[Callers] Fewer than 6 dancers - Ideas?

Michael Barraclough via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Tue Oct 4 13:03:51 PDT 2016


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

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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
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