[Callers] another easy dance

Send Callers mailing list submissions to callers(a)sharedweight.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to callers-request(a)sharedweight.net You can reach the person managing the list at callers-owner(a)sharedweight.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Traffic Jam (Gale T. Wood) 2. Re: Traffic Jam (David Millstone) 3. Re: Community/Family dance (Rickey) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:06:26 -0400 From: "Gale T. Wood" &lt;Gale(a)robbinsauto.com&gt; Subject: [Callers] Traffic Jam To: &lt;callers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; Message-ID: &lt;79C5F2A3DD0551469291F6CD6BF5422E02FB9E(a)officemail.robbinsauto.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Thanks Alan and Jeff, I was at David Millstones Wkshp and remember Traffic Jam, being a good time. If somebody out there has the calls I would appreciate it if you could pass them along. I am desperately digging into my archives, hoping to find the same. Next stop is the Nottingham NH Library to find some of the literature suggestions..... Thanks Gale Wood ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: 01 Aug 2006 15:19:07 EDT From: David.Millstone(a)valley.net (David Millstone) Subject: Re: [Callers] Traffic Jam To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Message-ID: &lt;16527089(a)retriever.VALLEY.NET&gt; Content-Type: text/plain 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 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:51:47 -0400 From: "Rickey" &lt;holt.e(a)comcast.net&gt; Subject: Re: [Callers] Community/Family dance To: "'Caller's discussion list'" &lt;callers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; Cc: "'Gale T. Wood'" &lt;Gale(a)robbinsauto.com&gt; Message-ID: <000001c6b5c5$76ab7250$5f511e42@maxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Gale, Here's a variety of stuff. Good luck. Rickey Scatter mixer 'Borrowdale Exchange' 3 couples in a circle. Scatter mixer. Difficulty: 1 . A1: All circle L and R. . A2: Into the middle and back; do-si-do partner. . B1: Right-hand star holding hands with person opposite and with nobody else, then undo the star: the woman whose hand is lowest goes under (others arch), then the next. Keep hold of the hands. . B2: Promenade around and make new sets. The person I got this dance from said its real name was something else, but he liked calling it Borrowdale Exchange. Seems to be a variant on Kentucky Reel. Scatter mixer The Barn Mixer By Rick Mohr; August, 1986 Mixer, Scattered 4's Level: Easy A1: Circle left (8) Right hand star (8) A2: Right and left through (8) Dosido neighbor (8) B1: Balance and swing neighbor (16) (This is your new partner) B2: Promenade anywhere with new partner (16) (Find another couple to circle with) Bill Olson (fine caller from Maine and all-around great guy) points out that doing a Maine-style right and left through (with hands) in the A2 makes for a nice transition out of the right hand star. Thanks, Bill! A bit harder because of the right and left through, but it really doesn't matter if they get that right Circle Mixer January Mixer by Bob Dalsemer Formation: circle of couples facing promenade direction A1: Promenade as couples A2: Gents continue single file, ladies turn back single file (8) Everybody turn back (8), pass partner B1: Allemande left the next (8) allemande right the same (8) B2: Do-si-do the same (8) swing the same Composed January 8, 1998 in preparation for a dance with a lot of newcomers. I needed a sure fire mixer like Atlantic Mixer, but with a more certain progression to a new partner. I have used this a lot. The ladies turn back and the all turn backs give some trouble, but everyone gets it pretty quickly Set dance FLYING SCOTSMAN reel 6-7 couples in a set A1 Ladies line skips all the way around the men's line A2 Men do the same (if the ladies are late getting around, the gents can still start on time, just make a larger loupe to avoid the ladies) B1 Top couple only sashay down - past the bottom of the set, and back to the bottom of the set. (there is a new top couple now.) B2 All sashay down and back _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers End of Callers Digest, Vol 24, Issue 2 **************************************