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====== Contra Dance Instructions ======

This is the index page for **Contra** dance instructions. 

Please add a link here as appropriate when you have posted a set of instructions. Note that pages in **RED** still need to be supplied.

Other sets of dances in similar genres are:
  * [[English Dance Instructions Index]]
  * [[Other Dance Instructions Index]]

===== A =====

[[ins_all_the_way_to_galway | All the Way to Galway]]

[[ins_antons_surprise | Anton's Surprise]]


[[ins_arkansas_traveller | Arkansas Traveller]]

[[ins_a-rovin'| A-Rovin']] ??English?

===== B =====

[[ ins_becket_gypsy | Becket Gypsy ]]

[[ ins_bicentennial_reel | BiCentennial Reel ]]

[[ ins_bucksaw_reel | Bucksaw Reel ]]

[[ ins_buffalo_girls | Buffalo Girls ]]


===== C =====

[[ ins_california_cloverleaf | California Cloverleaf ]]

[[http://www.patshaw.info/dances#camp | Camp House Reel ]]

[[ ins_careless_sally | Careless Sally ]]

[[ ins_cherokee_shuffle | Cherokee Shuffle ]]

[[ ins_chorus_jig | Chorus Jig ]]

[[ ins_coming_round_the_mountain | Coming Round the Mountain ]]

===== Da =====

===== De =====

[[ ins_devils_dream | Devils Dream ]]

===== Du =====

[[ ins_duds_reel | Dud's Reel ]]

[[ ins_duquoin_races | Duquoin Races ]]

[[ ins_east_meets_west | East Meets West ]]

[[ ins_edinburgh_rock | Edinburgh Rock ]]


===== El =====

[[ins_enrico_x| Enrico ]]


===== Fa =====


===== Fe =====

[[ ins_flirtation_reel | Flirtation Reel ]]



===== Fo =====

[[ ins_friday_night_mixer | Friday Night Mixer ]]



===== Ga =====

[[ ins_gossips_reel | Gossips Reel ]]


===== Ha =====

[[ ins_haymakers_jig | Haymakers Jig ]]

===== I =====

===== Ja =====


===== Je =====


[[ ins_jeds_reel | Jeds Reel ]]

[[ ins_jeffersons_reel | Jefferson's Reel ]]

[[ ins_jeffersonandliberty | Jefferson and Liberty ]]

[[ ins_jesucita_en_chihauahua | Jesucita en chihauahua ]]


===== Jo =====


===== K =====


===== La =====


===== Le =====


===== Li =====


===== Lo =====

[[ ins_long_live_london | Long Live London ]]
[[http://www.patshaw.info/dances#longlive | Long Live London ]]


===== Lu =====

[[ ins_lucky_seven | Lucky Seven ]]


===== Ma =====

[[ ins_malden_reel | Malden Reel ]]

[[ ins_marshes_of_mallow | Marshes of Mallow ]]

[[ ins_mc-squared | MC-squared ]]

===== Me =====

[[ ins_meet_in_the_middle | Meet In the Middle  ]]

[[ ins_metsakukkia | Metsakukkia ]]


===== Mi =====

[[ ins_michael's_wings | Michael's Wings ]]

[[ ins_mississippi_dip | Mississippi Dip ]]

[[ ins_mistwald | Mistwald ]]


===== Mo =====

[[ ins_money_musk | Money Musk ]]

[[ ins_moonfleet | Moonfleet ]]

===== Mu to My =====


===== Na to Ne =====

[[ ins_nervous_breakdown | Nervous Breakdown ]]

===== Ni =====

[[ ins_ninety_four_south_street | Ninety Four South Street ]]


===== No =====


[[ ins_nottingham_swing | Nottingham Swing ]]

[[ ins_number_11 | Number 11 ]]

[[ ins_needham_reel | Needham Reel ]]


===== O =====

[[ ins_ocean_view | Ocean View ]]

[[ ins_ocean_wave | Ocean Wave ]]

===== On =====


[[ ins_on_the_midway  | On the Midway  ]]

[[ ins_opera_reel | Opera Reel ]]

[[ ins_ore_boggy | Ore Boggy ]]

[[ ins_oxo_cube | Oxo Cube ]]

[[ ins_oxo_reel | Oxo Reel ]]

===== Pa =====

[[ ins_pat_a_cake_polka | Pat-a-cake Polka ]]

[[ ins_pat_talbot | Pat Talbot ]]

===== Pe =====

[[ ins_pearls_of_wisdom | Pearls of Wisdom ]]

[[ ins_peddle | Peddle ]]

[[ ins_pentonville_ramble | Pentonville Ramble ]]

[[ ins_pernod | Pernod ]]

[[ ins_peters_maze | Peters Maze ]]

===== Ph =====

[[ ins_phoenix | Phoenix ]]

[[ ins_pine cones | Pine Cones ]]
[[http://www.patshaw.info/dances#cones | Pine Cones ]]

[[ ins_pins_and_needles | Pins and Needles ]]

===== Po ... =====

[[ ins_polka_dot | Polka Dot ]]

[[ ins_portland_fancy | Portland Fancy ]]

[[ ins_posties_jig | Posties Jig ]]

===== Pr =====

[[ ins_polka_pousette | Polka Pousette ]]

[[ ins_pontius_pilate_rant | Pontius Pilate Rant ]]

[[ ins_prisoner | Prisoner ]]

[[ ins_proper_dutch | Proper Dutch ]]

===== Q =====

===== Ra =====

[[ ins_rafes_waltz | Rafe's Waltz ]]

[[ ins_ragamuffins | Ragamuffins ]]

[[ ins_rays_of_sunshine | Rays of Sunshine, Pearls of Wisdom ]]

===== Re =====

[[ ins_rebeccas_roundabout | Rebecca's Roundabout ]]

[[ ins_red_and_gold | Red and Gold ]]

[[ ins_red_river_valley | Red River Valley ]]

[[ ins_redwing | Redwing ]]

[[ ins_redwood_romp | Redwood Romp]]

[[ ins_reel_contra | Reel Contra (from N Kilby) ]]

===== Ri =====

[[ ins_rise_and_run | Rise and Run ]]

[[ ins_ribbon_dance | Ribbon Dance, The ]]

===== Ro ... =====

[[ ins_road_to_california | Road to California ]]

[[ins_rock_the_boat  |  Rock The Boat]]

[[ ins_rory_o_more | Rory O More ]]

[[ ins_rose_tree | Rose Tree, The ]]

[[ ins_rothea_rag_and_vals_rag | Rothea Rag and Vals Rag ]]


===== Ru =====

[[ ins_russian_dance | Russian Dance ]]

[[ins_ruth  |  Ruth ]]


===== Sa =====

[[ ins_sacketts_harbour | Sackett's Harbor ]]

[[ ins_sally_on_the_mountain | Sally on the Mountain ]]

[[ ins_sashay_the_donut | Sashay the Donut]]


===== Sc =====

[[ ins_scotch_billy | Scotch Billy ]]

===== Se to Sh =====

[[ ins_seven_stars_in_the_sky | Seven Stars in the Sky ]]

[[ ins_shades_of_shadrack | Shades of Shadrack ]]

[[ ins_shadracks_delight | Shadrack's Delight ]] (tune Dashing White Sergeant) 

[[ ins_shifting_bobbins | Shifting Bobbins ]]

[[ ins_shirleys_jig | Shirleys Jig ]]

===== Si =====

[[ ins_silver_wedding_waltz | Silver Wedding Waltz ]]

[[ ins_sir_roger_de_coverley | Sir Roger de Coverley ]]


===== Sm to Sq =====

[[ ins_snowflake_breakdown | Snowflake Breakdown ]]

[[ ins_snowflakes | Snowflakes  ]]

[[ ins_sonny_brogans | Sonny Brogan's/Brian O'Lynn/Blue Jay ]]

[[ ins_soulton_jigg | Soulton Jigg ]]

[[ ins_southern_two_step | Southern Two Step ]]

[[ ins_speed_the_plough | Speed the Plough ]]

[[ ins_sprigs_of_laurel | Sprigs of Laurel ]]

[[ ins_spring_blossoms  | Spring Blossoms]]


===== St =====

[[ ins_st_annes_waltz | St Annes Waltz ]]

[[ ins_st_georges_day_jig | St. George's Day Jig ]]

[[ ins_starters_orders | Starters Orders ]]

[[ ins_star_trek | Star Trek ]]

[[ ins_steel_hoop | Steel Hoop ]]

[[ ins_stern_polka | Stern Polka ]]

[[ ins_stevies_hop | Stevies Hop   ]]

[[ins_stirrup_cup| Stirrup Cup ]]

[[ ins_stoke_golding_country_dance | Stoke Golding Country Dance ]]

[[ ins_storm_in_a_teacup | Storm in a Teacup ]]

[[ ins_strip_the_willow | Strip The Willow ]]


===== Su ... =====

[[ ins_summer_circle | Summer Circle - Sicilian Circle ]]

[[ ins_sunset_strip | Sunset Strip ]]

[[ ins_swanee | Swanee ]]

[[ ins_sweet_cecily | Sweet Cecily ]]

[[ ins_symmetrical_force | Symmetrical Force ]]


===== Ta to Th =====

[[ ins_TAG_Variant | T.A.G. Variant ]]

[[ ins_tam | Tam ]]

[[ ins_tambourine_dance | The Tambourine (Dance) ]]

[[ ins_ten_cents_a_dance | Ten Cents a Dance (3.00) ]]

[[ ins_that_sinking_feeling  | That Sinking Feeling  ]]

[[ ins_thread_the_needle | Thread The Needle  ]]

[[ ins_three_couple_set | Three Couple Set ]]

[[ ins_three_hand_star | Three Hand Star ]]

[[ ins_three_meet | Three Meet ]] (Lead note +6 x 32 bars)

[[ ins_three_on_a_bench | Three on a Bench ]]


===== Ti to To =====

[[ ins_tods_assembly | Tods Assembly ]]

[[ ins_tom_birchall | Tom Birchall ]]

[[ ins_tom_pate | Tom Pate ]]

===== Tr ... =====

[[ ins_trip_to_bavaria | Trip to Bavaria ]]

[[ ins_trip_to_east_hampstead | Trip to East Hampstead ]]


===== Trisk =====

[[ ins_triskadecaphobia | Triskadecaphobia]]

[[ ins_tromelin_hop | Tromelin Hop ]]

[[ ins_true_kit | True Kit ]]

[[ ins_twelve_reel | Twelve Reel ]]
[[http://www.patshaw.info/dances#twelve | Twelve Reel ]]

[[ ins_twenty_something | Twenty Something ]]

[[ ins_two_cousins | Two cousins, The ]]

===== U =====

[[ ins_up_on_a_lofty_mountain  | Up On A Lofty Mountain ]]
[[http://www.patshaw.info/dances#lofty | Up on a Lofty Mountain ]]

[[ ins_up_the_sides_and_down_the_middle | Up the sides and down the middle ]]

[[ ins_upper_valley_waltz  | Upper Valley Waltz ]]

===== V =====

[[ ins_vaughans_ramble | Vaughan's Ramble ]]

??P??    [[ ins_vermont_friends | Vermont Friends]]   

[[ ins_virginia_reel | Virginia Reel ]]


===== Wa to We =====

[[http://www.patshaw.info/dances#waterfall | Waterfall Waltz ]]

[[ ins_wakefield_hunt | Wakefield Hunt ]]

[[ ins_walkaway | Walkaway ]]

[[ ins_walk_right_back | Walk right back ]]

[[ ins_waltz_cotillion_or_killarney_waltz | Waltz Cotillion ]] or Killarney Waltz

[[ ins_waltzmaree | Waltzmaree ]]

[[ ins_waltz_country_dance | Waltz Country Dance ]]

[[ ins_washington_quickstep | Washington Quickstep ]]

[[ ins_waterfall_waltz | Waterfall Waltz ]]

[[ins_waves of tory|Waves of Tory]]

[[ ins_wendy_for_somesuch | Wendy for Somesuch ]]

[[ ins_we_wont_go_home_till_morning | We Won't Go Home 'Till Morning ]]

===== Wh to Wi =====

[[ins_whalebones|Whalebones]]

[[ins_whirligig|Whirligig]]

[[ ins_whiskers | Whiskers ]]

===== Wo ... =====

[[ ins_woodlark | Woodlark ]]

[[ ins_woodlawn_park | Woodlawn Park ]]

[[ ins_wooing_mairi | Wooing Mairi ]]

===== X =====

===== Y =====

===== Z =====