The Lake City Contra Dance in Seattle, WA Thursday nights at the Seattle Latvian Center
Contra dancing features dynamic LIVE music, energetic dancing, friendly camaraderie, and a strong sense of community. It is enjoying great popularity, with the wellsprings of traditional dances and tunes enriched by exciting new compositions and talented young musicians. People take partners and form lines (or circles or square sets). The dances have simple moves in a repeating pattern that fits the repeating pattern of the music, and the caller “walks through” each dance before the music starts. Each dance lasts about 7-8 minutes. No previous dance experience is necessary. Come alone or with a partner; typically people change partners for each dance. There is a FREE introductory session at 7:00 pm, and free admission for first-time contra dancers.
Find more info at seattledance.org/contra/lakecity
This dance sequence looks a whole lot like Tony Parkes' "Hey Fever", with a 90º phase shift. (Hey Fever starts on the new neighbor balance and swing, and ends with the hey; otherwise the sequence is identical.) Rest in peace, Tony.
This dance sequence is the tried and true United We Dance by Bob Isaacs (It may have been composed independently by John Hoffman with the title Throw Down Your Guns, alternate version.)
This dance sequence looks like the Koren Wake variant of "Chinese New Year" by Chris Page, with the slight addition of a ring balance at B1, before the actual give-and-take. Nice touch.
@@alexsturbaum It is actually called This is My Love, Do You Like Her? There was a thread on the Fiddle subreddit where someone else asked the name of the tune on your video. Confusing matters is one of the Portland Collection books has an index item for "This is My Love, Do You Like Her?" that refers only to "See Bundle and Go". But we can call it anything we want.
