If you can get the band on-board, any number of sea chanteys are contra-tune-able--for instance, Drunken Sailor and South Australia, in addition to the sea songs already in the repertoire like Sailor's Hornpipe (which turns up in the Popeye theme!). Also, He's a Pirate from Pirates of the Caribbean is loads of fun to dance to (I've got a version that I engraved if you/the band wants). As far as dances in the theme, A Pirate's Life for Me by Nathaniel Jack, High Seas by Diane Silver, and Captain Shank's Revenge by Maggie Jo Saylor all come to mind, and I'm sure there are loads more! (Though my favorite part about Captain Shank can be applied to pretty much any dance: in a Petronella, instead of clapping, shout "yo ho!") If it's a gender-neutral dance, call with Ports and Starboards? And my current favorite joke: "What do octogenarian pirates say?" "Aye, matey!" Best of luck--sounds like fun! On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Lindsey Dono via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

Margate Hoy is a simple English dance that can be done quite zestily. "Hoy" is some kind of ship. I heard somewhere that Margate Hoy was a ferry boat named for the town of Margate, but I have not found "hoy" defined as a ferry boat anywhere online (yet). I did find this definition of Hoy from Dictionary.com: noun, Nautical 1. a heavy barge used in harbors. 2. a vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually slooprigged, used for fishing and coastal trading. You can find different takes on the dance on youtube; in particular, one from a Civil War Ball and another from a Jane Austen convention: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPD2LYYc1bA www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRWwLX2qvGg (it doesn't start right away) Then we have eight children (it's usually a dance for three couples) in a video you can download (or perhaps just play) from the Constant Billy Trust schools resource pack: http://constantbilly.org.uk/Resources/2009%20Resource%20Pack.htm On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Lindsey Dono via Callers callers-at-lists.sharedweight.net |sharedweight-garyes| < lc5ghe4nbt(a)sneakemail.com&gt; wrote: