Dear Tina,
Here are a few more from my files. I do a lot of ONS, and have
collected quite a few dances. Although many of them are "improper",
the dances are very "forgiving", and are actually role free.
I hope you have a great time!
warmly, Linda Leslie
Kid's Chaos Mixer #3
by Chrissy Fowler
Scatter Mixer/Beginner
A1 -----------
(In fours) Circle left
Circle right
A2 -----------
Right hand star
Left hand star
B1 -----------
Neighbor two hand turn
Partner two hand turn
B2 -----------
Promenade partner to a new couple
Attleboro Reel
by Linda Leslie
Sicilian Circle/Other/Beginner
A1 -----------
Neighbor do si do
As couples do si do
A2 -----------
Star right
Star left
B1 -----------
Circle left
Circle right
Var: Partner B & S
B2 -----------
Forward and Back
Pass through
Back to Back
by Al Brozek
Square/Beginner
A1 -----------
First couple out to the right and circle up four
Pick up the next and circle 6
A2 -----------
Pick up the next and circle 8 until you're home!
B1 -----------
Ladies to the center stand back to back
Gents walk around the outside track
Swing your own!
B2 -----------
Promenade until you're home
Balance the Star #2
by McLain Family
Sicilian Circle/Becket-CW/Beginner
A1 -----------
Balance In and Out TWICE
Star right once
A2 -----------
Balance In and Out Twice
Left star once
B1 -----------
Ladies do si do*
Gents do si do
B2 -----------
Circle left once
Slide left to a new couple (time for clogging!)
Family Contra
by Sherry Nevins
Contra/Improper/Beginner
A1 -----------
Balance the ring twice
Circle Left
A2 -----------
Balance the ring twice
Circle Right
B1 -----------
Neighbor do si do
Partner do si do
B2 -----------
As couples do si do once and a half to progress
Fun in New Bedford
Linda Leslie
Type: Sicilian Circle
Formation: Duple-Improper
Level: Beginner
A1 -----------
(8) Circle Left 1X
Circle Right
A2 -----------
Neighbor do si do and 2 hand swing (go home!!)
B1 -----------
Partner do si do and 2 hand swing
B2 -----------
As couples forward and back
cw couples arch, ccw couples duck through
Notes: A2 and B1 can be elbow swings.
Sicilian Circle of Fun
by Linda Leslie
Sicilian Circle/Improper/Beginner
A1 -----------
(8) Circle Left 1X
(8) Circle Right 1X
A2 -----------
Neighbor right elbow
Neighbor Left elbow
B1 -----------
Partner right elbow
Partner left elbow
B2 -----------
Forward and back
2/s arch, 1’s duck (or pass through)
Snowball
by unknown
Longways for 5 couples
A1 -----------
#1’s Right elbow, then back by the left
A2 -----------
#1’s and #2’s Right hand star
Left hand star
B1 -----------
#1’s #2’s #3’s Circle left
Circle right
B2 -----------
#1 #2 #3 #4
(8) Long lines, forward and back
(8) Long lines, forward and back--at same time, #5 go up the outside
to the top to become #1
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
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Tina R. Fields, Ph.D.
Sebastopol, CA
(707) 824-9318
indigenize.wordpress.com
"Hindsight Now!"
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