On Aug 12, 2008, at 3:09 PM, <gtwood at worldpath.net> <gtwood at worldpath.net 
 > wrote:

> My Q is: are there dances, created for just such situations (3-4  
> dancers)?

If you have 5 dancers, consider Polka Dot:

http://www.lloydshaw.org/Catalogue/CueSheets/Square/PolkaDot.htm

See also

http://www.strathspey.org/list/strathspey/archive/msg/43496/

which says, in part,

I have an email from Tom Senior from 1999 on Polka Dot, Double Dot and  
Tantalus Jig, all three of them 5 person dances with the same starting  
arrangement and very similar figures.

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With 4 dancers you can hash call all the 8-beat calls and call  
combinations that appear in contra dances and squares.  Ladies Chain,  
Right & Left Thru, Dosado, arm turns, Heys, stars, circles, Pass Thru  
to a Wavy Line, Balance, Square Thru with balances on hands 2 & 4,  
Roll Away Box The Gnat.  Use your imagination.  Perhaps teach or make  
up a new cal; if you need it.

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With 3 dancers things are getting thin.  Perhaps teach a line dance?

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Clark Baker, Belmont, MA
cmbaker at tiac.net