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