[Callers] Super easy dances - do they exist?

Jeremy Child via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Sat Jun 17 05:42:29 PDT 2017


To quiet a room I use the Girl Guides technique:

I raise my hand, and anyone who sees me knows to stop talking and raise
their hand too.  More notice this (other peoples hands up and slightly
diminished volume).  This snowballs quite quickly as peer pressure kicks
in, and is a very effective technique.  You have to teach it to them first,
of course, but they pick it up quite quickly.

Jeremy
www.barndancecaller.net

On 16 June 2017 at 20:10, Linda S. Mrosko via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I lead an annual dance for 200+ 18-year olds in a hall with terrible
> acoustics.  Been doing it for 15+ years.  If they all whispered at the same
> time, it would sound like a roar in that room.  I can only do the most
> basic stuff most of the time...simple circles, longways with lots of
> sashaying, an easy folk dance.  But I experiment every now and then, which
> lead me to come up with the following dances which, for the most part,
> worked.  Am I stealing them from somebody?  (I like to give credit where
> credit is due.)
>
> They call their dance "Swat the Flea".  I searched for a long time for a
> very easy dance that had a Swat the Flea and finally wrote this one --
>
> BOX'NSWAT (Circle)
> A1  Women into the middle and back; Gents into the middle & back
> A2  All make a quarter turn to the right and walk single file to the right
> B1  Women turn back to face partner -- all shake R hands with Partner &
> Box the Gnat; change hands, Balance & Swat the Flea
> B2  DSD Partner; Allemande R w/partner 1-1/2 to progress (women end facing
> into the center ready to go F&B)
>
>
> Since contra dances are almost impossible to teach to a loud, boisterous,
> energetic bunch of 18-year olds who have never heard of or seen a contra
> dance, I decided to give this a whirl -- and it worked -- mostly!  It would
> probably be better with a smaller more sedate crowd.
>
> GREASE & GLUE (Contra formation -- Gender free -- all you need is a
> partner)
> A1  Couple 1 split Couple 2, return to places; Couple 1 DSD
> A2  Couple 2 split Couple 1, return to places; Couple 2 DSD
> B1  Star R; Star L (w/hands)
> B2  Couples face each other -- Couples DSD 1-1/2 ending back-to-back,
> facing next couple
>
>
> As an aside -- how do you quiet a room with terrible acoustics full of
> loud people?  Thanks!
>
> --
>
>
>
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