Will Mentor ● “Stock Footage” Combined Band ● Contrastock VII (7) ● 2017-09-24

Описание: CONTRASTOCK VII (7) – WILL MENTOR CALLING & COMBINED BANDS – WHAT FUN!!!

09/24/2017: Will Mentor calls while the combined band “Stock Footage” plays at Glen Echo, MD's Spanish Ballroom during Contrastock VII (7).

BANDS:

“The Ripples” (http://www.theripplesband.com/)
● Christopher Wood (guitar, bass, harmonica)
● Gabrielle Lanza (percussion)
● Kristen Planeaux (flute, keyboard)
● Andrew Taylor (fiddle)

“Pete’s Posse" (http://www.petespossevt.com/)
● Pete Sutherland (fiddle, piano, banjo, vocals)
● Oliver Scanlon (fiddle, mandolin, dobro, foot percussion, vocals)
● Tristan Henderson (guitars, mandolin, jaw harp, bodhran, foot percussion and vocals)
● Zachary Mills (guest fiddle)

"GREAT BEAR”
…… http://www.greatbearmusic.com
…… http://www.greatbearmusic.bandcamp.com
……  / greatbeartrio  
……@greatbeartrio
● Andrew VanNorstrand (guitar)
● Noah VanNorstrand (fiddle)
● Kim Yerton (piano)
● Chris Miller (banjo, saxophone) (http://www.chrismillersax.com/)
● Rebecca Bosworth-Clemens (http://rebeccabc.com/)
● Dana Billings (drums)

TUNES:
(0:00 – 6:02) “Big Scioty” (trad) (https://thesession.org/tunes/15175)
(6:02 - END) “Devil in the Strawstack” (trad) (https://thesession.org/tunes/2073)

DANCE: "3, 33-33" (Steve Zakon-Anderson, Duple Improper)
A1 – Neighbors take Right Hands, Balance (4), Pull By Right (2),
........#2 Neighbors Pull By Left (2), #3 Neighbors take Right Hands, Balance (4),
........Box the Gnat (4). You are now facing back from whence you came
A2 – #3 Neighbors Pull by Right (2), #2 Neighbors Pull by Left (2), Original Neighbors Swing
B1 – Circle Left 3/4 (6), Partner Swing (10)
B2 – Long Lines go Forward and Back (8), Ladies Dosido 1 1/2 (8)

Choreography from:
● https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/cont...

REMARKS: The Spanish Ballroom is a superb dance venue. Built in 1933 and restored in 2003, the art deco style ballroom has a wonderful 7,700 SF sprung maple floor which can easily handle 6 lines of contradancers.

This video was shot at 9:37 PM - the first set in the combined bands “Stock Footage” Contrastock 7 session.

Contrastock, a day-long celebration of contradance, is sponsored annually by The Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW) at Glen Echo, Maryland.

Here’s the Contrastock VII (7) schedule:
1:00 - 330p – Will Mentor & The Ripples
3:40 - 600p – Cis Hinkle & Pete's Posse
6:00 - 700p – Potluck
7:00 - 930p – Maggie Jo Saylor & GREAT BEAR
9:40 - 1100p – Contrastock Big Band “Stock Footage” and Callers Jamorama! 14 Musicians & 3 callers for a super special hoedown dance jam set!

Contrastock 8 is tentatively scheduled for September 23rd, 2018.

MORE INFO ABOUT GLEN ECHO CONTRAS:
● http://fsgw.org/
● http://fridaynightdance.org/

IF YOU LIKE THIS VIDEO, YOU’LL LIKE THESE LINKS!

More Contrastock Videos:
● https://www.youtube.com/results?searc...

More Glen Echo contradance videos:
●    / greatcontravideos  

Contradance advanced moves:
●    / contrasyncretist  

CAMERA: Canon S120, 1280x720, 30 FPS

VIDEO: JS Fischer