Re: [Callers] Contra Dance Caller's Nightmare (was Slices)

2012-12-28 Thread Kalia Kliban
On 12/28/2012 1:10 PM, Donald Perley wrote: Just the other day I was contemplating Take 5 as a dance tune. Must be the obituary put it in our heads. Here's a video of the stellar (sorry for the pun) Orion Longsword and their original dance Take 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnZZlEEyJ8c

Re: [Callers] Contra Dance Caller's Nightmare (was Slices)

2012-12-28 Thread Donald Perley
Just the other day I was contemplating Take 5 as a dance tune. Must be the obituary put it in our heads. On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Mark Hillegonds wrote: > The band (which only knew zwiefachers and Dave Brubeck's Take Five) began > playing some tunes and one of the dancers started a con

Re: [Callers] Contra Dance Caller's Nightmare (was Slices)

2012-12-28 Thread Dorcas Hand
If the SNL writers knew anything about contradancing, they could have a heck of a good time with that one! Dorcas Hand -Original Message- From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Mark Hillegonds Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 11:41 AM

[Callers] Contra Dance Caller's Nightmare (was Slices)

2012-12-28 Thread Mark Hillegonds
Hi all, Hope you're all enjoying the holiday season. I had one of the worst dreams of my life last night and thought I'd share it. I was calling a contra dance where I didn't know the dancers very well. There were a good number of people, but most of them were square dancers who insisted in doin