Witches' Cauldron by Kriston Koths, a Sicilian circle mixer can be found in The Caller's Box
M. Keith Eustis On Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 6:07 AM Vicki Morrison via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > March of the Coffee Zombies by Cary Ravitz and Zombies of Sugar Hill by > Gene Hubert come to mind. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> > > On Friday, October 25, 2024, 12:09 AM, Cheryl Joyal via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Can you share calls for Witches Stitches? > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 24, 2024, at 10:34 PM, Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Witches' Switches by Al Olson. It's triple progression, so a bit > challenging, but can be fun. > > ----- > > When The Stars Are Right > Jonathan Sivier > duple improper; beginner-intermediate > written: 2/2/2000 > > 1 - allemande left 1 1/2 with neighbor > 2 - ladies chain (to partner) > 3 - hey for four halfway (ladies start passing right shoulders) > 4 - swing partners (on ladies' original side) > 5 - gents allemande left 1 1/2 in the center > 6 - swing neighbors on the other side > 7 - star left 1 time > 8 - star right 1 time (look for new neighbors) > > Notes > > 7 - the transition from a swing to a left hand star may be a little > awkward, > but I think the satisfying transition to a right hand star makes up for > that > > > History > This dance was inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. Many of his > stories take place in small towns and back-woods areas in New England in > the > early part of the 20th century and that was where contra dancing was being > done > at that time. While he never mentions dancing in his writing, and I have > no > reason to think he even knew what contra dancing was, I like to think that > his > characters occasionally went contra dancing for recreation. Lovecraft was > an > anglophile and more interested in things of the past than in the present > and I > think he would have approved of contra dance's roots in the past and the > dances > from England. In many of his stories reference is made to the Great Old > Ones > and how they will rise up "when the stars are right" so I wanted to create > a > dance where you progress on to your next neighbor when the stars become > right. > > Jonathan > > On 10/24/2024 10:23 PM, Cheryl Joyal via Contra Callers wrote: > > Wondering if there are any dances with a fall or Halloween themed name > …. Or that may be extra fun in costume ? > > TIA - Cheryl > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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