I've had this dance for years to use when there are only 2 couples. Can't remember which contra dance it comes from, but it's modified by adding a square thru 5-hands (zesty) instead of 4-hands to take you back to your partner for the Balance & Swing. It's fun and can be exhausting depending on the tune.
*UNKNOWN* (2 cpls) Tune: Zesty 16 R&L Thru across & back 16 Star R/L 16 Square thru 5 hands (opp R, P L) 16 B&S P On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Michael Barraclough via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > [email protected]http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > -- *Looking forward,Linda S. Mrosko* *102 Mitchell Drive* *Temple, Texas 76501* *(903) 292-3713 (Cell)* *(903) 603-9955 (Skype)contradancetx.com <http://www.contradancetx.com>*
