For another double contra corners dance, this time in the usual 32 bars,
there
is Double Trouble:
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10398
It is also an alternating dance, definitely not for beginners.
Peter
On 14/09/2024 12:42 pm, Maia McCormick via Contra Callers wrote:
At the risk of stating the obvious, I haven't seen my go-to basic
contra corners dance in this thread yet, so I'll mention Kathy
Anderson's "Labor of Love"
<https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10545>,
an alternating CC dance that's about as simple as you can get. Replace
the box the gnat with a half figure eight, and it becomes Jim Kitch's
"Alternating Corners", which holds a similar spot in my repertoire.
And, if you wanna get wild and do /all four corners /(and can handle a
trickier dance and have a band willing to play AABBCC tunes), check
out Jeremy Korr's "Utah Reel"
<https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=14600>.
Cheers,
Maia (Brooklyn, NY)
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917.279.8194
On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM John Sweeney via Contra Callers
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Abbie,
Microchasmic is great.
My latest Contra Corners dance is:
Knightrider Contra Corners (by John Sweeney)
Sicilian Circle (or Longways – depends on how many dancers and the
shape of the room); Three Facing Three (no gender)
A1: Lines of Three Go Forward & Back; All: Opposite Dosido
A2: First Long Corners Dosido; Second Long Corners Dosido
B1: Middles Turn Contra Corners – as they finish go forwards to
form circles of three with their original partners
B2: Polka Swing: Circle Left while moving CCW around the other
trio to face a new line – open out with someone else in the middle
You can see the Polka Swing in the dance at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1xdpJOdp58 – one way of doing it
is: as each dancer reaches the outside they stand still
momentarily and swing the other dancers around; the end result is
that you feel like you are on the Waltzers at the fun-fair!
A2 gives the non-Contra Corners dancers something to do!
It has been going down well when I have called it
recently.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk <http://www.contrafusion.co.uk> for
Dancing in Kent
*From:*Abbie Sorg via Contra Callers
<[email protected]>
*Sent:* 12 September 2024 23:42
*To:* Shared Weight Contra Callers
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*Subject:* [Callers] Contra corners recommendations needed
Any suggestions on contra corners dances? None have been called at
our local dance for years now, and I want to try and re-introduce
the move. I've been calling for a few years and think it's a good
time to try, but I haven't collected any contra corners dances yet
so I'd like to start with something as straightforward as possible.
Chorus Jig seems like the natural choice, but I noticed that
basically every video I could find of it uses the same tune. How
rigid is this tradition? What if the band doesn't have this in
their repertoire? Will the contra police raid the dance hall if I
call this choreography to a different tune?
Abbie Sorg
Tucson, AZ
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