You can start with dances where you see a next neighbor briefly but
return to your first neighbor:

Sneak Preview (Claudio Buchwald)
Poetry in Motion (Lisa Greenleaf)
Stripes and Solids (Lisa Greenleaf)
Mary Cay's Reel (David Kaynor)

Or dances where you see a shadow briefly but return to your partner:

Another Nice Combination (Tom Hinds)
Summer of '94 (Mike Richardson (Lisa Greenleaf variation))

Then you can be with your shadow for a while longer:

Chrysalis (Don Flaherty) - hey with your shadow, meet your partner
Balance to My Lou (Becky Hill) - one of the many from the petronella
with extra spin genre

Or with your next neighbor for a while longer:

Traveler's Welcome (Jim Kitch) - reasonably easy progressions forward
and backward and forward

Or see lots of neighbors:

Vote with Your Feet (Bob Isaacs) - becket, so it's not as confusing
for dancers out at the end

Yoyo Zhou


On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Jack Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here are two:
>
> Another Nice Combination - Tom Hinds
>
> A1    N B&S
> A2    Circle L 3/4, pass partner -- shadow DsD 1x
> B1    P B&S
> B2    Ladies Chain, Left Hand Star
>
> You're just barely out of your minor set, and it's generally the same
> person.  Also, if they miss it, they can just wander around somewhere for 8
> beats and then B&S their partner.
>
> Becky's Brouhaha - Rhiannon (Giddens) Laffan
>
> A1    N Bal and Box the Gnat, Pull by R, (Previous N) Allemande L
> A2    (Current) N B&S
> B1    Circle L 3/4, P Sw
> B2    Ladies Chain, Left Hand Star
>
> As far as the dance goes, similar reasoning to ANC.  Also, the dance was
> written as a birthday present for my wife by her best friend, so it has a
> personal connection too. ;-)
>
>
>
> On 2/6/2013 9:23 AM, Emily Addison wrote:
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone had relatively 'easy on the brain' 'out of your
>> minor set' dances???
>>
>> Here in Ottawa (Ontario), dancers aren't used to leaving their minor
>> set/partner to go dance with other.  I'd like to try a few really great
>> dances with this feature but they need to have a high success rate for a
>> room of folks not used to this feature of some contras.
>>
>> Any ideas and if so, why did you choose that dance????
>>
>> Much thanks!
>> Emily Addison
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