Re: [Callers] Dances for 3-6 couples

Hi Will, Thanks for those dances. Below are few that I've made up that people might find useful for some variety. I also have a square based on Pride of the Dingle (which is what I thought the dance was called) for experienced dancers if anyone is interested. Cheers, Bill Triangle #1 3 couple circle July 2008 mixer corner progression A1 Partner Dosido, RLG (3 hands), Partner Allemand Left 1 A2 (last few beats of previous AL then )Corner Swing B1 Promenade, (back out) Circle Left B2 Gents Star Right, Corner Allemand Left Triangle #2 3 couple circle July 2008 mixer corner progression A1 Forward and Back, Gents Star Right A2 Corner (4 beat) Allemand Left, RLG (6 hands) B1 Partner Dosido and Swing B2 Promenade, Three Ladies Chain (*) (*) Ladies leave partner, pass one gent, get courtesy turned by next Triangle #3 3 couple circle July 2008 Keep partners A1 Designated Couple Forward and Back, Pass thru, Separate go back home A2 (all) Right hand balance, RLG (6 hands) B1 Dosido partner, Swing Partner B2 Circle Left, Circle Right Designated can be #1, #2, #3, but also those in stripes, etc Dance inspired by Phil Garland's Eternal Triangle dance collected in Aussie Pentagon #1 5 couple circle July 2008 mixer period 5 dance A1 Partner Dosido, RLG (4 hands) A2 (next which is) Corner Dosido and Swing B1 Promenade, (back out) Circle Left B2 Five Ladies Chain (*), Forward and Back (*) Ladies leave partner, pass one gent, get courtesy turned by next Alt B2b: Five Ladies Chain (again, and use twirls to face) This last dance is easy to demonstrate, but complicated to describe. A "barn dance" version (with elbow swings rather than hand hold allemands) is on video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6bTMsVFf3E New Zealand Sheepskin Triplet April 2007 Proper, 3x2x32bar cycle A1 Gents Sheepskin Heye(*) around Ladies A2 (continue) B1 Gents lead down outside (8) Come back up B2 Allemand Right Partner, Allemand Left Partner (8 beats each, same distance each) Repeat interchanging Ladies for Gents and Left for Right. (*) Sheepskin Heye (Heye in Picking Up Sticks Playford (1651)) : #1 man leads (no hands) other men up and around outside, weaving in between ladies #1 and #2 etc. BUT last man (#3) takes shortcut around middle lady to lead weaving on the way back, the new last man (#2) takes short cut around middle, and leads weaving back down, then new last man (#1 again) takes short cut and leads all around the outside completely back home. This produces a non-permuting version. A permuting version modifies the Heye by having the last person take a fourth short cut and then leads all down around outside. This means after the Men do their hey, they get permuted to 3, 1, 2 and ladies are still 1, 2, 3 so the arm turns are with non-partners. After the ladies do their hey, both are permuted 3, 1, 2 and arm turns are with partners once again. Note the inactives can “help” by moving slightly forward and back to make the weaving of the actives easier. Also the middle person can interact by reminding, doing a complete turn with arm around, or just pointing at the shortcut takers. However it is best to learn without this help, so as to be responsible for the "shortcut" decision. The storyline being: "I'm tired of being at the end, I'll take a short cut!"