| Once a boy or a girl entered in Dance Party | | | | and the others follow: They march down |
| all they expect is to dance. Dance may be of | | | | outside their respective lines, clapping |
| many types and style. But the best dance is | | | | hands in time to the music. When the first |
| that when all party youngster dance together | | | | couple meets at the foot of the lines, they |
| putting hand in hand without any trace of | | | | join hands and form a bridge. As the |
| heartbreak. This article is to provide you | | | | following couples meet they march under the |
| with different types of dance for your Dance | | | | bridge to their places, the second couple |
| Party. | | | | thus becoming the first. The game is |
| | | | continued until each couple has acted as |
| By the time the Grand March is over everyone | | | | first cou-pie. |
| will feel sufficiently "in" and will not | | | | |
| retire to a corner, but just to avoid that | | | | At the conclusion of this dance the |
| possibility it is well to suggest a "Virginia | | | | youngsters will have lost all shyness and be |
| Reel" an old-fashioned country dance that is | | | | ready to dance the social dances. To add |
| easily explained. | | | | variety to the evening choose two boys and |
| | | | give each a brush, and give two girls each a |
| The players stand well apart in lines or sets | | | | lemon. A boy may step up to any lad and brush |
| of about six couples facing each other. The | | | | him off with his brush. The lad being brushed |
| boys line is at the left of the girls when | | | | must relinquish his girl to the brusher and |
| they turn to march. All the couples go | | | | accept the brush. Then is his chance to brush |
| through the figures at the same time. While | | | | off some other fellow. |
| the music is being played or sung the leader | | | | |
| should call the figures as follows: | | | | The girls with the lemons in the meantime may |
| | | | step up to any dancing girl and hand her a |
| Forward and bow right hand swing | | | | lemon. That girl must accept the lemon and |
| | | | relinquish her partner to the first girl. |
| Left hand swing: both hand swings do right: | | | | This takes away the formality of too stiff a |
| | | | dance and prevents any one person from being |
| Do si do left | | | | stuck with a poor dancer. |
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| Arm right | | | | A further variation to the program may be |
| | | | added by circle dances in which the couples |
| Arm left | | | | all dance around a circle and at a given |
| | | | signal the boys step forward to the next girl |
| Head couple lead | | | | and the girls backward to the boy behind. |
| | | | This is lots of fun and can be used with any |
| Each player advances three steps, bows to | | | | conventional dance step such as the waltz, |
| partner and returns to place. | | | | the two-step, the schottische or fox trot. |
| | | | For this informal dance, a paper-bag supper |
| Partners advance, join right hands, and turn | | | | will provide informal refreshments for |
| each other. | | | | informal appetites. Let the girls take one of |
| | | | the brown paper sacks, which contains lunch |
| Partners join left hands and turn. | | | | for two, and pick a lad to eat with her. |
| | | | These bags can contain two paper cups, each |
| Partners join both hands and turn. | | | | filled with chicken salad and wrapped in |
| | | | waxed paper. Two deviled eggs will be quickly |
| Partners fold arms and walk around each | | | | devoured (use a bright canape stick in each |
| other, passing on the right and walking | | | | to hold the halves together). Tiny cakes, |
| backward to place. | | | | cookies, or ice-cream sandwiches (put in the |
| | | | bag just before serving) will do nicely for |
| Partners fold arms and walk around, passing | | | | the sweet tooth. |
| on the left and walking backward to place. | | | | |
| Partners hook right arms and swing around. | | | | We guarantee that this very first dance will |
| Partners hook left arms and swing around. | | | | be long remembered for its fun and thrills, |
| | | | without a trace of heartbreak for even the |
| YOUR LINES AWAY: The girl in the first couple | | | | shyest. |
| turns to the right and the boy to the left, | | | | |