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| anglo-american folk dance |
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Town and city merchant class
Agrarian (farming) class |
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Northeastern USA
"New England" states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island |
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1620 CE- pilgrams first settled in New England to form plymoth Colony
1651- John Playford published "The English Dancing Master" -containing music and instructions for English Country Dance
1728- Final edition was published |
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String bands predominate: Fiddle, piano also mandolin, guitar, and string bass
-piano music in north more than southern Apps
-accordian music sometimes |
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dance phrase and music phrase always match
dance phrase of 32 measures or 64 bears
-two 16 beat parts played twise |
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2/4-reel
4/4-March/hornpipe
6/8 jig
3/4 waltz |
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Contra-longway set, oldest are proper, both duple and triple. Duple and improper are newest
Circle Dances-progressive circle, and circle mixers
Quadrilles (squares)
Couple dances- introduced in 19th century
-waltzes, schottishches, Polkas |
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the caller is very important part of the 3 elements necessary to complete a successful contra dance event: the band, danders and the caller
-caller functions as a program director, dance master, liaison to the musicians, and master of ceremonies
-select the dances, verbally teachers them to the dancers, sets the tempp for the band, delivers the calls and signals the band when to end. |
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| country corners, 16 counts |
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| dos a do (back to back from french) 8 counts |
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| an old english term, 16 counts |
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| 8 counts, may be a corruption of chaine |
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| varies, to walk from french |
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| corruption of chassez -to slide from french |
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