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.
>
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> On Friday, October 25, 2024, 12:09 AM, Cheryl Joyal via Contra Callers <
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> Can you share calls for Witches Stitches?
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> On Oct 24, 2024, at 10:34 PM, Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <
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>
> 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
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