Oh, yeah, that’s part of the charm, everyone watching what happens. The little kid who gets the gorilla and hugs it to themself and refuses to part with it. The three men who end up at the top, in the days when they were more hesitant to dance with each other, and then two just go for it and dance. If you don’t get chosen - well, you get to do the choosing the next time! Very old dancers can be gently escorted down the line. Little ones bound and leap. Adults pick a child way up high and run down the line with them. It works for young and old, all the time. Martha
> On Jan 31, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Robert Livingston via Contra Callers > <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > From Cal - many authors and names - Jump Start Circle Dance to Bill Bailey > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ERLxubaP7w > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ERLxubaP7w> > > Mac McKeever noted creativity with the "Fan Dance". I've used a teddy bear. > Once a lady in the center looked at the gents > on either side of her, rejected both and danced down center with the bear. > Also a gent in the center ended up with his two > daughters on either side. He took them both; left the bear. > > Bob Livingston > > On Thursday, January 30, 2020, 6:41:36 PM EST, Rich Sbardella via Contra > Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > > I call a super easy dance called "The Cat's Meow", usually to "Cry of the > Celts" , from Lord of the dance. It teaches phrasing quite well. With a > circle of 40+ children, they all seem to clap together. (This dance came > from Cal Campbell, but I am not sure of the author.) > > A1 Walk in Four Steps, Clap Four Times > Walk Out Four steps, Clap Four Times > B1 Circle Left Eight Steps, Circle Right Eight Steps (or Circle Left 16) > > This dance might seem too easy, but it success brings many smiles and builds > a foundation for the rest of the program. > > https://youtu.be/EmwDsd_yf10 <https://youtu.be/EmwDsd_yf10> > > Rich Sbardella > Stafford Springs, CT > > > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 1:16 PM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers > <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote: > While that looks like a fun dance I don't think it is really appropriate > for kids ages 4-10. > > You should check out the books from the New England Dancing Masters. I > have Chimes of Dunkirk, Sashay the Donut and Listen to the Mockingbird. > These have several good dances for kids. > > Here are some that I use at an annual dance I call at our local library. > The event is called the Fairy Tale Ball and I often feel like I'm standing in > a sea of knee-high princesses. > > The Blobs > Boston Tea Party > Chimes of Dunkirk > Circassian Circle - no-swing, non-mixer > Cumberland Reel > Duckpins > The Duke of York > Galopede > Heel and Toe Polka Promenade/Reel - longways, non-mixer > Jacob's Potato > Margate Hoy > Over The Top > Sasha > Snake > Traffic Jam > > Some are better than others depending on the age of the kids. I like to > have some suitable for slightly older kids in the list. > > I do a version of Circassian Circle with no swings and no mixing. The > kids (and some parents) get in a circle in groups. Sometimes they are pairs, > sometimes it is an adult with 3 or 4 kids. All go into the center and back > twice. Then have different groups go in in A2, boys, girls, talls/smalls, > those wearing red, etc. Then the pairs/groups two-hand turn or circle and > then everyone promenades around the big circle. It can be hard to get very > small kids to hold hands in a circle so I don't usually worry about trying to > get them to do that. > > Jonathan > ----- > Jonathan Sivier > Caller of Contra, Square, English and Early American Dances > jsivier AT illinois DOT edu > Dance Page: http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html > <http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html> > ----- > Q: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? > A: It depends on what dance you call! > > On 1/30/2020 7:49 AM, Luke Donforth via Contra Callers wrote: > > Hi Sandy, > > > > Happy to share Frannie's Alarm Clock. > > > > https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12216 > > <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12216> > > > > Most of them aren't as good as that one, but the vast majority of my dances > > are now up on The Callers Box. > > > > Thank you Chris Page & Michael Dyck! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > > <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> > > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net > > <mailto:contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net> > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net > <mailto:contracallers-le...@listssharedweight.net> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net > <mailto:contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
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