New subject: [Callers] Looking for non-mixer dances for kids (age 4-10)

15 May 2019

One resource that Luke didn't mention which I have found very useful is 
Thomas Green's barn dance website:
https://barndances.org.uk/
You can sort by formation, level of difficulty, dance name, etc.  I've 
gotten a lot of goodies here.

A dance that I picked up a few years back (and thought was by Luke but 
apparently it isn't) and have gotten a lot of use out of is Circle 
Shuffle.  I call it Middle Muddle, and now have no idea who wrote it. 
Works well for adults too.
A1 (8) Partner Do-si-do
       (8) Partner two hand turn
A2  (8) Circle left
      (8)  Circle right
B1 (8) Into middle/out
       (8) Into middle/out
B2 Promenade through the middle of the circle to a new spot.

If your group is on the large side, you may want to change it to
B1 Into the middle and back, then all promenade through the middle to 
the other side (the chaos of which will extend all the way through B2). 
If your group is a little better at sorting themselves out, then the 
extra into the middle and back as written might fit just fine.

On 5/15/2019 6:45 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
...
  Hi Charles,

 I'm tweaking the subject line slightly to help the next person find this 
 in the archive ;-)
 As Bree Kalb mentioned, Linda Leslie has a wonderful collection. 
 <http://lindalesliecaller.contracorner.com/dances/very-easy-dances.html>

 There are also a lot of resources available at New England Dancing Masters:
 https://dancingmasters.com/shop/
 a lot of those books are geared at school programs, and I think would 
 work well for you.

 *Other people's dances:*

 Heel Toe Polka:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46K4V6xmOww
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yHDJSpy9H0
 I hadn't seen it with the clapping version, but these were the top hits 
 on YouTube.
 You could get rid of the "pass through" and make it go back the other way.

 Les Saluts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt31bYsU5BY (note: AAB tune)

 Kings & Queens (from the NEDM books, written by Peter Amidon)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmiKhGl59xM ...

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