VT Contra Dance

Montpelier, VT Contra Dance. Great dancers, great bands, great callers...

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[brian parent]

what is the name of the move after the /long line/forward and back/ when the 2 women go around each other in the center? Is this something like a cross-over or pass shoulders or Gypsy but with a twirl? I've never seen it before. It's cool.

[Mollkid]

I think you're seeing a simple dosido that the more experienced dancers are embellishing by spinning/twirling as they dosido. At first I thought you might be referring to a Hey move but I remember this dance beig fairly simple in its pattern. I also tend to spin as I dosido to mix things up and have a little fun when it's a simple dance. If you watch carefully the women are dosido-ing in the middle and some women are following this pattern while adding their own twirl.

[NSResponder]

Who's the band?

-jcr

[Mollkid]

Beeswax Sheepskin

[Kenneth Martin]

what date was this? great dance hall, great people, but does anyone know the precise date this was taken?

[Mollkid]

I believe it was in December of 2006...or the very next month, January 2007. You can probably find out if you go onto Montpelier's past schedules and look for when Beeswax Sheepskin played....

[RavenLH]

They were teaching us this dance and I've never had so much fun dancing.

[AmericanCWOVI]

YAY Contra! 

[brian parent]

I think your right about that, it seems to be a do-si-do 1 1/2 times. I haven't seen that before. Thanks!

[yozhov]

Splendid Isolation (composed by Brendan McGlinchey)

[Dana Hartshorn]

Montpelier is definitely the best!!

[jemsterrr27]

what's that name of this tune?



[Wilixer]

looks like fun!

[Amelia Ssentamu]

aaaahhhh! I took my first contra lessons last night! So fun! Now I'm addicted. Hope iI get to be this great. :) Thanks for sharing!