Re: [Callers] weird contra dances

2007-12-11 Thread Bob Isaacs
> I'm gathering some people together tomorrow night to walk through that dance. > I've got a couple of other weird dances, but while I've got some dancers > gathered together for some experimental dancing, do YOU have any weird > contras you've had hanging around and you need an in-depth,

Re: [Callers] "weird" contra dances

2007-12-11 Thread Dave Colestock
Here's one that you can try. It's a contra corners dance entitled "Whose Turn?" It is an advanced, and somewhat "weird", dance. Any feedback is welcomed. Thanks, Dave Colestock www.davecolestock.com where you can find most of my dance compositions. Whose Turn? - Duple, Becket

Re: [Callers] weird contra dances

2007-12-11 Thread Janet Levatin
Here is a dance I wrote that is a little weird. It has been danced at least three times, and was moderately successful. The dancers needed some help with the walk through. Please let me know if you are able to use it and if it is indeed weird enough for you. Janet Levatin California Twirlin'

Re: [Callers] weird contra dances

2007-12-11 Thread gtw...@worldpath.net
HI Seth Sounds like fun but please refine notation or possibly its just my browser??? If I have time tomorrow I'll send a dance that I created. Thanks Gale Wood Original Message: - From: Tepfer, Seth la...@emory.edu List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Date: Tue, 11 Dec

[Callers] weird contra dances

2007-12-11 Thread Tepfer, Seth
A friend in Seattle (Alan Cheetham) has written a contra dance with substantially weird end effects called broken corners. The dance is below, but the gist of the hook is you start contra corners, but with your first corner you allemande left 1.5 to have the TWOs complete the contra corners.