There are many, many 2-couple English Country Dances. I have successfully run a whole program with just 3 other dancers and myself as caller. "Thank this partner and ask another" gets interesting. Michael Barraclough www.michaelbarraclough.com
-- On Tue, 2016-10-04 at 12:09 -0700, QuiAnn2 via Callers wrote: > I recently called at a contra dance where we had exactly 6 dancers > for almost the entire evening (one joined us later but only > occasionally danced). This was unexpected as they usually have > attendance in the 12-20 range. I was able to piece together a night > of mixers, triplets, and oddball dances to make it work and the > dancers were game for anything so it ended up being a fun night. But > it got me thinking about what to do if only 4 dancers came to a dance > (meaning even if I jumped in, we would only have 5 total dancers). In > order to be better prepared for next time, I have a couple of > questions. > > 1) Do you have any dances you can share that would work for 4 or 5 > dancers? Or also dances for 6 dancers that are not triplets (have > plenty of triplets). I have already collected Do-Si-3 and Haste to > the Divorce, both of which I modified so that they would not > progress. > 2) Could a whole evening (3 hours) of dance be put together for just > 4-5 dancers? > 3) What preparation can be done by me in advance to help with this > situation? It’s possible to talk with the organizer in advance about > canceling the dance if only 4 or 5 dancers show up, however, this > particular dance is a 75 minute drive one-way and I’d prefer to avoid > the round trip if there won’t be enough dancers. For various reasons, > any dance promoting that I do myself would be largely ineffective for > this particular dance. > > Would love to hear about any ideas you can share. Thanks! > > Jacqui Grennan > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net