New subject: Three Couples or Less

28 Feb 2014

Hi Rich,
     Small numbers are common here, especially this winter. Here are some dances that have
worked well for me:
LONGWAYS - even cpls
         DoSiThree - Linda Leslie (3 - 5 cpls)
         Snowball - Martin Hayes (3 - 4 cpls)
         Waves of Tory, or Ted's Dip & Dive (Triplet #3) - Ted Sanella (3 - 6
cpls)
         Cumberland Reel (3 - 6 cpls)
         Weave the Top (3-7 cpls) (variation of "Over the Top")
         OXO dances (3-6 cpls) (single cpls use Hand Turns instead of Circle/Star)
         Microchase* (3 cpls) (easier version of Anne Fallon's Microchasmic)

MIXERS - even cpls
         Lucky Six (3+ cpls) (Lucky Seven if 5, 7, or more cpls)
         Two's Out (4+ cpls) (if 4 cpls works better if back to neighbor instead of
back to center) (my favorite of the many Easy Circle Mixers)
         Cabot School Mixer (4+ cpls)
         Sheehana's Reel* (3 - 4 cpls) (variation of Roger Whynot's Sheehan's
Reel) (a little crowded with 3 cpls but it works)
         Three Track (3 cpl)* (variation of Three Stop which I miscalled but dancers liked
so kept it this way)
         Two Track (3 cpl)* (simpler version of Three Track as some dancers got
disoriented with the turns) (many similar dances to these two)

OTHER and ODD Number
         Gelding of the Devil (3 cpls, or 2 cpls plus one with ghost) (B variation with 4
cpls, or 3 cpls plus one and ghost -- F&B 2 x, cpls cross & cast as usual)
         Sellengers Round (4+, easy to dance with a ghost)
         Rufty Tufty (2 cpl) (not particularly easy but OK if the music isn't too
fast) (variation 3-4 cpl longways)
         On-the-Fly-Circles* (2, 3, or 4 cpls plus 1, longways mixer) (came up with this
and the following one big snowstorm night when I had 5 and no dances to suit. Decided to
keep them.)
         On-the-Fly-Stars* (2, 3, or 4 cpls plus 1, longways mixer)
         Raatikko (any number cpls - I haven't done this with small numbers but it
works fine in a line as well as a circle so seems it would be good) (fun Finnish folk
dance)
         The Carding (from Dudley Laufman's book) (Quad but easy to include an extra
couple or two or a single even) (Depends on how your folks are with sashays, my current
group have too many knee and hip replacements to enjoy this one).

* I'll put the instructions in another post for those interested. Others all in the
archives or common.

         Big cheers for the small dances!
             Sue R. , U.P.M.

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