As a new caller to a new college dance series, I'm particularly interested in collecting a bunch of connected, simple dances that feature ONE advanced move. We get lots of newbies every night, often 30% or more. The dancers who come regularly are getting tired of simple dances. This would be a way of broadening my group's move catalog at a reduced level of challenge for the newbies. I'm already splitting my evenings into an hour of simple, 3/4 hour of intermediate, a break, and an advanced hour. Connected dances with new moves in the intermediate section could help the newbies last later into the night.

--jh--

On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 12:15 PM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Here is a link to one of my recent dances, "The Balter Dance," not written with beginners in mind...
http://aptsg.org/Dance/dances.html#Balter
A caller described her experience calling this at a local dance (which usually attracts
a relatively large number of beginners)
"I called a couple of your dances tonight. there were totally brand new dancers in the
mix- folks with not even other dance experience- so even basic stuff required like 3 walk-thrus.
We did Dave Found The Missing Coffee Cup, and Balter Dance.
Balter Dance was particularly well received for its chains for both ladies and gents,
which is rare, and works beautifully with the alternating stars.
One person commented that it was great for helping new dancers, since you're in
physical contact with either a partner or neighbor almost all the time, so you don't
get lost or wander in the wrong direction."
Does anyone have other dances with connectivity making them appropriate for crowds with a high proportion of beginners?
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