28 November 2010
Samena Newsletter #11
12/03/2010
Greetings, my friends,
Great job Thursday night! We worked hard getting everyone caught up. It is important to be in class every week if at all possible. If life commitments make that hard to do come early the week you are back and we can walk through what was missed. But in between read the definintions in these email newsletters. Look at the Square Dance Movement books you were given near the beginning of class.
And look at the online square dance sites that I recommended in Week #5. I will repost them below. One is circles (girls) and squares (boys) that will give you the foot pattern of each move.
http://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamination/info/index.html
The other is live dancers. Pick one and follow them through the move.
http://www.saddlebrookesquares.com/lessonindex.htm
The other thing that will give you more floor time is go to as many student level dances as possible. The Samena Squares will have three more before the end of lessons. The first one is this coming Friday, December 10. The next is New Year's Eve. The final one is Friday, January 14.
There are other student level dances at other clubs. They can be found on the Samena Squares website under the Just for Students link.
http://www.samenasquares.org
Another fun dance to plan on is the Christmas Seattle Center Dance on Sunday, December 19, from 4-6 p.m. The squares will alternate Mainstream and Student Level.
I hope you had a great weekend! See you Thursday!
Happy dancing,
Susan
Week #11:
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.
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. BOYS, GIRLS, ENDS, CENTERS RUN – 4 steps.
43. Wheel & Deal: From lines with all four dancers facing out, the right hand couple wheels toward the center of the line to end in front of the other couple; the left hand couple wheels toward the center of the line to end behind the other couple. From two faced lines, both couples wheel toward the center of the line to end facing each other. WHEEL & DEAL – 4 steps.
44. Double Pass Thru: Couples in tandem (one behind the other), individually pass by two people. DOUBLE PASS THRU – 4 steps.
45. First Couple Go Left, Next Go Right: A directional call, first couple wheels as a couple to the left; the next couple wheels as a couple to the right to all end facing the opposite direction. Listen closely. It can be the opposite, first right, next left. FIRST COUPLE GO LEFT, NEXT GO RIGHT – 6 steps.
Next week: Do Paso, Allemande Left Thar, Shoot the Star, Pass the Ocean, Extend, Zoom, Flutterwheel, Reverse Flutterwheel, Ferris Wheel
Great job Thursday night! We worked hard getting everyone caught up. It is important to be in class every week if at all possible. If life commitments make that hard to do come early the week you are back and we can walk through what was missed. But in between read the definintions in these email newsletters. Look at the Square Dance Movement books you were given near the beginning of class.
And look at the online square dance sites that I recommended in Week #5. I will repost them below. One is circles (girls) and squares (boys) that will give you the foot pattern of each move.
http://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamination/info/index.html
The other is live dancers. Pick one and follow them through the move.
http://www.saddlebrookesquares.com/lessonindex.htm
The other thing that will give you more floor time is go to as many student level dances as possible. The Samena Squares will have three more before the end of lessons. The first one is this coming Friday, December 10. The next is New Year's Eve. The final one is Friday, January 14.
There are other student level dances at other clubs. They can be found on the Samena Squares website under the Just for Students link.
http://www.samenasquares.org
Another fun dance to plan on is the Christmas Seattle Center Dance on Sunday, December 19, from 4-6 p.m. The squares will alternate Mainstream and Student Level.
I hope you had a great weekend! See you Thursday!
Happy dancing,
Susan
Week #11:
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.
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. BOYS, GIRLS, ENDS, CENTERS RUN – 4 steps.
43. Wheel & Deal: From lines with all four dancers facing out, the right hand couple wheels toward the center of the line to end in front of the other couple; the left hand couple wheels toward the center of the line to end behind the other couple. From two faced lines, both couples wheel toward the center of the line to end facing each other. WHEEL & DEAL – 4 steps.
44. Double Pass Thru: Couples in tandem (one behind the other), individually pass by two people. DOUBLE PASS THRU – 4 steps.
45. First Couple Go Left, Next Go Right: A directional call, first couple wheels as a couple to the left; the next couple wheels as a couple to the right to all end facing the opposite direction. Listen closely. It can be the opposite, first right, next left. FIRST COUPLE GO LEFT, NEXT GO RIGHT – 6 steps.
Next week: Do Paso, Allemande Left Thar, Shoot the Star, Pass the Ocean, Extend, Zoom, Flutterwheel, Reverse Flutterwheel, Ferris Wheel