Though it may seem like heresy to do it without the associated tune, Levi Jackson Rag can be done to other thirty-two bar tunes if the band doesn't know the required tune, and is good for 5 couples.
On May 3, 2015, at 12:53 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 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net