Here are some Christmas singing call records that are in my record case. All of these were available as 45rpms until recently. The ones in* Bold *are ones I called most recently. I most often choose singing calls that have no lyrics on beat 7/8 of the last phrase, so I can prompt the next figure.
*Winter Wonderland* *Feliz Navidad* *Jingle Bells* *Jingle Bell Rock* *Blue Christmas* *I'll Be Home with Bells On (Dolly Parton)* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0fxBCasbZc *I'll Be Home for Christmas* *Rockin Around the Christmas Tree* *White Christmas* It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Grandma Got Run Over Merry Christmas in My Home Town Silver Bells White Christmas Santa Claus is Coming to Town Christmas Island The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting...) I Believe in Santa Claus Up on the Housetop Senor Santa Claus Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Merry Christmas Polka Deck the Halls Let It Snow Christmas in Your Arms On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Tom Hinds <twhi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Rich, > > Good point. I'm always on the look out for new material. Do you have any > in mind? > > Come to think of it, JIngle Bells can be used as a singing square and for > contras too. > > Tom > > On Dec 6, 2016, at 9:15 AM, Rich Sbardella wrote: > > Tina, If you investigate Square Dance singing calls, many, many have been > arranged into 32 bar tunes, and many are appropriate for contra dance with > a slight tempo adjustment. > Rich > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers < > callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> It's not my cup of tea but Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer could be >> used as a singing square or in a contra medley. >> >> On Dec 5, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Tina Fields via Callers wrote: >> >> The year I called the No Snow Ball in the SF Bay Area, Hillbillies from >>> Mars agreed to include I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as one tune in a >>> set. I sang it after dancers got their flow going, and it went great. >>> >>> I like Alan's idea of including not only holiday tunes but bad holiday >>> puns as alt dance titles. That way, you can choose excellent dances and >>> still get your holiday theme on. >>> >>> I also look forward to hearing more ideas here. Have fun! >>> Tina >>> >>> >>>> On Saturday, December 3, 2016 David Harding via Callers < >>>> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >>>> I'm interested in familiar holiday tunes that work for contras. I know >>>> I've danced to Jingle Bells a couple of times (as Alan suggested), and >>>> think I remember doing a mixer to Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Any other >>>> ideas? >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/2/2016 6:10 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote: >>>>> Claire -- >>>>> >>>>> In my experience, choosing dances because their titles fit a >>>>> particular theme isn't the best way to make programs. >>>>> >>>>> For Christmas holiday dances I'm used to bands slipping familiar >>>>> holiday tunes into their regular sets. (Jingle Bells fits in nicely as >>>>> a bouncy tune. Several carols can be played as waltzes.) You can also >>>>> playfully alter the names of dances you'd want to call anyway to make >>>>> them fit the theme. >>>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Callers mailing list >>> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >>> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> > > >