Social Circles

By Rick Mohr

Mixer, scattered circles of couples

(Form scattered circles with any number of couples)

A1:

Circle left (8)

Circle right (8)

A2:

Dosido partner (8)

Dosido neighbor (8)

B1:

Allemande right with neighbor (8)

Cross-hand swing with neighbor (8)

B2:

Promenade neighbor (12)

Form new circles (4)

In this mixer dancers form scattered groups with any number of couples. That makes for fun chaos and less transition panic (compared with 2-couple scatter mixers), and more flavors to enjoy as circle sizes vary.

From the B1 allemande, continue turning and join left hands as well with an allemande hold, to turn it into a cross-hand swing. Then lower those joined hands to waist level and switch to a handshake grip for the promenade.