Arizona Contra Dance 2006 May Madness

[tonytonytee]

THIS IS SO COOL.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[dsalab]

Great stuff wjw. I swear I saw a man in a long dress.

[veloise]

"Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman." It changes musical octaves to reflect the title.

AZ Contra, how many cameras/operators?

[AZcontra]

@veloise 2 cameras on tripods and one wild camera.

[fuerstF]

That band is playing some absolutely cracking tunes

[CAcaroleCA]

Fantastic presentation that I can share with friends who "wonder" what contra is. Thanks.

[SedonaPremierBandB]

Looks like a fun time!

[frobosh]

Well-made video. Nicely done. Thank you.

[stiffnesz]

pisze do was po polsku a wy mnie nie rozumiecie jebani amerykanie HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH nie rozumiecie mnie !!ale z was naród idiotów ...jebać busha.Polacy łączmy się!!!odpowiadajcie polski naszym antyimperialistycznym szyfrem

[squiggly745]

I can read enough Polish to know that you're an irate idiot. Contra dance rocks!!!

[IamSmiling4u2]

OH MY GOSH THAT LOOKS SOO FUN!!! :D

[artrag]

The first tune is "Growling Old Man and Woman" and the second is "Dancing Bear" by Bob McQuillen

[cynguild]

I LOVE this band. What are the tunes?

[jlg4880]

Kinda reminds of Firefly/Serenity!

[Spudwrench2006]

I love contra dancing... I haven't been in a long time, however. It makes me sad. =[

[LaDeena666]

Wonderful video of a hard-to-capture social dance. I enjoyedit a lot would love to go! Try to get there for one of those dances myself one day..Do I have to know how to dance like that or what?

[monica8473]

Nope, if you can walk, know your left from your right (a bit anyway), and hold frame (sometimes called giving weight--but mostly to not have loose or spaghetti arms)....then you can do it.

The smooth flow-y creative stuff comes later...when you get the moves into your muscle memory. So, GO! Most cities have it and lots of smaller towns in the east.... Have fun!

[widmermt]

William (Bill?), looks like a really cool dance. I'd love to call it someday just so I can tell the dancers "I got this dance from You Tube!"

Regards,

Mark Widmer / Princeton, NJ

[wjw1961]

What a surprise to find a video of folks dancing my composition! Thanks to whoever posted it! Note that my last name is WATSON, not Watkins, and that the 2007 band will be The LATTER Day Lizards, a great band!

[AZcontra]

Thanks for letting me know this. I changed the spelling in the descriptive block. The Devil's Backbone is one fine dance! Have you written any new ones?

[macuser58]

i was also there, the band was fabulous, the dancing is so energetic that when the weekend is over dancers can not wait to come back the next year.

[Contra87]

Contra dancing rules, unfortunately, I missed that camp, thanks for this glimpse. I have posted several videos that are similar to this one, check them out. We need more of these kind of videos, keep up the good work!!!

[tgbone]

Contra dancing rules. I went out for the first time in a long time (Massachusetts) and had an absolute blast!

[blujay01]

It was really a great event. I was there.

[T3hlucifuge]

Good video of a hard-to-capture social dance. Way to go!