There is always the very progressive, circle version of Virginia Reel. Rh turn once & a half L the next, 2 hand the next, do-ce-do the next, swing the next, promenade (and move on?). You only meet half the members unless you throw in a random gender switch.

Would Dargason work to meet absolutely everyone in your line? It would involve too much standing around for a large class to do in one set.

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Subject: [trad-dance-callers] Re: welcome / introduction dances

Seth Tepfer wrote:

>> Anyone have any 'introduce yourself' dances? A dance way of meeting everyone in the class?

Can you be more specific, Seth? Are you talking about you, the caller, introducing yourself? Or (more likely in my mind) asking each dancer to introduce themself to the others? (Sounds like a plain old mixer to me.)

And I’m not sure what kind of class you mean. A pre-dance lesson? A workshop at a dance camp? A classroom of students at a school residency?

I want to help, but I’m having trouble visualizing what you have in mind.

Tony Parkes

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