Choosing dances with names matching a characteristic of the dance event or venue may give the caller a intellectual satisfaction, but makes little difference to the dancers.   
An exception would be a dance written for a birthday or wedding or similar celebration.
 
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On Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:12 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:


Dancing Sailors is a fantastic dance -- one of my favorites! It's also quite tricky. Unless you're calling to experienced dancers, you may choose to avoid this dance, with contra corners into a hey where the ones are dancing with their partners, but the twos with a shadow in a different minor set, it's ripe for beginner, and even experienced confusion. Besides being a challenge when in the middle of the set, the end effects are tricky, and can easily increase the confusion factor...

~erik hoffman
    oakland, ca

On 7/9/2015 11:48 PM, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote:
Lindsey, 
I was looking for a fun but easy to call contra and found this one for your nautical theme.  From Rich Goss' collection of dance cards. http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/ 

claire takemori 

Dancing Sailors - Ed Shaw                                                                     Proper
Reels
 
A1:         Actives down the outside below two couples
         Return up the center, cast off
 
A2:         Actives turn contra corners
 
B1:         Actives with their second corners
         Hey-for-4 on the diag (actives start pass right sh)
 
B2:         Actives swing in the middle (end facing up)


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