[Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers

[Bill Olson via Callers]

Kalia, You said you already had a triplet with contra corners in it, BUT I figured I'd offer this anyway. I often call Chorus Jig as a triplet, (B2 being 1's (bal and) swing to bottom of set and others move up). I found that in a triplet dancers can learn contra corners very easily without the confusion that comes in a duple set. With Chorus Jig, in addition to the distinctive choreography you mentioned, there's also the historical significance of calling a dance 100's of years old I guess.
bill

> Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 12:53:53 -0700
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> Subject: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers
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> I just called a tiny dance last night, and went through several of my 
> triplets along with a big pile of English 3-couple dances that we did to 
> old-time tunes (that was a little weird for me but the dancers enjoyed 
> them, so what the heck).  I was grateful to have the few triplets I had, 
> and I'd like to expand my collection.  The ones I used were 
> Microchasmic, David's Triplet #7 and Ted's Triplet #24, which all have 
> distinctive bits in them (contra corners, round two/drop through, and a 
> cast to invert then 1s lead up, respectively).  I like triplets that 
> have some choreographic substance to them, something for the dancers to 
> chew on.
> 
> Do you have favorites you enjoy dancing as well as calling?  I get the 
> impression sometimes that triplets are "that thing you do to fill time 
> until the real dancing starts," but 3-couple sets can be a whole lot of 
> fun.  And sometimes they can save your butt as a caller.
> 
> We had lots of odd numbers last night, so in addition to the triplets 
> and 3-couple English dances I used dances like Domino 5 (5 dancers) and 
> Pride of Dingle (for 9).  For a short while we had 4 couples and did 
> contras but most of the evening was "other."  Got any good dances for 
> odd numbers?
> 
> Kalia
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