[Callers] Dances For Short Line

[P. Campbell via Callers]

I learned this one originally from John Gardiner Garden's Christmas dance book - done to "Good King Wenceslas," but it works with any good jig or reel.

Patricia Campbell 
Newtown, CT

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> On Oct 17, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Robert Livingston via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> 
> Same dance, but the formation is already set up with a square of 4 and a 5th couple facing couple 1.
> Do the Dip & Dive once or twice thru -  until back to original positions.
> Couples 1 & 5 circle half (or equiv)  --  Outside 4 couples now circle 3/4.
> Begin again.
> Alternative: each couple can 1/2 promenade in and out of the center to progress one position.
> 
> Maybe call it tonight up in Chesterfield, MA but those "Eastern" old timers like to keep it in squares
> unless it's Oh Johnny, Climbing Up Them Golden Squares or Wearing of the Green.
> 
> Bob Livingston
> Middletown, CT
> 
> 
> From: Rich Sbardella <richsbardella at gmail.com>
> To: Tom Hinds <twhinds at earthlink.net>; Robert Livingston <rlivngstn at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: Laur <lcpgr at yahoo.com>; "callers at lists.sharedweight.net" <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> 
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 6:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Dances For Short Line
> 
> Bob Livingston has another great Dip and Dive for a five couple square.  Perhaps he will share it.
> Rich
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Tom Hinds via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Laur,
> 
> Even with great music and calling it's tough to create excitement when the hall feels empty.  I've tried to think of everything I can do to make that kind of evening fun.  My personal choice is to call a large proportion of contras where the dancers swing their partner not their neighbor.  The logic is this:  If you swing your neighbor in every dance, especially early in the evening, what is there to look forward to?  With partner swing dances only, when you get a new partner you haven't swung him/her 10 times before hand.
> 
> In general I usually run contras until everyone has swung their neighbors and then end the dance.  So for me contras with a partner only swing is preferred when numbers are small.
> 
> And I include many dances that are in other formations and also take some time to teach and dance.  Here's one.
> 
> Dip and Dive for Five (my name)
> Formation is a small circle of 4 couples numbered 1-5.  There's sort of a home place but this is not critical.
> I learned this from Fred Park and if my memory is correct it comes form the border area between West Virginia and Ky.
> 
> Couple 1 swings in the center of the set, others form a square around couple 1.
> 
> Couple 1 faces up or down, heads dip and dive- takes 16 beats
> 
> Couple 1 faces a side couple, dip and dive....
> 
> 8 dancers join hands and go forward and back.  Go forward and back again and bring couple 1 back where they belong.
> 
> Break
> Allemande left grand right and left.  With partner, turn back (5th hand is with partner and is a left allemande).  Swing partner at "home".
> 
> I usually call break, figure, break, figure etc.....
> 
> Tom
> 
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