Hi One of my favorites is Gary Roodman's "Oxford Hill Stomp" which goes well with the tune "March of St Timothy. Another but rather more complex 3 x 3 Sicilian is "Double or Quits"
Barrie Bullimore On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 8:18 AM Louise Siddons via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Thanks to everyone who has replied so far; I’m compiling a list to share > with workshop participants (some of whom aren’t on here), and can share it > Aug the list as well if it’s of interest. > > Some quick replies to Alan’s points. > > > On Nov 7, 2022, at 11:51 PM, Winston, Alan P. <wins...@slac.stanford.edu> > wrote: > > > > Somewhat puzzled by parameters of the question. It's an arbitrary > distinction but I've only encountered "Pleasure Vest" in ECD dances here so > that's how I thought of it. > > If the puzzlement is about genre then yes, you caught me. I’ve already > completely absorbed the UK’s lack of hard distinctions between contra and > ECD and this didn’t even occur to me. Having said that, there are “contra” > triplets (and other dances) without swings because Americans also used to > have more diversity in their contra dancing, as has been rehearsed on this > list and elsewhere many times. And I have no idea how Colin would feel > about it, but I have taught/called the Pleasure-Vest to tunes other than > the one he suggests because it’s a square contra tune and plenty of other > tunes work beautifully. Which is also a bit of a British attitude! > > > Also are you asking for both unclear on whenther you're asking for both > threesome Sicilians and three couple set dances. > > I thought I was clear by saying “and another question that came up,” but > yes, we are looking for both. Although 3-f-3 could be longways as well as > Sicilian. > > Louise. > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >
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