Re: [Callers] name this dance please

2008-03-11 Thread PassonDown
The name of that dance is "Roadkill" by Cary Ravitz. It's a really fun dance to do, even if it falls apart like the one time that I actually danced it. Kenny Greer >Does anyone know the title and composer of this dance? >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQbsl5lvJZc **It's

Re: [Callers] name this dance please

2008-03-11 Thread Liz and Bill
"Roadkill" by Cary Ravitz

[Callers] name this dance please

2008-03-11 Thread Warren Pollans
Does anyone know the title and composer of this dance? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQbsl5lvJZc

Re: [Callers] Introduction and contra in New Zealand

2008-03-11 Thread mavis mcgaugh
welcome to this joyous form of having fun in a group! --- Liz and Bill wrote: > Hi Contra Callers, > > My wife and I have just had 10 days of > fantastic contra dancing here in New Zealand. We > joined up with Ron and Cathy Arps' contra > tour. We had a ball! It was our first c

[Callers] Introduction and contra in New Zealand

2008-03-11 Thread Liz and Bill
Hi Contra Callers, My wife and I have just had 10 days of fantastic contra dancing here in New Zealand. We joined up with Ron and Cathy Arps' contra tour. We had a ball! It was our first chance to experience real contra dancing. I've called "barn dances" here for many years, an

Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 43, Issue 7

2008-03-11 Thread Linda Leslie
Another easy fix for Country of Marriage, which maintains most of the original dance sequences would be: A1 and A2 the same in the B1: Right and left through (or promenade) and then a Roll away with a half sashay with partner, ladies rolling to the left, gents moving right. At this point, th

Re: [Callers] Two Requests

2008-03-11 Thread Jerome Grisanti
Rickey, I was reminded the other day of a good tool. Since I often use a whole-set longways dance like Virginia Reel or something like that, I have already covered "cast down the outside" and it's just a matter of changing it to "cast down one place." This is appropriate for teaching dances with a

Re: [Callers] need (more) help with Rory O'More

2008-03-11 Thread Richard Hart
To continue this discussion a little longer - I hope the horse isn't already dead - we danced French Fours at the Nelson dance last night, with lots of teens and younger dancers. French Fours is a proper dance and it has one of the greatest distinctions between the actives and the inactives. (P

Re: [Callers] Two Requests

2008-03-11 Thread gtw...@worldpath.net
Hay Rickey, I have collected a 'book' of begginer contra material that I will be glad to share with you. The next time we cross trails will probably be in Kingston. I'll bring it with me. Gale Original Message: - From: Rickey hol...@comcast.net List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweig

Re: [Callers] Two Requests

2008-03-11 Thread David Millstone
At our dance on Saturday night, I had half a dozen people there at the start of the evening who'd never done this kind of dancing before. As part of a very short beginners' session, I had people lined up across from a partner, and improvised this sequence: Circle left; Circle right Right-hand sta

[Callers] Two Requests

2008-03-11 Thread Rickey
Hi Callers, I call a regular contra dance, once a month that is attended by many beginners. Yes they really are beginning something as we encourage them to come back. Often I do a lot of dances that are not contras as this is appropriate. Recently I decided to do an evening mostly of easy contr

[Callers] Japan dance and self intro/update

2008-03-11 Thread Liz and Bill
Hi David, I ran across your post searching for contra dance Japan. Do you have anything going? I am a caller in New Zealand. Our son lives in Osaka and we come to Japan often. Cheers, Bill Baritompa