Re: [Callers] Grand Marches and ONS

Hi After you end up in columns of 8 people I 'collect them up' eight by eight by weaving in and out of the standing lines of 8 asking each end to 'join on' to the end of the growing line. Then I lead it round into a circle, John Meechan -----Original Message----- From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Rickey Sent: 16 October 2006 02:54 To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Grand Marches and ONS Hi, I'm doing an ONS on a Sunday afternoon for a church group. There will be 4, 5, 6th graders, with some contra dance experience, and adults, some old, with none. The room has two ROWS of columns, but there is room at the sides and between the rows of columns. I am thinking of doing a Grand March to start, to get everyone involved. I have done this several times with Dudley, all more that twenty years ago, and don't remember how to start them. Mostly I remember Dudley pointing alternately left and right, very cool, as we went from marching in two's to marching in four's, eight's and so forth. Any ideas for what else to do? I'll probably do a circle mixer next. It would be fun to somehow end the grand march so everyone was in the circle. How might you do that? And of course, any great ONS dances would be great to have. Thanks, Rickey Holt. _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers