Re: [Callers] ONS easy dances keeping your partner

Hi Tina, I've been following this thread with some interest, but I can't post to the listserv bec of lingering computer problems. The ONS Girl Scout gig reminds me of working with 4th graders one year. I was doing longways dances like Galopede and Alabama Gal, simple big-circle dances, and even a hash square once. The square was a surprise hit, and I wished I had had time to do more of them. I didn't do any particular square, just threw it together from other things they had already learned. I explained about heads/sides and corners, and that they always had to pay attention to what comes out of the callers mouth. I think they had not learned promenade yet, but that was easy enough. I also taught a grand R+L since we had already done pullbys in Galopede. So I did things like allem L your corner, dosido your P, allem L your corner, two hand swing your P and promenade the square. I did heads/sides forward and back. I also did some pullbys across with no courtesy turns in lieu of R&L throughs - they simply turned around to come back. I also did something where the ladies went to the middle while the gents promenaded single file around the outside, then allem your P. It was easy to add bow to partner/corner, wave to the one across from you, circle L/R, even a star maybe. I kept it really simple, but the easy stuff is still fun! I didn't worry about figure and break so much, but I did repeat some parts. In my instance, the kids were so busy trying to keep up with the calls that they forgot to worry about catching cooties from the opposite sex. With a daughter/father setup, I'd think that would be even less of an issue. Maybe you could set it up and do a couple tips, then come back to it later if you had time and interest. Anyway, just wanted to share that idea! :) Joy