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Traffic Jam. (I haven't called this, but here's notation shared by other people on mailing lists. )</div>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">TRAFFIC JAM<span> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">Random singletons - no partner</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">(via Barb Kirchner)</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">A1: clap 3x, stamp 3x, walk 4 steps</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures"><span>
</span>(it's fun to face people when you do clap/stamp, then walk off and face<span> </span></span></p>
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</span>somebody else)</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">A2: eight sliding steps to the right, eight slides back to the left</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">B1: make circles of any size, circle left, circle right</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">B2: break circles, promenade in lines</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">TRAFFIC JAM (John Krumm)</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">via David Millstone</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">no partners needed at start</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">any standard reel, played AB<span> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">(or just done AA then done again to the BB)</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">Dancers stand individually anywhere on the floor to start.</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">BASIC TRAFFIC JAM</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">A<span>
</span>Clap clap clap; Stamp stamp stamp; Walk - 2 - 3 - 4 (repeat all this)</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">B
<span> </span>Sashay across the hall for 8 counts; Reverse<span> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">You try to go in a straight line, but avoiding collisions. "Reverse" doesn't</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">mean go exactly back where you started, but rather change directions. Do this</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">half a dozen times or so, then move into...</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">IMTERMEDIATE TRAFFIC JAM</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">Turn around, quick! Find someone standing there and stand in front of them.</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">That's your buddy. On the clapping part, instead of clapping your own hands,</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">you and your partner clap both hands together with each other. On the walking,</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">you just hold closer hand and walk four steps with your partner. On the sashay,</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">you hold both hands and gallop sideways (in the same direction!), still trying</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">to avoid collisions with other couples. Do this variation a few times, then</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">move into...</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">ADVANCED TRAFFIC JAM</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">Same as above, except that on the "reverse" caller says "Switch" and you find a</span></p>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures">different partner for the sashay back.</span></p>
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"Sasha" is really popular around here, needs a specific tune.</div>
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Hope this helps!</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Callers <callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of T Claw via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 5, 2019 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> callers@lists.sharedweight.net <callers@lists.sharedweight.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Callers] Family Dances</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Does anyone have any recommendations, for silly fun called/led dances/figures/games for a family dance that has lots of young kids and perhaps not enough adults joining in the mix?
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<div>Thanks, </div>
<div>T-Claw</div>
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