Well, there's always this one... https://contradb.com/dances/355
I know, someone is going to say they are sensitive about height. It's a contra mixer nonetheless. When it stops mixing, it's over. I actually start all my workshops with Accretion Reel (Chris Page), because the "scatter and find a partner" totally breaks that ice for new dancers. I tell them, "You have eight beats to find a partner. That's FOUR SECONDS! Just find ANYBODY!! Wave if you can't find someone, they'll find you!" After the dance, after saying how marvelously they danced, I demo asking someone to dance for real, talk about yes or no, and being kind either way, etc. The swing is a two-hands-around swing, so I get to talk about whether that should be done quickly or slowly, depending on who your partner is, and how to communicate and negotiate that preference, too. It's amazing what that one little dance holds! The version I have (gotten from JoLaine Jones-Pokorney) is different from the one in The Caller's Box: https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10253 JoLaine's version: Accretion Reel (var) Chris Page JoLaine Jones-Pokorney gave me this dance in early 2022 Intro Scatter Mixer - random Start solo, in circle A1 Into middle and back (with woo!) Scatter find partner A2 Swing etc. 2-hand, elbow fine* B1 Promenade to circle B2 Circle left Circle right * Since many don't know how to swing, they should just elbow swing or two-hand swing or play pattycake or do anything. Prevent the experienced dancers from trying to teach a swing now, you'll do it in a minute. --jh-- On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 9:22 PM Claire Takemori via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks so much for this review Lisa! I love this dance (shout out to > Susan Michaels who wrote Kaboom!) and call it whenever I have mostly new > dancers. > For the Teen Music camp I called at last week, I added in the B2, Left > hand star AND Right hand star, 3,2,1 boom! > > I got feedback from some non-dancers (who found contra dances too hard), > who said that when they show up without friends or a date to a public > dance, that they usually feel awkward about asking someone to dance who > they don’t know. So the next time I called our local community barn > dance, I started with more mixers to get folks easily mingling. This > worked like a charm. > I even made longways sets by having folks line up in 2 long lines (no > partners) then pairing them with someone across for a partner. I heard no > groans or complaints. The single friends said they loved having more > mixers to start, then most seemed comfortable asking someone after I showed > them how it’s done (no dive bombs from the rear, eye contact, ask if they > want to dance, and the answer can be yes or no) > > I also tried to write a longways where folks were not paired with a > partner, and make it a mixer…. Still In the testing phase. I know Luke > Donforth wrote a longways line mixer ! > > Claire Takemori > (Asheville NC) > > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:20:51 -0400 > From: Lisa Sieverts <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Good dance for teens/familly dance > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; markup=markdown > > I used this dance recently (I was an emergency substitute) and was very > pleased with how well it went. Not only is it a no-partner dance, it > doesn’t even matter how big the circles are (though I did have them start > out in circles of 4). So no one gets left out even if the scatter to make > new circles is chaotic. It’s also easy to get them into one big circle for > the last time through and that’s a very nice way to end. > > I think I got it here on Shared Weight, thanks Claire! > > Beaumont Boom! > By Claire Takemori (8/26/19) > *Any number in scattered circles > A1 Bal ring 2x, CL > A2 Bal ring 2x, CR > > B1. LHS (pile of LH in the middle, keep walking same direction after CR) > countdown 3-2-1 > B2 Boom! Throw hands up and all twirl out of the star and make new > circles. > > Can end with one big circle > > Claire says: I wrote a dance with no Partners that I love for family or > parties where you start with a few and folks keep dropping in, but it also > works for a large group. > > > Lisa Sieverts > 603-762-0235 > [email protected] > > On Jun 21, 2023, at 1:00 AM, [email protected] > wrote: > > Send Contra Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Contra Callers digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Good dance for teens/familly dance (Lisa Sieverts) > 2. Re: Good dance for teens/familly dance (Jimmy Akin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:20:51 -0400 > From: Lisa Sieverts <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Good dance for teens/familly dance > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; markup=markdown > > I used this dance recently (I was an emergency substitute) and was very > pleased with how well it went. Not only is it a no-partner dance, it > doesn’t even matter how big the circles are (though I did have them start > out in circles of 4). So no one gets left out even if the scatter to make > new circles is chaotic. It’s also easy to get them into one big circle for > the last time through and that’s a very nice way to end. > > I think I got it here on Shared Weight, thanks Claire! > > Beaumont Boom! > By Claire Takemori (8/26/19) > *Any number in scattered circles > A1 Bal ring 2x, CL > A2 Bal ring 2x, CR > > B1. LHS (pile of LH in the middle, keep walking same direction after CR) > countdown 3-2-1 > B2 Boom! Throw hands up and all twirl out of the star and make new > circles. > > Can end with one big circle > > Claire says: I wrote a dance with no Partners that I love for family or > parties where you start with a few and folks keep dropping in, but it also > works for a large group. > > > Lisa Sieverts > 603-762-0235 > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:58:56 -0700 > From: Jimmy Akin <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Re: Good dance for teens/familly dance > To: Lisa Sieverts <[email protected]> > Cc: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <caexfeh0ky1apevfkyqjso4dlf7n4ozgnhnzh_cjn4iwtv28...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="00000000000099da0405fe90e4ac" > > Interesting! I'll give it a try! > > (I'm always looking for simple, no partner circle dances.) > > Jimmy Akin > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 6:21 AM Lisa Sieverts via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I used this dance recently (I was an emergency substitute) and was very > pleased with how well it went. Not only is it a no-partner dance, it > doesn’t even matter how big the circles are (though I did have them start > out in circles of 4). So no one gets left out even if the scatter to make > new circles is chaotic. It’s also easy to get them into one big circle for > the last time through and that’s a very nice way to end. > > I think I got it here on Shared Weight, thanks Claire! > > Beaumont Boom! > By Claire Takemori (8/26/19) > *Any number in scattered circles > A1 Bal ring 2x, CL > A2 Bal ring 2x, CR > > B1. LHS (pile of LH in the middle, keep walking same direction after CR) > countdown 3-2-1 > B2 Boom! Throw hands up and all twirl out of the star and make new > circles. > > Can end with one big circle > > Claire says: I wrote a dance with no Partners that I love for family or > parties where you start with a few and folks keep dropping in, but it also > works for a large group. > > > Lisa Sieverts > 603-762-0235 > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > -------------- next part -------------- > A message part incompatible with plain text digests has been removed ... > Name: not available > Type: text/html > Size: 2099 bytes > Desc: not available > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Contra Callers Digest, Vol 107, Issue 5 > ********************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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