You can't beat First Night Quadrille by Bob Dalsemer

A1 	Heads go forward and back
	Heads circle left.
A2	Heads circle right.
	Heads star right.
B1	Allemande left corner, grand right and left.
B2	Swing partner and promenade.

Repeat for the sides, the women and the men.  Of course if they are  
experienced contra dancers, you shouldn't need to walk it through for  
the sides, women and men.  Part of the fun of this dance is being  
surprised.


On Jan 17, 2010, at 12:00 PM, callers-request at sharedweight.net wrote:

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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:15:07 -0500
> From: Jeff Kaufman <jeff at alum.swarthmore.edu>
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> Subject: [Callers] squares for house parties of mostly contra dancers?
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> 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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> From: Jeff Kaufman <jeff at alum.swarthmore.edu>
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> Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:
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>> Not what you were asking, but if the reason you want to do this is
>> space limitations rather than an interest in getting into square
>> stuff, why not do triplets?  They're aimed at contra dancers
>> already, and they take up even less room.
>>
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> Triplets are good too.  Squares just allow another two people to
> dance in the same kitchen.
>
> Jeff
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> From: Jack Mitchell <jamitch3 at mindspring.com>
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> Here's a great one.  A nice simple break (corner alle L, R&L Grand,
> promenade home....) can work well
>
> Geezy Peezy
>
> Heads go forward and back
> Up to your opposite and swing, face sides
> with sides Circle left 1x
> Sides make an arch, rip and snort (heads dive through the arch, heads
> let go of partner, sides turn under arch (don't let go)
> to lines at the sides
> forward up 8 and 8 fall back
> up to your opposite, box the gnat
> right left thru, go the other way back
> roll away with a half sashay
> all swing partner
>
> On 1/16/2010 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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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:24:34 -0500
> From: Richard Allen Fischer <richardallenfischer at verizon.net>
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> Subject: Re: [Callers] squares for house parties of mostly contra
> 	dancers?
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> 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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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:59:30 -0500
> From: Richard Allen Fischer <richardallenfischer at verizon.net>
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> Subject: Re: [Callers] squares for house parties of mostly contra
> 	dancers?
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> Well here's a favorite triplet:
>
> Melanie's Triplet   Melanie Axel-Lute
>
> A1 Lines of three fwd and back;  top couple lead down center and cast
> to second place
> A2 Active couple (in center) turn contra corners
> B1 All balance and swing partners; end facing up
> B2 Top couple casts to bottom place, others follow single file enough
> to invert the set; dosido partner
>
> Micah Smukler's Triplet # i has the end couples of the triplet
> turning contra corners (making use of imaginary friends). You can
> find it at
> http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~msmukler/dances.html
>
> RAF
>
> On Jan 16, 2010, at 9:21 PM, Jeff Kaufman wrote:
>
>> Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:
>>>
>>> Not what you were asking, but if the reason you want to do this is
>>> space limitations rather than an interest in getting into square
>>> stuff, why not do triplets?  They're aimed at contra dancers
>>> already, and they take up even less room.
>>>
>>
>> Triplets are good too.  Squares just allow another two people to
>> dance in the same kitchen.
>>
>> Jeff
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