Weddin' Dancin' --- Any tips?

[madmacs]

Ceilidh type dancing is very forgiving... Just look at some of the youtube videos... at the end of the day though pretty much everyone has a good time...

[mayberry]

If you go to the website of the Country Dance and Song Society, cdss.org, and click on "Events and Groups", you can search for a traditional dance group near you. I don't know where in Arizona you are, but I found the Arizona list, which is here:
http://www.phxtmd.org/PTMD/AZ_Contra.html

Every local group has a contact person listed- just contact them and see if they can hook you up with a caller, who will be able (for a modest fee, I'm sure) to get your whole group doing easy, fun, dances of exactly the sort you describe. You won't regret it. It is THE best way to get a whole bunch of people, even if they're not regular dancers, to coalesce into a temporary community of joy. You may also want to arrange for a live musician (fiddle, button-box, or whatever your contact can suggest) to really get things going.
Google "contra dancing" to see what this can look like.

Feel free to PM me if you want to chat more about this.
(This offer goes for anyone else who is interested in finding out more about this.)
Cheers,
John