Dale, Thanks for answering my query. This sounds like a great idea!
Jacqui > On Oct 4, 2016, at 12:19 PM, Dale Wilson <dale.wil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We have something we call the "calling party progression" because we > sometimes try out new dances with only four people present (or four + a > caller). > > We form one set with "Up" being "North" (for example). At the end of the > dance we progress by changing "Up" to be "East." and turning to face the new > direction. This swaps neighbors for partners, but everyone ends up standing > in the right place (although not facing the right direction until after the > turn) for the next time through the dance. > > I'm not sure how well this would work with inexperienced dancers, though > (and it certainly doesn't work with out-of-set dances, diagonal chains, etc.) > but for a lot of dances its actually quite fun. > > Dale > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 2:09 PM, QuiAnn2 via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> > wrote: > I recently called at a contra dance where we had exactly 6 dancers for almost > the entire evening (one joined us later but only occasionally danced). This > was unexpected as they usually have attendance in the 12-20 range. I was able > to piece together a night of mixers, triplets, and oddball dances to make it > work and the dancers were game for anything so it ended up being a fun night. > But it got me thinking about what to do if only 4 dancers came to a dance > (meaning even if I jumped in, we would only have 5 total dancers). In order > to be better prepared for next time, I have a couple of questions. > > 1) Do you have any dances you can share that would work for 4 or 5 dancers? > Or also dances for 6 dancers that are not triplets (have plenty of triplets). > I have already collected Do-Si-3 and Haste to the Divorce, both of which I > modified so that they would not progress. > 2) Could a whole evening (3 hours) of dance be put together for just 4-5 > dancers? > 3) What preparation can be done by me in advance to help with this situation? > It’s possible to talk with the organizer in advance about canceling the dance > if only 4 or 5 dancers show up, however, this particular dance is a 75 minute > drive one-way and I’d prefer to avoid the round trip if there won’t be enough > dancers. For various reasons, any dance promoting that I do myself would be > largely ineffective for this particular dance. > > Would love to hear about any ideas you can share. Thanks! > > Jacqui Grennan > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > <http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net> > > > > -- > There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, > naming things, and off-by-one errors.
