Hi
I had forgotton how echo ee school halls are. Glad I took the PA. There were lots of them ( 100 +)
I started with a heel toe circle ( IN out claps turn move on )
In and out the dusty bluebells
then a bit of playford dance for the adult helpers.
Then a long set but without the cast - just the top 2 down up and outside ending at the bottom ( turns and doe si doe )The room lent itself to 5 sets.
Then a strip the willow for the guides
Then a 2 couple - turn doe si doe circle find another pair leading into 8 and 16 then a big circle
Then Hoky Cokey
Then auld lang sine ( AS IT WAS Burns + 1 )
The very little ones went home after that
Gay gordons
Then a long set with shuffle the pack and stars
Then wring out the dishcloth
Lucky 7 ( They got the hay in the end)
Finishing with a shortened version of Sir Roger as still very big sets.
I did not risk any squares or bear dance as I'm not sure how well the PA would have worked with all the noise. They were all very excited when dancing. I have a good square dance where you make different animal noises each time you go in and out but there was too much noise when they were dancing for that.   
I found out that the guides don't have a badge for errecting PA ( shame ) but they do have a music one so if we get invited a again then I might encourage them to do a bit of a band before hand and learn some of the basic tunes. Many had been there most of the afternoon and each group - they came from different packs -had made a craft thing, with the winners getting a prize. They then had fish and chip suppers - then more arrived for the dancing. Home time 9PM.
What an excellent way for yougsters to spend a wet Saturday afternoon in january. What a lot of work for the helpers.
FloraG