancers, so the first may be too family dance oriented.
All of the following are Becket formation
My variant of Balance the Star #2 by the McLain Family (at least that’s the
title I have for it). I changed th
Hi,
Let me try again ...
Coal Country Contra by Ron Buchanan
Women pull across by Rh, neighbor by L 1.5, men Alm R 1.5
Partner balance and swing
R&L thru, partner rollaway out of courtesy turn (W rollsL), Men Dosado (and
stand still back in place)
Women Dosado and walk behind Ptr from h
Let me try this again. Coal Country Contra by Ron Buchanan
A1: women Rh pull across, neighbor Allemand left 1.5, men alm R 1.5
A2: partner balance and swing
B1: R&L thru, partner rollaway(W rolls left), men Dosado (and men stand still
in place)
B2: women Dosado and walk behind her partner
On Thu, Jun 29, 2017, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
>
> I'm re-vamping my list of simple contra dances for new callers, and am in
> search of a very particular sort of becket dance. The list is one of my
> hand-outs for callers' classes at camps, so the folks who'll be using it are
> likely to
I suggest Coal Country Contra by Ron Buchanan. It has a right-and-left thru.
Jim Williams
Lawrence,KS
Each Day Is a Gift, it's called the present
> On Jun 29, 2017, at 5:28 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers
> wrote:
>
> ...Wow, this is embarrassing, I can't find any dances in my deck that fit
>
On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:50:26 -0700, Jean Gibson-Gorrindo via Callers wrote:
> Hi Kalia (and all)! Here is a fun one you might not have. Jon wrote it just
> after Thanksgiving - hence the �play on
> words� title!
There's already a contra called "Trip to Phan Reel", by Susan Kevra in 1993.
And a