[Callers] Difficult Contras

2023-09-28 Thread barrie bullimore via Contra Callers
Seth Tepfer asked me what Contras I considered to be difficult. Two immediately sprang to mind:- Double Back by Mark Elvins (a double progression backwards) Henry and Jacqui by Scott Higgs There are several others including Irish Stars. Barrie Bullimore Gosport, UK __

[Callers] Re: Most difficult contras

2023-09-28 Thread Colin Hume via Contra Callers
On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:47:08 -0400, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers wrote: > "Would You Do It for Twenty?" by Robert Cromartie. We have discussions about > "glossary" dances, this one is a > "kitchen sink" dance, as in "everything you can think of but the kitchen > sink." Contra corners, petro

[Callers] Re: Most difficult contras

2023-09-28 Thread Colin Hume via Contra Callers
On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:47:08 -0400, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers wrote: > "Would You Do It for Twenty?" by Robert Cromartie. We have discussions about > "glossary" dances, this one is a > "kitchen sink" dance, as in "everything you can think of but the kitchen > sink." Contra corners, petro

[Callers] Re: Most difficult contras

2023-09-28 Thread Woody Lane via Contra Callers
I've called "The Magnificent Seven" many times -- at dance camps or advanced dances or workshops. It's a wonderful dance, often the highlight of a session. But this is a complex dance on many levels. The caller must know it cold and be in front of the music at all times because lots of things ar

[Callers] Re: Most difficult contras

2023-09-28 Thread Keith Wood via Contra Callers
As an alternative to "The Magnificent Seven", Peter Foster has written "The Mediocre Seven", which I really enjoy. Calls: http://pfoster.pcug.org.au/bushdanc/bother.htm#med Animation: http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#TheMediocreSeven Cheers Keith Wood Bob (Michigan) wrote: I th

[Callers] Re: Most difficult contras

2023-09-28 Thread JJ via Contra Callers
I can use three fingers to count to seven using binary numbers... though 4 always gets me funny looks lol On Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 19:15 Woody Lane via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > I've called "The Magnificent Seven" many times -- at dance camps or > advanced dance