On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM Peter Foster via Contra Callers
<contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> One problem with a single progression triple minor is that the end effects are
> a bit messy: at the top, dancers are waiting out for 2 turns, and at the bottom
> an inexperienced couple can find themselves stuck there.

Yes, but the point of this is to practice the messy end effects that
occur in Money Musk.
Which is why I also would lean against a triple minor where the twos
and threes are becket
-- there's not practice in the Money Musk formation..

My impulse would for a Money Musk warm-up would be:

If they're okay with another no-swing dance that feels ECD-like, this
is a very easy triple minor:

The Cotery
Triple Minor, proper
A1 Gent one set twice to lady two, then two-hand turn lady three,
return to place
A2 Lady one do the same
B1 Ones lead down, come back, cast off
B2 Ones and twos do four changes of rights and lefts

The social interactions and seeing how people mess with the A1/A2
gives this dance interest.
I'd try and keep sets to 7-10 couples.

If the dancers want something with swings, I'd use Good Times, with a
variant B2:

Good Times (B2 variant)
Al Olson
Ones improper
A1 Dip-and-dive to place
A2 Corner balance and swing
B1 Circle left 1
B2 Long lines, ones swing

The B2 was changed to let the ones swing each other, prevent
collisions in the center, and
to give time in the B2 for the twos and threes to identify their next hands-six.

This has a low piece count, and chances for people to figure out which
number they
are each time through the dance.

Cheers,
-Chris Page
Los Angeles, CA
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