Hi Rick,
I like this simple contra, gender free and progression is both fun and
difficult to mess up.
Spin til you Grin Improper
A1 Balance the ring and spin right (Petronella)
Balance the ring and spin right (Petronella)
A2 Neighbor allemande left 1+ (With a room full of energetic teens, 2+
might be more fun)
Couple 2 allemande right 1 1/2
B1 Other neighbor allemande left 1 1/2
Couple 1 swing in center
B2 Down the hall lines of 4
Put it in reverse, back up the hall, 1's arch, sling the 2's thru
(Without turning around, lines back up.)
On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 8:33 AM Rick Mohr via Contra Callers <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here in Philly we're restarting our Teen Barn Dance
> <https://teenbarndance.net/>, which had a great four-year run before the
> pandemic. (Here's the story <https://rickmohr.net/Contra/TeenDance/Story/>
> if you're interested.)
>
> I love calling for the teens, and have been surprised to find that the
> best dances for them don't overlap much with either my contra repertoire or
> my barn dance repertoire. I've written up some of our favorite dances
> <https://rickmohr.net/Contra/TeenDance/Dances/>, and I'm looking for
> more! Specifically:
>
> 1) Barn dances that are slightly harder / more interesting than a typical
> barn dance crowd can handle
>
> 2) Contra dances that are partner-role-free, and have no swing or just a
> neighbor swing.
>
> Role-free dances are great because people can line up anywhere, there's
> less anxiety about partnering, and there are no role terms to choose or
> explain. And swings don't seem to have the same draw for teens as they do
> for adult contra dancers -- they're intimate, and awkward to master. This
> time around we're trying cross-hand rather than ballroom swings. These
> goals rule out many contras (no chains for example), but contras have such
> a rich figure palette that I think there's room for plenty of good ones.
>
> Do you know any good dances in those categories? If so I'd love to see
> them, and I hope you like ours.
>
> Rick
>
> PS - I'd also encourage you to consider starting a teen dance! Ours has
> been fantastic fun, and some of the teens from the first time around are
> now pillars of our adult dance community. Happy to talk with anybody who's
> interested.
>
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