Happy Hoppers Newsletter #8
10/31/2011
From Steve and Susan:
Good class Monday night! We covered lots of material. Don’t worry we will go over it again next Monday. Steve and I wanted make sure that you could go to the Limited Edition Dance Saturday night and be successful.
The dances this Friday and Saturday night will be good ones to go to. If you haven’t been to a Student Level Dance yet, I hope that you try to go to one or both of them.
If you didn’t get to see the pictures from the Halloween Dance last Friday, you can check out the pictures on the Samena Squares web site. http://www.samenasquares.org Just to the right of the calendar is a link to the photos. You will see Happy Hopper angels and classmates in some of them.
For those of you absent Monday night, class members and angels, we missed you. Don’t forget you can come early next week and get a private walk through before class starts.
Please remember that this is the weekend to change your clocks. It’s time to turn them back one hour.
Happy dancing,
Susan and Steve
Week #8:
3 b. Dosado to Wave: After a DOSADO, step slightly to the left and forward, touch RIGHT hands (centers touch LEFT hands too) to end in an ocean wave. DOSADO TO WAVE – 6 steps.
37. Ocean Wave Family:
37 a. Ocean Wave: A 3 or 4 dancer line where the dancers are facing in alternating directions (in, out, in, out). Common is a RIGHT HAND WAVE. Less common would be a LEFT HAND WAVE. A mini-wave is 2 dancers facing in opposite directions. OCEAN WAVE – this is a formation.
37 b. Ocean Wave-Balance: In an ocean wave, take a small step forward and then back to place. OCEAN WAVE-BALANCE – 4 steps.
38 a. Alamo Ring: A circle of 8 dancers forming an OCEAN WAVE. Dancers have alternating facing directions (in, out, in, out, etc.) ALAMO RING – this is a formation.
38 b. Alamo Ring – Balance: In an Alamo Ring step forward a small step then step back. ALAMO RING – BALANCE – 4 steps.
39 a. Swing Thru: Those that can, TURN HALF BY THE RIGHT, then those that can, TURN HALF BY THE LEFT. SWING THRU – 6 steps.
40 a. Runs: Boys, Girls, Ends, Centers: Designated dancers move forward and around another dancer as directed. This always results in a change of facing direction (180 degrees for the runner). The person being run around (runee) slides sideways to the vacated spot of the runner. There is no change of facing direction for the runee. BOYS, GIRLS, ENDS, CENTERS RUN – 4 steps.
41. Pass The Ocean: Facing couples PASS THRU, Face your partner and Step to an OCEAN WAVE. PASS THE OCEAN – 4 steps.
Good class Monday night! We covered lots of material. Don’t worry we will go over it again next Monday. Steve and I wanted make sure that you could go to the Limited Edition Dance Saturday night and be successful.
The dances this Friday and Saturday night will be good ones to go to. If you haven’t been to a Student Level Dance yet, I hope that you try to go to one or both of them.
If you didn’t get to see the pictures from the Halloween Dance last Friday, you can check out the pictures on the Samena Squares web site. http://www.samenasquares.org Just to the right of the calendar is a link to the photos. You will see Happy Hopper angels and classmates in some of them.
For those of you absent Monday night, class members and angels, we missed you. Don’t forget you can come early next week and get a private walk through before class starts.
Please remember that this is the weekend to change your clocks. It’s time to turn them back one hour.
Happy dancing,
Susan and Steve
Week #8:
3 b. Dosado to Wave: After a DOSADO, step slightly to the left and forward, touch RIGHT hands (centers touch LEFT hands too) to end in an ocean wave. DOSADO TO WAVE – 6 steps.
37. Ocean Wave Family:
37 a. Ocean Wave: A 3 or 4 dancer line where the dancers are facing in alternating directions (in, out, in, out). Common is a RIGHT HAND WAVE. Less common would be a LEFT HAND WAVE. A mini-wave is 2 dancers facing in opposite directions. OCEAN WAVE – this is a formation.
37 b. Ocean Wave-Balance: In an ocean wave, take a small step forward and then back to place. OCEAN WAVE-BALANCE – 4 steps.
38 a. Alamo Ring: A circle of 8 dancers forming an OCEAN WAVE. Dancers have alternating facing directions (in, out, in, out, etc.) ALAMO RING – this is a formation.
38 b. Alamo Ring – Balance: In an Alamo Ring step forward a small step then step back. ALAMO RING – BALANCE – 4 steps.
39 a. Swing Thru: Those that can, TURN HALF BY THE RIGHT, then those that can, TURN HALF BY THE LEFT. SWING THRU – 6 steps.
40 a. Runs: Boys, Girls, Ends, Centers: Designated dancers move forward and around another dancer as directed. This always results in a change of facing direction (180 degrees for the runner). The person being run around (runee) slides sideways to the vacated spot of the runner. There is no change of facing direction for the runee. BOYS, GIRLS, ENDS, CENTERS RUN – 4 steps.
41. Pass The Ocean: Facing couples PASS THRU, Face your partner and Step to an OCEAN WAVE. PASS THE OCEAN – 4 steps.