Traffic Jam >From David Millstone: > We usually do it to a tune played AB: > > Traffic Jam > from John Krumm > no partner needed at start > > 1) Elementary Traffic Jam > > A part: > Clap-clap-clap, stamp-stamp-stamp, walk-2-3-4 (whichever way you're facing) > Repeat all that > > B part > Sashay sideways 8 steps > Pick another direction and sashay back > > Do that for 5-7 times, then move to > > 2) Intermediate Traffic Jam > > Turn around and find a buddy standing near you. Do the dance again. Instead of > clapping your own hands in A1, you clap both hands with your buddy, then stand > side by side facing the same direction, hook elbows and walk for the 4 steps. In > the B part, you take both hands with your buddy and sashay-- it helps if you > both go in the same direction! > > Do that for another 5-7 times, then, if the crowd seems ready for it, do > > 3) Advanced Traffic Jam > > Same as above, only after the first sashay, callers says "Switch!" whereupon > dancers drop hands with current partner, turn around and find someone new with > whom to sashay back again. > > It's a dance I often use early in the program for family groups. No partner > needed at start, so everyone can participate. Then you dance with a partner, and > then change partners. > > David Millstone
