Re: [Callers] Irish Contra Dances

s.sharedweight.net Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Irish Contra Dances Hi John and Don,     The "English" people in the clip you mentioned are mostly Kiwis but close enough. That was taken at our monthly dance when we were joined by a contra tour from the

Re: [Callers] Irish Contra Dances

Hi John and Don, The "English" people in the clip you mentioned are mostly Kiwis but close enough. That was taken at our monthly dance when we were joined by a contra tour from the USA and also John and Hilary Turner from the UK. We often get a large group of teens coming because I used

Re: [Callers] Irish Contra Dances

Hi Don, As has been said, you really need to find out what they think they mean and what they are hoping for. As an example: Irish people dancing Waves of Tory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsDw57nqUrk English people dancing Waves of Tory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qtN-kw6Mg

Re: [Callers] Irish Contra Dances

On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 5:13 AM, Don Heinold via Callers wrote: > Hi SharedWeight callers & friends > > I'm a caller from RI and am fairly new to this site. I have been enjoying > the informational posts on the many different issues that involve present > day and

Re: [Callers] Irish Contra Dances

Don -- I think you should ask the organizers what they have in mind. Have they booked an Irish band? They might be perfectly happy with a regular contra program to Irish tunes, which is what I'd hope it would be. What audience are they aiming for? (If it's at the Irish Cultural Center for

Re: [Callers] Irish Contra Dances

Hi SharedWeight callers & friends I'm a caller from RI and am fairly new to this site. I have been enjoying the informational posts on the many different issues that involve present day and past contra dancing. In April I have been asked to call at what is being billed as an "Irish Contra