Maybe I’m late in coming to this, but has anyone mentioned Pat Shaw’s
Margaret’s Waltz (contra to tune he wrote of same name)? Actually, maybe he
wrote it as a Sicilian Circle, but I’ve done it as a contra.
Martha
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Hi,
Dugan asked about waltz contra choreographies.
The music in the Allison Wonderland video is much faster than I
would use for a contra waltz. Many of the dancers seem to end up almost
running to keep up. The waltz at the beginning or end of an evening at a
contra dance is
Here's one I'm fond of. One could argue whether this is a Contra, ECD, or...
Linda’s Gifts (of Time) – Longways Duple Proper in Waltz Time – Don Veino
20160818
*Type:* Longways Contra or English Dance, Duple Proper
*Status:* Public, Proven
In grateful recognition of Linda Leslie’s investments
Dugan --
Over in English-country-dance land there are a zillion longways duple
minor waltz-time dances. Some of them have contra figures.
Gary Roodman's "Winter Dreams Waltz" to Jonathan Jensen's tune starts
off with a leisurely unassisted 1s cast down and face up while 2s lead
up and face
y via Callers
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Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune? I danced one
once many years ago
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Subject: [Callers] Waltz-Time Contra Choreography
Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune? I danced one
once many years ago and haven't thought much about it since, though it was
pretty s
Dugan Murphy wrote:
> Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune?
The one popular waltz contra of the 1945–1960 square dance revival was Hills of
Habersham, written in I think 1955:
http://www.lloydshaw.org/uploads/3/4/2/3/3423313/hills_of_habersham.pdf
The Lloyd Shaw
On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 14:02:07 -0400, Dugan Murphy via Callers wrote:
> Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune?
Depends what you class as a contra! Here's one of mine - at least it's
longways duple improper.
http://colinhume.com/instl.htm#HeidisWaltz
Colin Hume
Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit a waltz tune? I danced
one once many years ago and haven't thought much about it since, though it
was pretty special.
Thank you in advance for sharing some choreography!
Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com
www.DuganMurphy.com
