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 > To: call...@sharedweight.net > Subject: [Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers > From: callers@lists.sharedweight.net > > 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