I remember a night when attendance was thin toward the end of the
evening and we did a series of contras in Beckett formation with double
progression. That worked well. Every once in a while the dancers took
it upon themselves to swap roles or do a non-standard progression to mix
it up a litt
Thanks Tony, can’t believe I missed that. Excellent point.
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On Saturday, October 22, 2022, 6:57 PM, Tony Parkes via Contra Callers
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Remember that double progression dances work better with an odd number of
couples (assuming the end effects are not over
Yes! I use that as well. I closed todays session with it in fact.
Laurie
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On Saturday, October 22, 2022, 5:33 PM, Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers
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One of my favorite double progression dances
Shorter lines provides the opportunity to pull out some of those “old but
modern” great active/inactive dances, and both couples will have a chance to
dance the 1s and 2s roles the whole length of the set without the dance lasting
an unbearably long time. Some of my favorites are Scouthouse Reel
... and I was on my old gmail. I'll fix that sometime, promise.
-Julian
On Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 12:20 PM Ron Blechner via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I have a couple of Tony's books, but I just checked, and not the one
> containing Ashoken Hello. I'd be curious
I have a couple of Tony's books, but I just checked, and not the one
containing Ashoken Hello. I'd be curious the choreo for that.
I've heard a few callers call The Big Easy, and most recently it was Liz
Nelson, locally, early in an evening with a gaggle of new dancers, and she
prompted it with th
On 10/22/2022 8:30 AM, Victor Gascon via Contra Callers wrote:
Is there a list of easy double-progression dances that the group can recommend?
Here's a great one that I use often.
Awesome Double Progression Dance
Donna Calhoun-McAllister
duple improper, double progression; beginner
1 - do
Remember that double progression dances work better with an odd number of
couples (assuming the end effects are not overwhelming). With an even number,
the dancers will always be doing the same part of the routine with the same
neighbors. This will be even more frustrating in short lines.
Tony
Victor and Mary
One of my favorite double progression dances is ADPD by Donna Calhoun. I used
it to close out last nights CCD ATL contra!
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/hosted/Donna_Calhoun.html#adpd
ADPD (Awesome Double Progression Dance)
by Donna Calhoun
Is there a list of easy double-progression dances that the group can
recommend?
On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 07:42 Mary Collins via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I always carry an assortment of 3 face 3 and 4 face 4 since my home dance
> may range from 6 - 30 dancers.
When I wrote Ashokan Hello, I realized that the left-hand turn was
counterintuitive after a neighbor swing. But I needed it to be left because the
next moves are a right-hand balance and box the gnat. I decided that the
forward and back (between the swing and the turn) canceled the handedness.
Per my card on The Big Easy, it’s an allemande left after the long lines and before the partner swing. But I’m away from my books for a while and can’t go back to the source. I bet I got it from The Rosen Hill Collection. Her note on the dance says ‘This is a very easy version of “Ashokan Hello” by
I always carry an assortment of 3 face 3 and 4 face 4 since my home dance
may range from 6 - 30 dancers.
Sometimes a move such as right hand high, left hand low presents a
challenge for some of my dancers so I adjust on the fly. And may do a
double progression so no one is ever out.
Mary
On Sat
Hi Laurie,
Last time I had that challenge in America, as well as some
contras, I called:
Ted's Triplet #3
Waltz Country Dance
Big Set (Birdie in the Cage, California Show Basket, Down the Coal Mine)
Square --- NOT!
Microchasmic
Hexitation
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