Contra – Action

Formation: Contra lines with 1, 3, 5, etc. active and crossed over
Music: “Wizard on the Hill” on Chinook C-052

Download RTF file: Contra-Action

Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; With the corner DoSaDo;
    1-8   – – – -; – Same corner Swing;
  9-16   – – – -; Straight across Right and Left Thru;
17-24   – – – -; – – Right and Left back;
25-32   – – – -; – – Two Ladies Chain;

33-40   – – – -; – – Chain back;
41-48   – – – -; Same four Circle Left;
49-56   – – – -; – – Star Left;
57-64   – – – -; New corner DoSaDo;

Neutrals at the ends crossover (exchange places) during every other sequence.

Description:
    1-8   Gents look left and ladies look right to find their corner. Corners DoSaDo.
  9-16   Same corners Swing ending with the lady on the right and facing across.
17-24   Each four do a Right and Left Thru (right pull by, Courtesy Turn with the current partner).
25-32   The same four do another Right and Left Thru to end back to where they started.

33-40   The same two Ladies Chain across (ladies right pull by and Courtesy Turn with the gent on the other side who should be the lady’s original partner).
41-48   The same two Ladies Chain back across to where they started.
49-56   The same four dancers join hands and Circle to the Left for eight counts.
57-64   The same four dancers reverse direction and Star Left approximately back to their starting point. Each dancer looks away from the star for a new corner up or down the line.

Choreography by: Ken Kernen
Source: Printed in Community Dance Program Handbook
Usage: This Alternate Duple contra has both Right and Left Thru and Ladies Chain.

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