How about breaking out the old “one now, one later” routine. Then you could procrastinate on the later, all the way to the singing call…or the next tip…

I did a quick web search on “one now one later” and found only one square dance reference: Square Dance Teaching Points – Glossary / NOL.

The basic idea is you say something like “Do two scootbacks, one now and one later.” The dancers do one scootback. A little while later, you say “It’s later!” and the dancers are supposed to remember to do the other scootback.