Country Dance and Song Society REPRINTS: THE CONTRA CONNECTION BASICALLY FOR CALLERS

The Contra Connection is a series of articles written to help dance organizers and beginning callers. Written by New England callers Larry Jennings, Dan Pearl, and Ted Sannella, the articles appeared regularly in the CDSS News from 1988-1996. Reprints are available for $1.00 each. If you wish to order the whole series (The Contra Connection and Basically for Callers), the cost is $20.00.

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CODE         TITLES
  CC1      Choosing Appropriate Music for a Specific Contra Dance
  CC2      Planning Dances for Mixed-Level Groups
		(with list of suggested titles and instructions for four dances)
  CC3      Confusion on the Dance Floor
  CC4      When to do Triple Minor Dances
  CC5      Zesty Circles
  CC6      Appropriate Movements and Calls for New England-style Contras
  CC7      Making the Most of Your Music
  CC8      Contra Length
  CC9      Booking a Caller
  CC10     Standardized Contra Terminology?
  CC11     Beginner's Needs
  CC12     How Much Individualism is Appropriate?
  CC13     Notating Contra Dances
  CC14     Tips and Ploys
  CC15     What Dancers Can Contribute
  CC16     Adapting Leadership Techniques
  CC17     Producer/Caller Dialogue (plus "Your Invitation to Contra Dancing in Greater Boston"
		and Larry Jennings's "Checklist for Callers")
  CC18     Programming for Experienced Dancers
  CC19     Providing Feedback to Callers and Musicians
  CC20     How and When a Caller Stops Calling
  CC21     Getting Beginners to Return
  CC22     Preparing and Rescuing Walk-throughs
  CC23     Good Leadership Qualities, or What to Look for in a Caller
  CC24     The Walk-through and How it Can Enhance your Program
  CC25     Pros and Cons of Pre-Dance Instruction

In 1996 CDSS published Swing the Next, Ted Sannella's second book of New England-style dances and music. One chapter of his original manuscript was published instead as a series of articles in the CDSS News and are being offered as reprints for $1.00 each.

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  TS1     Calling Techniques
  TS2     The Walk-through and Calling the Dance
  TS3     The Caller's Responsibility

  RS1     Complete set of The Contra Connection and Basically for Callers

If you're learning how to call, consider the following books: Larry Edelman's Square Dance Callers Workshop, Margot Gunzenhauser's The Square Dance and Contra Dance Handbook, Tom Hinds's Teaching the Pre-Dance Lesson, and Larry Jennings's two books Zesty Contras and Give-And-Take. Master caller Ted Sannella's two books, Balance and Swing and Swing the Next, are dance collections with very detailed teaching and calling instructions for each dance. These are just a few of our extensive collection of American dance materials.