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Subject: [Callers] Re: Mousetrap?
For what it's worth, that "Venus Flyt Trap" dance looks like a variant of an
old singing game called "Oranges and Lemons." This descripti
For what it's worth, that "Venus Flyt Trap" dance looks like a variant of an
old singing game called "Oranges and Lemons." This description in Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranges_and_Lemons#As_a_game
has children going under the arch(es) in pairs, and thus being caught two
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Subject: RE: [Callers] Re: Mousetrap?
John, do you know when the Clarks wrote or published this? I learned it from
Ted Sannella under the name of Triple Promenade, probably in the late 1970s or
early 1980s. The sequence is identical, except that I’m pretty sure Ted had the
ladies “
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Hi Luke,
Here is one:
https://squaredancehistory.org/exhibits/show/dare-to-be-square-weekend-2011/item/730
Here is my notation:
Silly Threesome (by Kenneth & Sibyl Clark)
Trios (LML) pl
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Hi Luke,
Here is one:
https://squaredancehistory.org/exhibits/show/dare-to-be-square-weekend-2011/item/730
Here is my notation:
Silly Threesome (by Kenneth & Sibyl Clark)
Trios (LML) plus spare men
A1:Promenade (16) – Spare Men in the Middle
I looked up Marian Rose’s version of Tunnelmania in her (brilliant) book “Step
Lively, 3” and she gives no attribution either. She does encourage the caller
to make sure the music always stops at the end of phrase, not randomly in the
middle…..so that the dancers inherently are listening for
Thanks Bill.
John Sweeny sent me another version of that dance:
https://squaredancehistory.org/exhibits/show/dare-to-be-square-weekend-2011/item/730
fun to see how things have been adapted.
Sue Hulsether had one she got from Carol Ormand, "Tunnelmania" which seems
to match the exponential growth
Hi Luke, This dance is similar to what you describe. Silly Threesomesyoutu.beIt's called Silly Threesoms. I dont remember where I got it.To set it up, I get couples made of an adult and child to come on the floor to make a circle. The kids all go into the middle and the adults pair up to make
