Re: ONS with a *tiny* inexperienced crowd?

Per chance is that church in Chelmsford, MA? They asked us to do a “hoe down” kind of thing for this Saturday, but we are booked nearby at another gig. Anyway, plenty of dances to do...many whole set reels, circle dances. Who did you get for musicians? Good luck. Dudley Dudley & Jacqueline Laufman PO Box 61, 322 Shaker Rd Canterbury, NH 03224 www.laufman.org 603-783-4719 jdlaufman(a)comcast.net Education book & CD www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/traditional-barn-dances-with-ca… From: mailto:trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:55 AM To: trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [trad-dance-callers] ONS with a *tiny* inexperienced crowd? I've agreed to an extremely last minute "Hoe Down" gig this Saturday for a local church, where I'm promised 25-75 people of mixed ages. No dance experience at all. I've reset their expectation to a family/barn dance - no cowboy outfits on the performers, no line dances. They asked for some squares - ok. If the crowd is really that size, I'm all set. Have the material, live music with a contra and squares, etc. fiddler & piano player. Good to go. My nightmare is there's only 5 people that show, say: a toddler, a teen, 2 parents and a grandparent. I have a few things we could do with that small number of inexperienced folks, but not enough to fill 2 (fun) hours. Any ideas on what you'd do/use in that instance? I'm all ears! (and yes, I've taken note of the recent 9-person threads)