On Oct 17, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Robert Livingston via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: Same dance, but the formation is already set up with a square of 4 and a 5th couple facing couple 1. Do the Dip & Dive once or twice thru - until back to original positions. Couples 1 & 5 circle half (or equiv) -- Outside 4 couples now circle 3/4. Begin again. Alternative: each couple can 1/2 promenade in and out of the center to progress one position. Maybe call it tonight up in Chesterfield, MA but those "Eastern" old timers like to keep it in squares unless it's Oh Johnny, Climbing Up Them Golden Squares or Wearing of the Green. Bob Livingston Middletown, CT From: Rich Sbardella <richsbardella(a)gmail.com> To: Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net>et>; Robert Livingston <rlivngstn(a)yahoo.com> Cc: Laur <lcpgr(a)yahoo.com>om>; "callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net" <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Dances For Short Line Bob Livingston has another great Dip and Dive for a five couple square. Perhaps he will share it. Rich On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Tom Hinds via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: Laur, Even with great music and calling it's tough to create excitement when the hall feels empty. I've tried to think of everything I can do to make that kind of evening fun. My personal choice is to call a large proportion of contras where the dancers swing their partner not their neighbor. The logic is this: If you swing your neighbor in every dance, especially early in the evening, what is there to look forward to? With partner swing dances only, when you get a new partner you haven't swung him/her 10 times before hand. In general I usually run contras until everyone has swung their neighbors and then end the dance. So for me contras with a partner only swing is preferred when numbers are small. And I include many dances that are in other formations and also take some time to teach and dance. Here's one. Dip and Dive for Five (my name) Formation is a small circle of 4 couples numbered 1-5. There's sort of a home place but this is not critical. I learned this from Fred Park and if my memory is correct it comes form the border area between West Virginia and Ky. Couple 1 swings in the center of the set, others form a square around couple 1. Couple 1 faces up or down, heads dip and dive- takes 16 beats Couple 1 faces a side couple, dip and dive.... 8 dancers join hands and go forward and back. Go forward and back again and bring couple 1 back where they belong. Break Allemande left grand right and left. With partner, turn back (5th hand is with partner and is a left allemande). Swing partner at "home". I usually call break, figure, break, figure etc..... Tom _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net