Another way of using hash calls -- At a dance I attended, after a
   difficult time with several new and rather nippy callers calling
   complicated dances they couldn't call, the main caller got everyone on
   the floor promenading in couples around the floor in no pattern then
   proceeded to hash call various combinations, coupling up four randomly,
   doing a few figures, heading out with maybe a neighbor instead of
   partner, connecting up with another couple, and so on. Nothing too
   hard, everyone could do it, the band was lively, it got the dancers
   back in good spirits and it ended lining us up in contra lines where he
   went immediately into a fairly easy dance. Confidence and fun came back
   for all (experienced and new) and the evening ended on a high note. A
   good memory that crowded out the unhappy part.
       Cheers,   Sue R.
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