2 Aug
2006
2 Aug
'06
10:57 p.m.
Gale,
I'll support what others have said. If it's a true family dance,
don't expect to do any contras at all. There are plenty of fun dances
that will make sure that everyone feels successful.
Here are some more:
A LITTLE BRANDY.
Longways set for as many as will. Any 2/4 tune will do.
from Dudley Laufman
FAMILY
1. All swing partners, (2 hand swing, or elbow hook swings).
2. Top cpl sashay down the middle and back while everyone clap
3. Everyone make a bridge, same cpl dance under bridge to bottom and
stay there.
Repeat til all have been top cpl. If very long lines, you might have
two or even three cpls dance down at once.
Trains (from Marian Rose)
longways sets, 6-8 couples
FAMILY
1. All face front, hold inside hands with partner, place outside hand
on shoulder of person in front, forward 4 and back 4
2. forward 4 and back 4
3&4. first set leads around the second train
5&6. second train leads around the first train
7&8. Couples from an arch, top couple through the arch to the bottom
La Bastringue - LKS version
circle of partners, facing center MIXER *FAMILY*
1. F&B 2. F&B
3. Circle LEFT
4. Circle RIGHT
5. keep walking, ladies tap gent in front of them
6. Swing NEIGHBOR
7&8. Promenade new Partner
Jubilee Rag
FAMILY longways sets of 4-5 couples
1. partner allemand RIGHT 1
2. partner allemande LEFT 1x
3. do si do partner by right
4. do si do partner by left
5&6. top couple sashay down and back
7. top couple lead down the middle, rest cast IN to follow
8. at bottom, top couple make an arch, all through and UP the outside
to place
Welsh Circle Dance
circle of partners
FAMILY
1a. Shake RIGHT hands with P 4x (... shake shake shake shake)
1b. Shake LEFT hands with P 4x
2a. Clap own hands 4 times
2b. Clap partner’s hands 4 times
3. With partner, sashay 4 steps into the center and back out
4. Repeat
5. Allemande right 1 or 2x
6. Allemande left 1 or 2x
7&8. Promenade (could progress here by having the women move back one)
Cat and Mouse (5-6 couples per set. Might fall off the phrase)
longways sets
PROPER (cat on left, mouse on right)
FAMILY
1. F&B
2. Top couple sashay down & back
3. Top couple cast and lead their line down the outside ("peel the
banana")
4. Top couple arch, all under the arch back to place
5. Top couple “cat and mouse”: cat up the center, mouse up the
outside of mice line, then
6. Mouse down the center, cat down the outside of cat’s line
7&8. All partner swing
Kids Chaos Mixer #3 Chrissy Fowler
*FAMILY* scattered couple
1. set of 4, Circle Left
2. Circle Right
3. Right hand star
4. Left hand star
5. Neighbor two hand turn
6. Partner two hand turn
7&8. With PARTNER promenade to new couple
Chicken Dance (needs the named tune)
Reel du Canard
*FAMILY*
1a. 4x beak (hands like a beak)
1b. 4x wings (arms bent like wings)
1c. 4x waddles (hips back and forth)
1d. 4 claps
and repeat 3 more times
5&6. Circle Left
7&8. Circle Right
Do the first part faster each time through the tune.
Circassian Circle Paul Rosenberg
circle of couples facing in *FAMILY*
ask them to self identify as either moon or star!
1. F&B
2. F&B
3. Women (Stars) in, 2, 3 CLAP
4. Men (Moons) in, 2, 3 CLAP
5. do-si-do partner
6. two hand turn partner
7&8. Promenade; form circle
Tall, Short Kathryn Larsen *FAMILY*
1&2. Circle RIGHT
3&4. Circle LEFT
5. Short people in, 2, 3, CLAP
6. Tall people in, 2, 3, CLAP
7. Short people in, circle RIGHT on the inside, Tall people on the
outside, circle LEFT
8. Switch gears, Circle LEFT on the inside and RIGHT on the outside
music stop at random
short people turn around and elbow swing someone on the outside