Using just one circle of 4, use basic moves from a Big Mountain "square" dance. (With a normal-sized crowd, a Big Mountain "square" dance has circles of 4, in a big circle, one couple faces in, one couple faces out, both couples slide left to progress to new neighbors. I use a short "menu" of options -- circle left, circle right, star left, star right, DSD N., DSD P, basket swing, duck-for-the-oyster-dive-for-the-clam, etc. The fun is not knowing in what order the calls will come). So, with 4 of 6 dancers, you could have a circle of 4, doing various orders of basic moves, and each time you finish with swing your partner, and then the "odd-folks-out" swap in to get a chance to dance, and someone else stands out once through the tune. Also, I once had a contra dance where only 4 people showed up at the beginning, so I did an impromptu beginning clogging workshop (suitable for kids or adults). We learned a few basic steps for free-style flatfooting, and the band played great music. More folks drifted in little by little and eventually we had enough folks for a short contra line. Also, With 6 dancers you can do triplets. With 8 dancers you can do a square. With more than 8 you can do the whole repertoire of long-ways sets -- gallopede, strip the willow, etc. On 1/27/2016 4:42 AM, trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com wrote: