I like to use the Bucksaw Reel with 4 couple sets. Everyone is active all the time.
 
Ron Nelson
Chula Vista, CA
 
  From: kheine(a)twcny.rr.com
 To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
 Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 06:07:37 -0400
 Subject: Re: [Callers] Dance length
 
 Gary Roodman (from Binghamton, NY) wrote several four-couple contras, one of
 which I use often when I have only four couples:
 
 RISE AND RUN
 Becket
 
 A1 w/neighbors across, star R 1x; middle four, star L 1x
 A2 Balance & swing partner
 B1 couples at first corners* pass thru; couples at second corners pass thru;
 Promenade one place to the right
 B2 ladies chain over and back
 
 *top of men's line, bottom of women's line
 
 --Katy Heine
 
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net
 [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Richard Hart
 Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:59 AM
 To: Caller's discussion list
 Subject: Re: [Callers] Dance length
 
 I usually consider 5 couple a minimum for a regular contra dance, but 
 triples like Money Musk require more people.
 A caller up here, Byron Ricker, has been writing a few dances that he 
 calls "quad beckets." Quad becket dances are becket dances that can be 
 danced with 4 or more couples and that never leaves anyone out (unless 
 there are an odd number of couples). Many, but not all becket dances 
 work this way. With just 4 couples left, I've sometimes called a quad 
 becket with some success.
 
 Rich.
 
 
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