These are great Luke. I am considering a school intro to contra and a new series...These will be a great addition to some "tired" glossary dances!!
Mary On Tue, Mar 1, 2022, 10:33 AM Luke Donforth via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Alison, > > I hope your dance restart goes well! > > As for evening starter dances, I end my new dancer orientation teaching > progression with a balance ring and pass through to new neighbors a couple > of times. When I do that, I make sure my first dance has the same > progression, and use some variant of A1: DSD and N Swing, --- B2 Circle, > balance and pass through. > > So I wouldn't describe these as "memorable" so much as "glossary", but > here's 10+ different versions that use that A1 and B2. Some of these are so > close that I give them different names just to differentiate them in > Callers Companion (the software I use to keep track of my dances). > > #1 ------------------------- > > To Wedding Bliss > by Mark Goodwin > Contra/Improper/Beginner-Easy > > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing > A2 ----------- > (8) Larks allemande left 1-1/2 > (8) partner swing > B1 ----------- > (8) Promenade across the Set > (8) Long lines, forward and back > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Pass through > > #2 ------------------------- > > If you can walk, then you can dance > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Improper/Easy > > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing > A2 ----------- > (8) Promenade across the Set (with neighbor) > (8) Circle Right 3/4 > B1 ----------- > (16) Partner balance and swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Pass through to new neighbors > > #3 ------------------------- > > I like to walk, I love to dance > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Improper/Beginner-Easy > > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing > A2 ----------- > (8) Promenade across the Set > (8) Long lines, forward and back > B1 ----------- > (8) Larks allemande left 1-1/2 > (8) partner swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Pass through to new neighbors > > #4 ------------------------- > > If you can talk, then you can sing > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Improper > > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing > A2 ----------- > (6) Circle Left 3/4 > (10) Swing partner > B1 ----------- > (8) Promenade across the Set > (8) Long lines, forward and back > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Right 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Pass through to new neighbors > > #5 ------------------------- > > The Big Easy > by unknown > Contra/Improper > > A1 ----------- > (4) Balance the Ring > (12) Neighbor swing > A2 ----------- > (8) long lines, forward and back > (8) Robins allemande right 1-1/2 > B1 ----------- > (16) Partner balance and swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Pass through > > #6 ------------------------- > > So it Goes > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Improper > > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing, end facing down > A2 ----------- > (8) Down the hall, four in line (turn as couples) > (8) Return and Bend the line > B1 ----------- > (8) Robins allemande right 1-1/2 > (8) partner swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) pass through along the set > > #7 ------------------------- > > So it Went > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Improper > > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing, end facing down > A2 ----------- > (8) Down the hall, four in line (turn alone) > (8) Return and Bend the line > B1 ----------- > (8) Robins allemande left 1-1/2 > (8) partner swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) pass through along the set > > #8 ------------------------- > > So it Could Be > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Improper > > A1 ----------- > (8) neighbor do-si-do > (8) neighbor swing, end facing counter clockwise (Larks inside) > A2 ----------- > (8) Promenade the big oval ccw, turn to face in > (8) Take hands in a big oval, oval left > B1 ----------- > (8) Robins allemande right 1 1/2 > (8) partner swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) pass through along the set > > #9 ------------------------- > > Boston Harbor > by unknown > Contra/Improper/Beginner > > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing > A2 ----------- > (8) promenade ccw around set (Larks inside), turn as couple > (8) promenade back to across from partner > B1 ----------- > (8) Robins allemande right 1-1/2 > (8) partner swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Pass through > > #11 ------------------------- > > A Horrible Heffalump > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Improper/Beginner > > A1 ----------- > (8) Neighbor Do-si-do > (8) Neighbor swing > A2 ----------- > (8) Larks allemande Left 1-1/2 > (8) Partner swing > B1 ----------- > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Larks trade places > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Robins trade places > > B2 ----------- > (8) Circle Left 3/4 > (4) Balance the Ring > (4) Pass through to new neighbors > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 7:38 PM Alison Murphy Maderas via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Contra dancing rolling out again in Redding, California on March 13th. >> Collecting easy and intermediate dances for a mostly newbie crowd. Your >> favorite evening starters and teaching tips appreciated! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> > > > -- > Luke Donforth > [email protected] <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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