2026-10-04 Wedding Reception (final)

Linda Leslie notes: Although I don't have the exact time that I wrote this dance, it must predate the first date I called it: 10/22/93 for the Appalachian Mountain Club, Joy Street, Boston. Especially useful for one night stands! Any combination of three. All dancers CAN do this dance, and it really mixes up the dancers. Great for weddings, etc. For these type evenings, I don't talk about #1 or #2 lines of three, or progression: rather I describe "home position". Once we have walked through the dance once, I then point out the couples who have come out at the top and/or bottom, asking them to wait out one time through the dance, turn around, and that this is when "home" changes. Works like a charm.....and the dancers are very happy finding new opposites for each cycle.

Original at http://www.lindalesliecaller.website/very-easy-dances.html


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++ Horseshoe Chain: "Top couple face each other, everyone else faces up towards the band/top couple. First, explain where people will be going: they will move up their own line, cross with their partner at the top of the set and then move down the other side. Then, explain how they get there: the top couple start off the move by joining right hands and then move past each other. They let go and stick out their left hands to join with the next person they meet. Everyone joins in the chain when someone joins hands with them. Once you’re in the chain, you keep joining right and left hands with people and cross over to the other side when you get to the top."
https://lisaheywood.net/dance-cards/