Re: [Callers] Family dances for 3-9 people?

2016-02-20 Thread John Sweeney via Callers
I use The Horse's Branle for small groups http://www.webfeet.org/eceilidh/dances/horses-branle.html Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England j...@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent

Re: [Callers] Family dances for 3-9 people?

2016-02-19 Thread JD Erskine via Callers
On 2016-02-18 2252, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote: Hi Everyone, In preparation for calling my first family dance on March 6, I’d like to find some family-friendly dances that are for very small groups, like 3-9 people. Ideally NOT proper triplets, or 3x3s (already have a few of those) and

Re: [Callers] Family dances for 3-9 people?

2016-02-18 Thread Alan Winston via Callers
This has worked for me: 3 or 4 couples longways. Try to get talls and smalls mixed in each line but partners are across from each other. A1 1-4 Lines go forward and back. 5-8 Link arms in line and as a unit, pass left shoulder (bottom person in one line, top in the other) and wheel

Re: [Callers] Family dances for 3-9 people?

2016-02-18 Thread Erik Hoffman via Callers
Here's a dance I made up sometime -- don't quite remember when, for 7, but works with 9 (or even 11...) The Millennium Bug Erik Hoffman Written for a weird New Year... Formation is a longways set of couples facing the odd person out who is "The Bug" A1 Essentially, up a double towards The

[Callers] Family dances for 3-9 people?

2016-02-18 Thread Claire Takemori via Callers
Hi Everyone, In preparation for calling my first family dance on March 6, I’d like to find some family-friendly dances that are for very small groups, like 3-9 people. Ideally NOT proper triplets, or 3x3s (already have a few of those) and NO gender roles. I’ve got a good collection of simple