Contra Dances

Written by friends, family, and me

Other dances

Nine of these I've written out with a full set of calls for redundant volunteer calling: (odt), (pdf).

Bob Isaacs put together a set of 50 good common contra dances (doc).

Here are the dances from some of the NEFFA medleys I've played: medleys.

Family dances

Longways Whole Set

Galopede
The Low-Backed Car (lead lines around)
Rural Felicity
Charge and Drag (charge and drag)
Bridge of Athelone (peel banana)
Jacob's Potato (whole set circle)
The Flying Scotsman (var) (weave arches)

Scatter Mixer

Sasha (hands two)
The Blob Dance (hands four)

Circle

So Easy I Mostly Don't Call Them