Re: [Organizers] follow up to family dance questions :)

In Belfast, these are done every month: - Circle dance variation of La Bastringue - Galopede or version thereof These are dances that have been requested at some point (dances that were done at some point and then were requested another month) - Zip it Up (from New England Dancing Masters collections) - The Flat Tire (from NEDM collections) - Sasha - Sashay the Donut (NEDM collections) - Dive for Oyster, Dig for Clam (done in scattered foursomes, not with wring the dishrag figure at community dances given wide variation in height) - Chaos - Virginia Reel with strip the willow - Bridges - Kings and Queens (NEDM collections) - Coyote Contra (dance composed by local youth, in "coyotum circle formation"--a becket type Sicilian circle) - The Black Joke I think that local traditions can and should vary. A weekly square dance I do in the summertime has more than one "must do" dance. I also think it's easier to have local traditions when the callers are consistent from month to month. Either one house caller (as in Belfast and Topsham) or a group of callers (as I understood is the case for Tapestry dances.) Cheers, Chrissy Fowler