Calling buddy Susie Rudder and I got to call at the Suwannee Roots Revival recently with a Florida favorite "The Dunehoppers." I've come to love these kinds of dances. The dancers will happily dance any dance I call. No one is whining that there aren't enough neighbor swings, or the dances are too easy, or too hard, or whatever. I wrote a simple square for the event that I call "The Suwannee Star." Has it been written already? Probably!
Suwannee Star -
Gents to the Middle and Back to the Bar
Ladies to the Middle with a Left Hand Star
Turn that Star go all the way
Back to your Partner Allemande Right
Go once and halfway more
Gents to the Middle with a Left Hand Star
Turn that Star go all the way
Scoop up your Partner, Star Promenade
Ladies Roll Back and Swing the Next
And Promenade to the Gents Home Place.
I called a simple break in the beginning, middle, and end. This dance doesn't require you to know who your corner is, neither does it matter if you're a head or a side. It could be made even simpler by not changing partners, just star promenade home and swing when you get there.
Other dances I called: Monkey in the Middle, Haste to the Divorce, Galopede, Barrowdale Exchange, Lucky 7, etc. I get to call another dance this weekend in McIntosh Florida for a group of teenagers. FUN!
