June 15, 2006, 5:21 p.m. (Message 45563, in reply to message 45551)
Campbell Tyler commented: | | 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. -- _, O John Chambers <:#/> <xx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx> + <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> /#\ in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, Earth | | ' `