22 January 2012
Samena Squares Newsletter #17
01/26/2012
Dear Friends,
Great class! Busy week!
First, this coming Friday night is the First Friday Fun Fest at the Hayloft with Dave Harry. Some of the Samena club members are planning to attend. We hope that you will too.
In addition to the Fun Fest, there is the Limited Edition dance Saturday night at the Hayloft, also with Dave Harry.
And please put on your calendar Friday, February 24 for the Samena Squares Drawkcab (Backward) Dance. I will be calling and will plan the dance according to the calls that we know. We should be mostly done learning new moves by then.
The last class or graduation will be Thursday, March 8. We’ll have a big party with dancing and, of course, food.
The following week we will begin workshops. They will run from March 15 to May 31. It will be a chance to get more floor time on the calls that we have been learning the last several weeks. Circle Left and Allemande Left that we learned the very first night have had hundreds if not thousands of repetitions. We can dance them automatically, without thinking and worrying too much about what to do and how to do it. Calls like Spin The Top that we just learned; we have danced less than 20 times. So there is a lot more thinking and worrying going on. Workshops give us more practice and faster response times, less worry and more dancing. Plan to come as often as you can.
Enjoy the bits of sunshine!
Happy dancing,
Susan
Week #17
59. Spin the Top: End and adjacent center dancer turn half; new centers of the wave CAST 3/4 and ends move up 1/4. SPIN THE TOP – 8 steps.
62 a. Fold: Designated dancer steps forward turns to stand in front or behind the nearest dancer; the other dancer stands in place. FOLD – 2 steps.
Great class! Busy week!
First, this coming Friday night is the First Friday Fun Fest at the Hayloft with Dave Harry. Some of the Samena club members are planning to attend. We hope that you will too.
In addition to the Fun Fest, there is the Limited Edition dance Saturday night at the Hayloft, also with Dave Harry.
And please put on your calendar Friday, February 24 for the Samena Squares Drawkcab (Backward) Dance. I will be calling and will plan the dance according to the calls that we know. We should be mostly done learning new moves by then.
The last class or graduation will be Thursday, March 8. We’ll have a big party with dancing and, of course, food.
The following week we will begin workshops. They will run from March 15 to May 31. It will be a chance to get more floor time on the calls that we have been learning the last several weeks. Circle Left and Allemande Left that we learned the very first night have had hundreds if not thousands of repetitions. We can dance them automatically, without thinking and worrying too much about what to do and how to do it. Calls like Spin The Top that we just learned; we have danced less than 20 times. So there is a lot more thinking and worrying going on. Workshops give us more practice and faster response times, less worry and more dancing. Plan to come as often as you can.
Enjoy the bits of sunshine!
Happy dancing,
Susan
Week #17
59. Spin the Top: End and adjacent center dancer turn half; new centers of the wave CAST 3/4 and ends move up 1/4. SPIN THE TOP – 8 steps.
62 a. Fold: Designated dancer steps forward turns to stand in front or behind the nearest dancer; the other dancer stands in place. FOLD – 2 steps.