Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead <>Duple improper October 24, 2000
A1 Women do-si-do (or gypsy or allemande right as well) Women swing (unisex style or Galway swing) A2 Men allemande right 1 ½ Men Galway swing* B1 Balance and swing your partner B2 Half a hey, women start right shoulder (Alternate: right and left through) Women chain across * Men's Galway swing is done with a hold that provides some personal space. The men maintain the right allemande hold, and they cup the other man's right elbow with their left hand, this makes for a very strong and stable, tetrahedron-like hold and a powerful swing. This swing also appears in Smog Check. This contra was written for a Halloween dance. The “Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead” riff from “The Wizard of Oz” is fun to throw into a tune if the band knows it. Originally written with the women’s role doing a unisex swing, but why should the men’s role have all the fun? You are at liberty to have both roles do the same swing. Women’s role allemande right is a little more odd from the position it is starting in though. One I wrote. > On Oct 12, 2017, at 7:38 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Devil's Backbone? Wizard's Walk? (Okay, I no longer have an objective sense > of how Halloween-y this one is because it was the tradition at my school's > contradance that we'd close out the Halloween contra with this one, with the > band and the dancers competing to see who could go faster... it was a good > time!) > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Bob Peterson via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweightnet>> wrote: > There’s this no-swing dance, which I got from > https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/devils_dream.html > <https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/devils_dream.html> > > The Devil's Dream > > Traditional > > Improper Contra > > A1 > > 1s face down and lead down the centre while the 2s face up and go up the > outside > all turn alone and lead back to give neighbour nearest hand and half turn > neighbour > A2 > > 1s facing down the outside and 2s up the middle: lead up or down again > you promenade in the same direction both times > all turn alone and lead back to give left hands to neighbour > B1 > > turn neighbour into a full ladies chain across > B2 > > half promenade neighbour across set > half right and left back > In CDM6 and 500 Zesty Contras > Note that this dance has no swing; however it is probably the most popular > contra in English dance clubs. > > > \Bob > > On Oct 12, 2017, at 09:16, Rich Sbardella via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> > wrote: > >> Hello Friends, >> I need some Halloween themed dances. Any suggestions? >> Rich Sbardella >> Stafford, CT >> _______________________________________________ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> <mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ >> <https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/> > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > <mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > Archives: https://www.mail-archivecom/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ > <https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/> > > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
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