Contra Dance

Mary Cay's Reel

David Kaynor

A1

• (8) Circle left 3/4, pass through
• (8) Next neighbor aleman left

A2

• (16) First neighbor balance and swing

B1

• (8) Long lines forward and back
• (4) Ravens aleman right 3/4
• (4) Ravens aleman next Raven left 3/4 (Larks step left slightly)
  • [ If you're calling this, make sure you understand the mechanics of what the Ravens are doing in this bit. A muddled explanation:
    • The Raven is standing with her neighbor Lark on her left.
    • She goes in and turns her neighbor Raven by the right 3/4.
    • This puts the Ravens briefly in a long wavy line up and down the set. Each Raven's back is more or less facing her partner.
    • Then the Raven aleman's the next neighbor Raven by the left three places which brings her back around to face her partner.]

B2

• (16) Partner balance and swing

Called:

• Swarthmore Folkdance Class, 3/22/2007
• MIT, 6/12/2007
• Davis square informal contra, 5/6/2009
• Davis square informal contra II, 6/28/2009
• BIDA party, 11/21/2009
• Davis square informal contra III, 7/5/2010
• Concord Scout House, 2/26/2011

Last modified by Jeff Kaufman: Sun Feb 27, 2011