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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Kalia, You said you already had a triplet with contra corners in it, BUT I figured I'd offer this anyway. I often call Chorus Jig as a triplet, (B2 being 1's (bal and) swing to bottom of set and others move up). I found that in a triplet dancers can learn contra corners very easily without the confusion that comes in a duple set. With Chorus Jig, in addition to the distinctive choreography you mentioned, there's also the historical significance of calling a dance 100's of years old I guess.<div><br></div><div>bill<br><br><div>> Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 12:53:53 -0700<br>> To: callers@sharedweight.net<br>> Subject: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers<br>> From: callers@lists.sharedweight.net<br>> <br>> 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>> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net<br>> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net<br></div></div> </div></body>
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