Traditional
| Source | Larry Jennings, "Zesty Contras" |
| Type | Contra |
| Formation | Proper |
| A1 | (4) 1's go diagonally right, turning single over right shoulder, to face each other up/down the center of the set (4) 1's balance (4) 1's go diagonally right, turning single, ending in each other's place (4) 1's balance |
| A2 | (16) 1's repeat A1 to end in original place |
| B1 | (6) 1's go down the center (2,4) Turn alone and come back (4) Cast off |
| B2 | (16) Right and left through, over and back |
Editor's Notes:
Customarily danced to the title tune. It is traditional for the 1's to use a variety of balances.
An equally authentic (and possibly more so) variant is to interchange the balances and turns in A1 and A2.
A common modernization is as follows:
A1:
(4) Man 1 go diagonally down between the 2's and end facing up. Woman 1 face down. Take hands in a diamond.
(4) All balance.
(4) Drop hands and all advance one place to the right in the diamond, turning single to the right.
(4) Balance
A2:
(16) Advance and balance two more times, ending with the 1's at home, the 2's in the center.
At this point the 2's must get out of the way while the 1's go down the center.
This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
Added to database 11/17/1996; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen