[Callers] community dance

Sue, Good luck with your community dance series. You might enjoy Catch: Two dancers are chosen to make a two-handed arch. The other dancers promenade single file around the hall, going under the arch one by one. When the caller says the word catch, the arch is dropped. Anyone caught goes to the center and waits. If no one is caught then the arch goes back up and the dancers start moving again. When two people are in the center, they pair up and make a second arch. Basically this continues until all have a partner. The most frustrating part of this game/dance is when the arches are left down too long and everyone has to sit in rush hour traffic. Although I tell them to bring their arches up right away there are always some who ignore me on this point. Catch leaves the dancers in the perfect formation to do the Paddy Cake Polka if you want to do another dance right away. I think Catch is only fun with a large number of people like 20 or more. Warn them about eye glasses!!!!!!! Tom