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| A 'New England' Contra Dance club led by John & Hilary Turner. |
| Caller - John Turner |
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| A 'New England' Contra Dance club led by John & Hilary Turner. |
| Caller - John Turner |
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Chilworth Contras with The English Contra Dance Band with Caller John Turner. music:Amy Cann arr Kiddier/Game. |
Chilworth Contras - Dates for your Diary
| 2010 | ||||||
| Jan 21st | Feb 18th | No March Meeting | Apr 22nd | May 20th | ||
| June 17th | July 15th | No August or September meetings | Oct 14th | |||
More Contra Dance dates with John Turner
| Feb 13th 2010 - London Barndance Co. at Cecil Sharp House, London, with Fiddlegang | |||||
| July 16th 2010 - Alcester Contra, Warwickshire, with Crowfoot (USA) tbc. |
for other Contra Dance dates try:
Chilworth Contra Summary
What is Contra Dancing? you ask.
Try this, or
this viewpoint from across the 'pond', although we do things slightly differently in the UK.
At Chilworth we dance to CDs with the occasional visit from 'The English Contra Dance Band'.
The music is great, very lively and really gives you that drive which is so important for Contra Dancing in particular.
We dance New England Contras & Squares, with lots of swinging! and occasionally some 'Running Set' too. We welcome everyone, but don’t come to rest; it’s an exhausting evening!
To give you a flavour of this, it’s purposeful, urgent, vital, energetic, well phrased, strongly connected, challenging, sociable and great fun!
We change partners almost every dance, helping newcomers to be quickly assimilated, as well as creating a friendly and sociable environment.
Ladies invite the men to dance as well as vice versa.
Each dance can run for up to 12 to 14 times through compared to the ‘English’ norm of 7 to 9 times, so don't come to rest!
If you have any further questions please email us
Here are a few articles on Contra Dancing that I hope you find helpful:
What is Contra Dance?
Good Contra and Square Dancing Defined by Paul Tyler
Contras & Squares photography.
So why not come and join us?
As well as dancers local to the Southampton area, we have frequent visitors from Alton (27miles), Basingstoke (28m), Chichester (34m), Amesbury (35m),
Blandford & Guildford (49m), Bracknell (50m)! and even an occasional visitor from Horsham (65m)!
