Re: [Callers] contras for modern square dancers

2017-07-19 Thread JD Erskine via Callers
On 2017-07-19 0717, Greenleaf via Callers wrote: Hi Judy- Here’s a helpful article written by Clark Baker, a MWSD caller and a contra dancer, and it explains contras and trad squares to MWSDers: http://www.tiac.net/~mabaker/how-contra-dances-work.html also in the wild is this, which may

Re: [Callers] contras for modern square dancers

2017-07-19 Thread Greenleaf via Callers
Hi Judy- Here’s a helpful article written by Clark Baker, a MWSD caller and a contra dancer, and it explains contras and trad squares to MWSDers: http://www.tiac.net/~mabaker/how-contra-dances-work.html I dance both styles, and I’ve noticed a few big differences: -MWSDers are not used to long

Re: [Callers] contras for modern square dancers

2017-07-19 Thread Colin Hume via Callers
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 05:45:53 -0700, Aahz via Callers wrote: > Putting it another way, if they can't enjoy what makes contra different from > square dancing, why bother? I was going to make exactly the same point. It's like people who want to introduce contra dancers to English, and therefore