In situations like this I often do Family Waltz, and the tune I like to use for it is Tombigbee Waltz. Do you know it? It too is a mixer, but I change it to a keeper with partners changing places back and forth, rather than the women passing repeatedly to the right. (You can simplify the B part too.) It's a nice relaxed dance. I also turn La Bastringue into a keeper, though that's livelier. Hey Ho (to the tune the Black Joke) is a Sicilian Circle dance very suitable to a parent/child dance. It's on the New England Dancing Masters Chimes of Dunkirk recording/book. And if you and your group are okay with Yiddish cowboys, you might try Patch Tanz (as a keeper).
Richard On Mar 19, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Tina Fields wrote: > Hi o esteemed community of callers - > > I'm going to call a big father-daughter dance for the Girl Scouts next month. > (It's called "Me and My Cowboy; how cute is that?!) In preparing, I realize > that > most of the supremely easy dances I know are mixers. While this is usually > great, these girls are likely not going to want to partner up with other > girls' > dads, but instead keep their own dad. They'll also enjoy partnering with each > other, especially for the goofier dances. > > > But I still seek delightful and very easy ONS dances wherein the dancers keep > their partners. > > > I already have a lot of galloping longways set dances like Galopede, Weaver's > Galopede, Four Around Four, & White Mountain Reel. I also have Do-Si-Three > (thanks, Linda Leslie!) and Jefferson & Liberty. I mostly seek a variety of > calmer (but still fun) ones so the dads can rest up a bit while still > dancing, > and a couple of circle dances that aren't mixers, if they exist. A few more > easy > Sicilians would also be welcome. > > Do your repertoires include these? What are your favorites? Will you share? > > Thank you! > Tina > > > > > > ******************************* > > > Tina R. Fields, Ph.D. > Sebastopol, CA > (707) 824-9318 > indigenize.wordpress.com > > > "Hindsight Now!" > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
