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

[Chris Page via Callers]

Beneficial Triplet by Al Olson. A very nice one.

-Chris Page
San Diego


On Friday, May 8, 2015, jill allen via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Kalia,
>
> Since no one has mentioned it and to honor Larry Jennings, I will share
> this triplet I love with a zipper!  That is, I am pretty sure it's written
> by Larry.  Does anyone know the title?
> Jill Allen
>
> Triplet (by Larry Jennings?)
> proper
>
> A1 all pass ptr by RH
> all who can, pass person on L diag by LH
> all pass person straight across by RH
> L diag by LH
> A2  across by RH
> L diag by LH
> bal ptr, box the gnat
> B1 B & S ptr ending proper
> B2  bottom cpl lead up the middle, turn alone and lead back down the middle
> cast with 2nd (now at bottom) cpl to end in 2nd place*
>
> *end:  33
> 11
> 22
>
>
> On May 3, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
>
> 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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