Though Banjos in Love, For Maxine & Brendan does fit the quality of
"Contra-like", it's not the easiest dance in the world. But it does have its
own intro/break:
Banjos in Love, for Maxine and Brendan Quadrille
Intro, Break, End
A1 Head women chain right;
Same four half hey
A2
Erik,
I really like the break and figure you sent! Is the promenade in the
figure about 3/4 of the way around?
When you say it's "not the easiest in the world" do you think it's
better for an all experienced crowd?
Tom
There are many reasons some contra dancers don't like squares. One
is that they take a long time to teach. For some squares it's a good
idea to walk through the figure for both the heads and sides.
Depending on the caller and dancers a full length break may be taught
as well.
When I
The next time we get into a gents/ladies, lead/follow, jets/rubies debate,
someone needs to remember to pull this one out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUKR4FpChcc
Tim KleinKnoxville, TN
You mean in public, I'm sure - that's TBD. Mom and Dad have been able to
enjoy her "calling" at home for quite some time now. :)
BTW, she's ambidanceterous, taking either role when we dance together at
public events - which blows a few minds fairly frequently ("Huh? A tiny
girl coming at me as a
I don’t dislike squares. But I hesitate to call them unless there are only four
or maybe 8 couples left at the end of the dance for a number of reasons - one
being the large teaching to dancing ratio in general as mentioned below,
another being the fact that you can have two - seven people who
Over the past several years, we have had several ‘extra’ dances here in
Tallahassee that are advertised to the contra dance listserv and elsewhere as
old-time or square dances, or old time square dances, with live music. We have
had anywhere from 8 to 30 dancers come. One of the things we
It raises some interesting points that go to the heart of discrimination.
The reality is that you will always discriminate, and trying to eliminate
discrimination doesn't work.
What does work is moving towards a less discriminatory approach. Tackle the
big ones, and then move on to the
Hi Neal,
Just a note: Many of the "chestnuts" have been modified from their
original form (By Ralph Page, Ted Senela and others) to be more
reflective of the modern era. Chorus Jig, Rory-O- More, Hulls Victory,
did not feature swings,
as originally written, and they (actually) dance with their
Thanks for pointing that out! I was aware of the fact but didn't think of
it here.
The older New England swings also would have been 2-hand swings, which lend
themselves to a different choreographic flow--for example, swinging and
casting down the outside. Not a very nice transition from a
On 10/17/2016 3:26 PM, Neal Schlein via Callers wrote:
Thanks for pointing that out! I was aware of the fact but didn't
think of it here.
The older New England swings also would have been 2-hand swings, which
lend themselves to a different choreographic flow--for example,
swinging and
It's good to be reminded that "swing" had various meanings. I'm pretty sure
I've seen "Swing all four" in old dance instructions for what we would call
"Circle to the left".
About Chorus Jig, I seem to remember that Ralph Page wrote in one of his books
(around 1950?) that he didn't like the
Hello all,
I was thinking about what I do at the "welcome to our contra dance"
introduction, and what dance would easily move in to that. Noodling around
with moves, I thought of a sequence with glossary moves, but I didn't have
it in my box. Anyone recognize it?
Improper
A1 ---
(8)
I have that exact dance as To Wedded Bliss by Mark Goodwin (2014). I
use that in my Lesson and then, after teaching ladies chain and right &
left through, follow that with my dance The Lesson (2009) which is
> A1 ---
> (8) Neighbor Do-si-do
> (8) Neighbor swing
> A2 ---
> (8)
>
Richard, I also recall reading that comment about Page's opinion on Chorus
Jig--I think it was in A Time to Dance, but might have been in Shadrack's
Delight.
I find a ball room swing that ends facing up and casting down the outside
> (one’s own side) a lot of fun - but perhaps you mean if you end
BTW, an assumed/implied *while* action in the A1 was not shown the first
time around. It's spelled out below.
Best,
Don
Pony Fun - DI - Raeden Veino 20161012
A1
Star Left
Neighbor Allemande Left 1x
Gents start Hands-Across Star Right (1/4x) *while*
Ladies continue with their Allemande momentum
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