I do have that book “Dancing for Busy People”  There are some good dances in there, but probably more than half the book has dances much more difficult than I would ever use.  Lots of duple dance with ladies chains, right and left throughs, etc.
I would only use a few duple minor dances with the simplest of progressions, like the two’s arch and one’s duck through.

Also, those modern line dances with steps are too difficult and too pop oriented for my vision.

Paul Rosenberg
Albany, NY
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On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:13 PM, karendunnam@gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

If Yahoo Groups does this correctly, the original thread from 2007 will be visible. (Go to the Groups page, click on "View Message History")

Since this topic started again, I looked into the "Dancing for Busy People" book, which has been referenced several times over the years. (Busy? The authors explain, "The dances are designed to meet the needs of people who wish to have fun dancing without spending an extended period of time in ‘lessons’.")

Where I'm going with this: since this book exists, maybe Calvin Campbell (who is on this list) would be interested in letting it serve as the foundation for Paul's purported CDSS book. 

More gems: 
The Heart of Community Dancing

 
Here's another book, downloadable. 
"The 18 dances featured in this short book use only four basics.  Circle Right/Left,  Forward & Back, Arm Turns, Star Right/Left.  These four basics are used in big circles, line dances, contra dance, square dances, trios, and mixers. This enables the teacher to teach only four dance movement and then to use these same movements in various ways to provide a great deal of variety in dances."

Smashwords – Teaching New Dancers -- Keep it Simple Keep it Fun – a book by Calvin Campbell

  

Adding a handful of figures (peel the banana, swing, somebody-do-something-with-a-designated-person) would probably give you a hundred unique dances.


HTH


--Karen D.