Samena Newsletter #5
10/15/2010
Dear Friends,
More sunshine this week! Hasn't it been fabulous!
This Friday is the Samena Squares Halloween Level Dance. I hope you are planning to come. It is always a fun party! I have heard from several other clubs. They are planning to bring their new dancers. You will have a chance to meet other dancers from the area.
I just want to say a quick word about the Square Dance Movement books you were given last week. Use them as a tool to help you remember the calls. If you don't learn by reading WAIT to read the book until after we have danced the calls a couple of weeks.
As we learn more calls there are some other resources available. There are some online square dance sites. One has live dancers that you can watch execute the move. The other has squares (boys) and circles (girls) that do the movement of the calls, giving you a birds eye view.
This is the live square dancer site. Pick one dancer and follow them throughout the move.
http://www.saddlebrookesquares.com/lessonindex.htm
This is the squares and circles in different colors site.
http://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamination/info/index.html
See you Thursday!
Happy dancing,
Susan
Week #5:
5. Promenade Family:
5 d. Star Promenade: Dancers in the star put their arm around (or join hands with) the indicated dancer and continue walking together until the next call. STAR PROMENADE – 4 couples full around 12 steps; with backout at home – 16 steps.
11. Half Sashay Family:
11 b. Rollaway: Dancer on right steps forward and rolls to face dancer on left and continues to roll to the left side of the other dancer, a 360-degree turn. Use your hands to steady the dancer doing the roll. In a circle, unless stated otherwise, the ladies do the ROLLAWAY. ROLLAWAY – 4 steps.
12. Turn Back Family:
12 a. ‘U’-Turn back: One of the self-explanatory calls, turn around in place to face opposite direction. If you have a partner beside you it is friendlier and nicer to turn toward your partner, sometimes this is left and sometimes it is right. ‘U’-TURN BACK – 2 steps.
12 b. Backtrack: Designated dancers roll out (away from center) and walk around the set in opposite direction until next call; the others continue in the direction they were going. BACKTRACK – 2 steps.
16. Ladies Chain Family:
16 b. Two & Four Ladies Chain 3/4: Same as above except the turn is 3/4. Can be called with other fractions. TWO & FOUR LADIES CHAIN 3/4 – 10 steps.
This week: Separate, Separate to Line, Separate Into the Middle, Split Two, Walk Around Corner, See Saw, Square Thru
More sunshine this week! Hasn't it been fabulous!
This Friday is the Samena Squares Halloween Level Dance. I hope you are planning to come. It is always a fun party! I have heard from several other clubs. They are planning to bring their new dancers. You will have a chance to meet other dancers from the area.
I just want to say a quick word about the Square Dance Movement books you were given last week. Use them as a tool to help you remember the calls. If you don't learn by reading WAIT to read the book until after we have danced the calls a couple of weeks.
As we learn more calls there are some other resources available. There are some online square dance sites. One has live dancers that you can watch execute the move. The other has squares (boys) and circles (girls) that do the movement of the calls, giving you a birds eye view.
This is the live square dancer site. Pick one dancer and follow them throughout the move.
http://www.saddlebrookesquares.com/lessonindex.htm
This is the squares and circles in different colors site.
http://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamination/info/index.html
See you Thursday!
Happy dancing,
Susan
Week #5:
5. Promenade Family:
5 d. Star Promenade: Dancers in the star put their arm around (or join hands with) the indicated dancer and continue walking together until the next call. STAR PROMENADE – 4 couples full around 12 steps; with backout at home – 16 steps.
11. Half Sashay Family:
11 b. Rollaway: Dancer on right steps forward and rolls to face dancer on left and continues to roll to the left side of the other dancer, a 360-degree turn. Use your hands to steady the dancer doing the roll. In a circle, unless stated otherwise, the ladies do the ROLLAWAY. ROLLAWAY – 4 steps.
12. Turn Back Family:
12 a. ‘U’-Turn back: One of the self-explanatory calls, turn around in place to face opposite direction. If you have a partner beside you it is friendlier and nicer to turn toward your partner, sometimes this is left and sometimes it is right. ‘U’-TURN BACK – 2 steps.
12 b. Backtrack: Designated dancers roll out (away from center) and walk around the set in opposite direction until next call; the others continue in the direction they were going. BACKTRACK – 2 steps.
16. Ladies Chain Family:
16 b. Two & Four Ladies Chain 3/4: Same as above except the turn is 3/4. Can be called with other fractions. TWO & FOUR LADIES CHAIN 3/4 – 10 steps.
This week: Separate, Separate to Line, Separate Into the Middle, Split Two, Walk Around Corner, See Saw, Square Thru