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John Chambers

John Chambers

Re: Glasgow Highlanders

June 15, 2006, 5:21 p.m. (Message 45563, in reply to message 45551)

Campbell Tyler commented:
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| Is this not a general issue though around 2 couple progression dances?  If
| I have 5 couples in my class I often use 2 couple progression dances to
| allow everyone to participate.  But it does mean that the couples starting
| as 1 and 5 have little chance to dance the "opposite direction" position.
| If the number of couples reach 7 they have no chance.

You should realize that  you're  just  laboriously  re-inventing  the
contra-dance pattern that is SCD's ancestor.  The solution here would
be obvious to any contra dancer: Ask the musicians to play 14 rounds.
Or  do  as  us  usual  at contra dances: The musicians play until the
dance leader signals the last round.


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