I wrote Riverfest Reel a few years ago: 1. Circle Left 2. Star Right 3. Star Left 4. Circle Right 5 - 6. Balance the ring; swing your neighbor 7. Long lines 8. Ones swing
It's meant to be easy for first timers. In particular, the circle right can be easier for the beginners than the experienced folks. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Richard Mckeever <[email protected]> wrote: > Greg, > > If you want the ultimate in low partner interaction - one where you don't > actually touch your partner > > Snake River Reel by Peter Lippincott (he also wrote a great tune by the same > name and they work well together) > > It is a really fun dance, except for that one minor flaw. > > Roger Diggle gave us Snake Oil Reel to add a partner swing to Peter's dance - > but it replaces a unique promenade figure in the original dance > > Mac > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Greg McKenzie <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 3:40 PM > Subject: [Callers] Dances With Minimal Partner Time (Was: dances with > ultimate partner time) > > Hey Folks, > > I do enjoy dances with good partner interaction...but I have a lot of > those. What I am interested in now is contra dances with minimal partner > interaction. No. Not dances without a partner swing. (That would likely > engender too many complaints.) I'm looking for dances with eight or fewer > beats of partner swing, total, for the dance.. > > Yes. A four-count partner swing would work. But often the better choice > is one with ones-only swinging or twos-only swinging, (so the partner swing > count for the entire dance is lower overall). > > I am particularly interested in easy-to moderate contra dances with good > neighbor interaction (including neighbor swings). > > Thanks, > > Greg > Santa Cruz, CA > > ******************* > > On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM, JoLaine Jones-Pokorney > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi all - I'm looking for dances that have LOTS of partner interaction. >> What are your favorites? >> >> -- >> JoLaine Jones-Pokorney >> >> "We are as gods and might as well get good at it!" >> - Stewart Brand >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
