Re: [Callers] Traffic Jam

We usually do it to a tune played AB: Traffic Jam from John Krumm no partner needed at start 1) Elementary Traffic Jam A part: Clap-clap-clap, stamp-stamp-stamp, walk-2-3-4 (whichever way you're facing) Repeat all that B part Sashay sideways 8 steps Pick another direction and sashay back Do that for 5-7 times, then move to 2) Intermediate Traffic Jam Turn around and find a buddy standing near you. Do the dance again. Instead of clapping your own hands in A1, you clap both hands with your buddy, then stand side by side facing the same direction, hook elbows and walk for the 4 steps. In the B part, you take both hands with your buddy and sashay-- it helps if you both go in the same direction! Do that for another 5-7 times, then, if the crowd seems ready for it, do 3) Advanced Traffic Jam Same as above, only after the first sashay, callers says "Switch!" whereupon dancers drop hands with current partner, turn around and find someone new with whom to sashay back again. It's a dance I often use early in the program for family groups. No partner needed at start, so everyone can participate. Then you dance with a partner, and then change partners. David Millstone