Hi Jeff,

I like Ladies Star by Tony Parkes

A1 Ladies L hand star, allemande R partner 1 1/2
A2 Gents L hand star, allemande R partner 1 1/2
B1 Corners balance and swing
B2 Promenade your corner (your new partner) to gent's home place

The traditional Nine-Pin square should be fun at a house party, but  
you probably won't have room to gallop--the first figure. You could  
change that. (Maybe head (sides) promenade around the square.) The  
second figure is head (sides) circle L and R around the nine-pin.  
Then the nine-pin dancer swings one person in turn from each couple  
while their partner heads to the center of the square. Then the music  
stops and people scramble to find a partner.

Irish sets are fun for kitchens too!

Richard

On Jan 16, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Jeff Kaufman wrote:

> I'm looking for some squares to learn to do at house parties.  The
> dancers would probably be contra dancers who haven't done many
> squares, but squares work a lot better in kitchens.  Easy stuff that
> wouldn't need to be walked would be best.  Looking online (probably
> not in the right places) I'm mostly finding pretty complicated squares
> or ones with lots of easy-for-square-dancer stuff like "separate, go
> around two".  Any suggestions?
>
> Jeff
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