Hi everyone!
The ball is tonight, and we're all terribly excited!! Here's a list of the dances we'll be doing this evening (sorry we didn't get video up for all of them!):
Auretti's Dutch Skipper
Sprigs of Laurel
Hole in the Wall
Rufty Tufty
Waterfall Quadrille
Comical Fellow
Alice
Physical Snob
Spanish Waltz
Yellow Stockings
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot
Postie's Jig
Waltz Mixer
See you tonight!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Physical Snob | Dance Tutorial
We did this one at Reformation Day and I was hopelessly confused, until I watched the video and thought, "Oh, THAT's how it goes... that's easy!" :-) So again... the video is going to be much more helpful than the written directions (which I guess is the case with pretty much all of them... or maybe it's just me).
Notice how the gents don't necessarily wait until the ladies are all back in position before they start going around. This is a fast dance and they just go with the music.
Ladies take hands in line, skip around the men (moving counter-clockwise) and back to place.
Men the same (clockwise).
1st couple (furthest to right) takes hands and moves around 2nd couple (gent moving forward first - "pushing" lady), 2nd couple moves up, 1st couple around 3rd couple, 3rd couple moving up and then back
1st couple back up and around 2nd couple, 2nd couple returns to place.
1st couple cross (switch places) and cast to second
1st couple cross again and cast to third
1st couple lead up the middle of the set and cast to the bottom.
Repeat.
If you have any questions leave a comment! Many thanks to Old Dominion Dance for the instructions and video.
Notice how the gents don't necessarily wait until the ladies are all back in position before they start going around. This is a fast dance and they just go with the music.
Ladies take hands in line, skip around the men (moving counter-clockwise) and back to place.
Men the same (clockwise).
1st couple (furthest to right) takes hands and moves around 2nd couple (gent moving forward first - "pushing" lady), 2nd couple moves up, 1st couple around 3rd couple, 3rd couple moving up and then back
1st couple back up and around 2nd couple, 2nd couple returns to place.
1st couple cross (switch places) and cast to second
1st couple cross again and cast to third
1st couple lead up the middle of the set and cast to the bottom.
Repeat.
If you have any questions leave a comment! Many thanks to Old Dominion Dance for the instructions and video.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Postie's Jig | Dance Tutorial
This is another big favorite. :-) This one is really confusing to write out in words so please watch the video! We do usually do this faster than the video version.
4 couples, ladies on one side, gentlemen on the other. The 4 people on the outside are the "posts," except that when you first start the dance the posts cast off and the inside couples become the posts. When you are a post you stay in the same place and basically spin with everyone else.
Posts cast off (inside couples move to outsides) and go around the new posts, lady going first
Ladies join hands, gents make an arch and ladies go under
Spin with posts (*Note that in the video they spin hand in hand - we do it arm-in-arm)
Partners join hands, head couple makes an arch (head couple is the one who started closest to the caller) and the other couple goes under
Spin with posts
Ladies join hands, gents make an arch and ladies go under
Spin with posts
Partners join hands, "other" couple makes an arch and head couple goes under
Spin with posts
Three changes rights and lefts (right hand to your partner, left hand to your neighbor, right hand to your partner)
Two-hand turn twice around so you end up on the right side.
Repeat.
Questions? Leave a comment. :-)
4 couples, ladies on one side, gentlemen on the other. The 4 people on the outside are the "posts," except that when you first start the dance the posts cast off and the inside couples become the posts. When you are a post you stay in the same place and basically spin with everyone else.
Posts cast off (inside couples move to outsides) and go around the new posts, lady going first
Ladies join hands, gents make an arch and ladies go under
Spin with posts (*Note that in the video they spin hand in hand - we do it arm-in-arm)
Partners join hands, head couple makes an arch (head couple is the one who started closest to the caller) and the other couple goes under
Spin with posts
Ladies join hands, gents make an arch and ladies go under
Spin with posts
Partners join hands, "other" couple makes an arch and head couple goes under
Spin with posts
Three changes rights and lefts (right hand to your partner, left hand to your neighbor, right hand to your partner)
Two-hand turn twice around so you end up on the right side.
Repeat.
Questions? Leave a comment. :-)
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