Re: [Callers] More on Low Numbers and No Partner Dances

here's another idea - when i first moved to boston in 2003, i was invited to call a greenfield dance that was the same night as the peterborough fall ball, or something like that - i'm sure i was the only caller who wasn't in peterborough that night!! but hey - it was GREENFIELD, and i was a new caller. anyway, a SMALL crowd appeared that night, including a family (3 generations!) dragged along by a college-age type who had danced at school, or something like that. we did some easy square dances, which were suitable for the grade-school kids and grandma, etc. when the family left at the break, i had 6 dancers, including myself, left. i suggested we do a hambo and a waltz and call it an evening, but the dancers said "we would love to hambo if we only knew how!" fortunately, i teach hambo. so we did a hambo class for the second half of the evening and everyone (including the organizer) went away happy. but it could have been a waltz class or any other scandy-type turning dance that is regularly done in this area. i'm sure that wouldn't work at every venue (fortunately, the musicians were up for it and we were gender-balanced!), but it was just the ticket on this particular evening. barb ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Rickey" <holt.e(a)comcast.net> Reply-To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net> To: <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: [Callers] More on Low Numbers and No Partner Dances Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:02:24 -0400 Hi callers, Thanks for the suggestions... _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail to go? Get your Hotmail, news, sports and much more! http://mobile.msn.com