Interesting, I learned the Jack Turn Back as “The Cottontail Rag” by Steve Schnur. Now I wonder… It adapts well for 7 and ok with 9.
Another trick I learned from Cammy Kaynor: 5 or 7 couples? Do double progression dances, that way you dance with everyone in the line and don’t wait out long.
Then there’s the nine-pin, which I know has a codified version in Scotland dance collections, but I play with it: head couples star, side couples star, all
four couples star, or heys or experiment.
I’ve never called it as the first time a bunch of us danced it to Sandy Bradley’s calling: The Strip Nine-Pin, where when a new nine-pin is found the music
stops and the new nine-pin has to take of one piece of clothes. Luckily no one lost a ring or earring… And we were outside in Oak Park in Santa Barbara (CA) back when the Harvest Moon Festival was held there. Totally fun and funny!
~Erik
Oakland, CA
From: Mac Mckeever via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 3:24 PM
To: Jonathan Sivier <jsivier@illinois.edu>; Allison Jonjak <allisonjonjak@gmail.com>
Cc: Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Re: Favourite Dances for Small Crowds
oops - Dance is actually called Jack Turn Back by Steve Schnur
On Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 04:33:34 PM CDT, Mac Mckeever via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I haven't seen this whole thread - but Turn Back Jack is for 5 dancers and a lot of fun
Mac
On Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 04:27:35 PM CDT, Allison Jonjak via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Unexpected circumstances gave me 5 dancers a couple years ago, and I wrote Tighten Your Lugnuts on the fly: https://contradb.com/dances/2387
It's nice enough that I wrote it down and call it at cider presses or other "places I'm randomly at and someone requests a dance".
If I remember correctly, Levi Jackson's Rag is for 7 dancers? I haven't called that myself.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Square - NOT! is a fun dance. I think you will find it is 6 couples, not 6 dancers, in a triangle.
>
> Jonathan
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> On 10/29/2024 1:58 PM, John Sweeney via Contra Callers wrote:
>> Hi Angela,
>>
>> These are some of the ones I call regularly for small groups.
>>
>> These are all at
https://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances.html <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances.html__;!!DZ3fjg!_AXzafO9HKePtpeadepdWYA2MeK_z9s56u3c9K5m6MSL2EjCtzm_Y4nxq0hQ_sMJ7mU_aXIl0pdI0rPaDZ_7j5-opkKYDrEH_ost$>
>>
>> Big Wheel - Crazy dance for eight dancers
>>
>> Fivepenny Piece – 10 dancers in a square with a couple in the middle
>>
>> Serene Seven - 14 dancers
>>
>> Sun Skip - Six dancers in a Circle doing Allemande Orbits
>>
>> Two Doors Down - Six dancers in lines with a fun chase
>>
>> And:
>>
>> Ted’s Triplet #3:
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10805 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10805__;!!DZ3fjg!_AXzafO9HKePtpeadepdWYA2MeK_z9s56u3c9K5m6MSL2EjCtzm_Y4nxq0hQ_sMJ7mU_aXIl0pdI0rPaDZ_7j5-opkKYDkh676IA$>
>>
>> Lark Trio - Three dancers - Waltz Time
https://contrafusion.co.uk/Formations.html#3d <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://contrafusion.co.uk/Formations.html*3d__;Iw!!DZ3fjg!_AXzafO9HKePtpeadepdWYA2MeK_z9s56u3c9K5m6MSL2EjCtzm_Y4nxq0hQ_sMJ7mU_aXIl0pdI0rPaDZ_7j5-opkKYDqjrwhnh$>
>>
>> Square --- NOT! Six dancers in a triangle:
https://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/FormationsDances.html#SquareNOT <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/FormationsDances.html*SquareNOT__;Iw!!DZ3fjg!_AXzafO9HKePtpeadepdWYA2MeK_z9s56u3c9K5m6MSL2EjCtzm_Y4nxq0hQ_sMJ7mU_aXIl0pdI0rPaDZ_7j5-opkKYDvJFEzY7$>
>>
>> Hexitation - Six Couples in a rectangle:
https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2006.pdf <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2006.pdf__;!!DZ3fjg!_AXzafO9HKePtpeadepdWYA2MeK_z9s56u3c9K5m6MSL2EjCtzm_Y4nxq0hQ_sMJ7mU_aXIl0pdI0rPaDZ_7j5-opkKYDjUS2rPH$>
>>
>> In this video of it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNy9II3OiU <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNy9II3OiU__;!!DZ3fjg!_AXzafO9HKePtpeadepdWYA2MeK_z9s56u3c9K5m6MSL2EjCtzm_Y4nxq0hQ_sMJ7mU_aXIl0pdI0rPaDZ_7j5-opkKYDuj8p284$>
the break is done as a Square Dance break by getting each Head couple to put their arms around each other and act as a single person. Great fun!
>>
>> I hope you like some of them.
>>
>> Happy dancing,
>>
>> John
>>
>> John Sweeney, Dancer, England
john@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574
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>>
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