<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" class="" style="">A four couple contra I call sometimes is <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_446486" class="" style="">"Vet's Revenge"</b> by Colin Hume Duple Improper</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" class="" style="">A1 Neighbor couples (1's with 2's, 3's with 4's) star left</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" class="" style=""> Middle couples (2's with 3's) star right</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" class="" style="">A2 Neighbor couples allemande left 1 1/2 </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" class="" style=""> Women chain to partner</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" class="" style="">B1 All four couples promenade in a circle a bit more than 1/2 around to form a square </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" dir="ltr" class="" style=""> (until the original couple 1 is in position 3 of a square, i.e., facing the music)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" dir="ltr" class="" style=""> <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_446295" class="" style=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_446675" class="" style="">This must be done somewhat quickly</b></i></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" dir="ltr" class="" style=""> Side couple women chain across</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" dir="ltr" class="" style="">B2 Head couples pass through, separate and go around one to form lines at the sides</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" dir="ltr" class="" style=""> All swing partner, finish with the two couples now in the middle facing the nearest end,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" dir="ltr" class="" style=""> and the two couples at the end facing the middle</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442365" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442235" class="" style=""> </div><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430630494686_442207" dir="ltr" style="">Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844</div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, May 3, 2015 2:54 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my <br>triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to <br>old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed <br>them, so what the heck). I was grateful to have the few triplets I had, <br>and I'd like to expand my collection. The ones I used were <br>Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have <br>distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a <br>cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively). I like triplets that <br>have some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to <br>chew on.<br><br>Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling? I get the <br>impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time <br>until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of <br>fun. And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.<br><br>We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets <br>and 3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and <br>Pride of Dingle (for 9). For a short while we had 4 couples and did <br>contras but most of the evening was "other." Got any good dances for <br>odd numbers?<br><br>Kalia<br>_______________________________________________<br>Callers mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>