This dance works well as a quadruplet (contra line with only four couples)

On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM Katie A via Contra Callers <
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> I am calling this weekend and walked this dance through with a small group
> last night to prepare. I thought it was such an easy, straightforward
> dance. 😆 No hard moves, everything flows into the next move nicely... The
> end effects were tripping people up even though they *knew* what was going
> on. These were all experienced dancers. We only had 2 hands fours and it's
> a triple progression dance, so everyone was always involved in end effects.
> Maybe that's the only reason it was so complicated. I do know more things I
> could point out from the beginning now (the ladies that are out won't be
> doing the first allemande, but everybody will be doing the second
> allemande; all the ladies will be traveling counterclockwise around the
> major set and all the men will be traveling clockwise) but I'm afraid to
> call it on Saturday. Is this dance really that hard? What should I think?
> 😅 How do I do a better walkthrough? I don't want it to be information
> overload but do I need to give a big picture explanation of the dance
> before anyone starts moving? Or is this just all going to go better in
> longer sets and people will sort out the end effects... ? It's such a fun
> dance that I don't want to give it up but I don't want it to be a flop
> either.
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