CONTRALAB
The International Association of Contra Callers, Inc.
Updated October 25, 2011

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Missing in Action
Stew Shacklette
I am now looking for the CONTRALAB library which was taken to some of the CONTRALAB meetings in the past. It hasn't been seen for a few years. If ANYONE knows the whereabouts of our Library, I have the perfect place for it. I can store all the references with our Self-Paced Program, which CONTRALAB published.
All of this is kept at the "Folk Dancer Record Center" by the Kentucky Dance Foundation. All of the reference material we have is available to any one who wants to use them. All you have to do is request the reference you want and we will send it to you. Of course we would like for you to return it after you have researched what you needed.
Once I receive the Library, I will develop a listing of all the reference material we have and the availability of those references. The Foundation already has a number of books which were mine, so all of that material will also be available.
Stew Shacklette, President
Kentucky Dance Foundation
1-800-446-1209 or 270-422-3655
fdrc@aolcom

Lost and Found
Author: Jeff Smith
Formation: Proper Duple Minor (1, 3, 5, etc. couples active but not crossed over
Music: Callison Hall Jig or any 32 bar jig or reel

1-8 Actives go into the center and gypsy
9-16 Actives swing in the center and end to face down
17-24 Actives go down the center and turn alone
25-32 Actives come back to place
33-40 Actives cast down the outside around two
41-48 Actives cross to the other side and come up the outside around one. Progression has been made.
49-64 Turn contra corners