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Donna Hunt
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From: Read Weaver via Callers
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Sent: Wed, Jul 25, 2018 6:47 pm
Subject: Re: [Callers] Folk Festival - Easy Contra dances to teach Beginners
Or don’t have them do a buzzstep—swings work just fine with a walk
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Folk Festival - Easy Contra dances to teach Beginners
Or don’t have them do a buzzstep—swings work just fine with a walk
Or don’t have them do a buzzstep—swings work just fine with a walking step. (If
you’ve got moderately experienced folks mixed in, though, you may need to teach
the buzzstep, since few moderately experienced dancers will do a walking swing
even if asked to.)
If you do teach buzzstep, I’ve had th
Here’s another easy one – my version of J & L, using ideas picked from other
callers:
Jefferson & Liberty #27
Contra; Improper
A1: Circle Left; Star Right
A2: Star Left; Circle Right – finish where you started
B1: #1s Dance Down the Outside (6), Turn around (2)
#1s Dance Back
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So Bill - Are you the dance author ?? So glad to know if you are so I can
credit you !!
I use this at weddings, Kids gigs, community gigs, and at beginner dancers and
it is ALWAYS my go to to see if I can progress into contras or if whether it is
a longways set/circle/sq kind of night !
Tha
More words of wisdom -- people remember a gypsy -- they may not all look
you in the eye, but they get the concept.
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Lorraine Sutton via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hello All,
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> I am calling a 2 hour Intro to Contra dance at an Ontario C
Hi Cheryl and all,
I'm glad you like the dance, it's called Easy Progressive Contra 3
http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/2012-July/013022.html
I don't specify how much to move the circles or stars in A1 and A2 but just say
to move
for 8 beats. I tell them they w
I just called Rural Felicity at a family reunion (non dancers) they had a
blast
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 6:58 PM Martha Wild via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> John already mentioned Family Contra, which is my favorite because the
> progression happens so easily, and it is so obv
One of my favorite is Easy Progressive Contra - I find it works better for me
with beginners, because the couples do-si-do 1+1/2 in Family Contra seems to
confuse people (or I dont teach it well!)
Easy Progressive Contra (by ???)
A1 (8) Circle Left 1X
(8) Circle Right 1X
A2
John already mentioned Family Contra, which is my favorite because the
progression happens so easily, and it is so obvious that you are facing new
people. In addition, it has no obvious differences in gender role - doesn’t
matter who dances on which side, so great with piles of kids and parents
On 7/24/2018 7:48 AM, Lorraine Sutton via Callers wrote:
Hello All,
I am calling a 2 hour Intro to Contra dance at an Ontario Canada
Festival. ( more a music focus than a dance focus, at this festival)
I would appreciate hearing from you as to contra dances ( lws proper
& Improper) that you
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Sent: 24 July 2018 15:49
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Subject: [Callers] Folk Festival - Easy Contra dances to teach Beginners
Hello All,
I am calling a 2 hour Intro to Contra dance at an Ontario Canada Festival.
( more a music focus than a dance focus, at this festival)
WITH BEGINNERS, AVOID RIGHTS AND LEFTS! Half of them will turn right when
they should have turned left, and the other half will turn all the way
around and look back at the person they just walked past. To experienced
dancers they seem similar to a ladies chain, but people who have never done
eit
Beginners are often confused by contra dances in which they focus on their
partner across the set and progress sideways. For a first contra, I
recommend that you start with a dance where the progression is "Pass
through to the next" or "Duck through to the next couple", so that the
dancers are foc
Not necessarily. I called a contra dance in the ceilidh tent at a UK folk
festival with few if any experienced contra dancers. I made a list of very
basic figures and chose only dances with those figures in. I think I used
either only right and left throughs, or only ladies chains, but not both
I stay away from contras unless you have a good number of experienced dancers
to hold things together. There are lots of dances that are more self
correcting and don't have the complexity that progression creates. Virginia
Reel works good with beginners
Mac McKeever
On Tuesday, July 24, 2
Hello All,
I am calling a 2 hour Intro to Contra dance at an Ontario Canada
Festival. ( more a music focus than a dance focus, at this festival)
I would appreciate hearing from you as to contra dances ( lws proper
& Improper) that you have found successful with very novice dancers and why
you
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