[Callers] Fewer than 6 dancers - Ideas?

Tue Oct 4 13:37:55 PDT 2016

I've had this dance for years to use when there are only 2 couples.  Can't
remember which contra dance it comes from, but it's modified by adding a
square thru 5-hands (zesty) instead of 4-hands to take you back to your
partner for the Balance & Swing.  It's fun and can be exhausting depending
on the tune.

*UNKNOWN* (2 cpls)

Tune:      Zesty

16           R&L Thru across & back

16           Star R/L

16           Square thru 5 hands (opp R, P L)

16           B&S P

On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Michael Barraclough via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> 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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