<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">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.<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt">UNKNOWN</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt"> (2 cpls)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">Tune:<span> </span>Zesty<br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">16<span> </span>R&L
Thru across & back</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">16<span> </span>Star
R/L</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">16<span> </span>Square
thru 5 hands (opp R, P L)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt">16<span> </span>B&S
P</span></p>
<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Michael Barraclough via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Michael Barraclough</div><div><a href="http://www.michaelbarraclough.com" target="_blank">www.michaelbarraclough.com</a></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><span>-- <br></span></div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div>On Tue, 2016-10-04 at 12:09 -0700, QuiAnn2 via Callers wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><pre>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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