Samena Newsletter #12
12/10/2010
Dear Friends,
What a great class Thursday night! Everyone worked so hard. We have a few more calls to learn this week to get finished with most of the calls through #51. We will leave the less used calls until January.
It was great to see quite a few of you Friday night at the Joy Ball. It was a fun dance!
Put this date on your calendar! Thursday, December 30, 7:30-9:30 p.m. This will NOT be a class! We will just dance, get more floor time and practice. If you have questions you can bring them and we will figure out where the confusion is. (You can actually do that any class time.) I'll also bring some of the old time calls to have fun with. If you are in town and have the evening free, come on down to play with us.
Have a great week! See you Thursday!
Happy dancing,
Susan
Week #12:
17. Do Paso: Turn partner by the left arm (let go) and corner by the right arm, (let go), COURTESY TURN partner to end at home or promenade. Can end in any other formation with a left arm turn like ALLEMANDE THAR. DO PASO – from start to finish of COURTESY TURN 12 steps.
32 b. Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar: Go right and left and the four boys Star. After the ALLEMANDE LEFT you give a Right hand to your partner and pull her by, take the next with a Left forearm grip and turning about half the four boys make a Thar Star (boys backing up and girls walking forward). ALLEMANDE THAR – to back up star 12 steps.
33 a. Shoot The Star: The same as ALLEMANDE LEFT using the existing forearm grip. Turn half and on to the next call SHOOT THE STAR – 4 steps.
41. Pass The Ocean: The actual definition of this move says “facing couples PASS THRU, Face your partner and Step to an OCEAN WAVE.” What typically happens on the dance floor is; Facing couples PASS THRU but as they do, the Right-hand dancers join Left Hands and Turn a quarter to become the centers of the forming Wave. The left-hand dancers PASS THRU, face their Partner and Step to the Right Hand Wave, becoming the ends of the wave. PASS THE OCEAN – 4 steps.
42. Extend: From an OCEAN WAVE across the center of the square, those in the wave step straight ahead and form a new wave with the outside dancers. The centers (those in the original ocean wave) stay centers; those on the outside (ends) stay ends. For smooth dancing all dancers move forward half the distance toward those they are facing. EXTEND – 2 steps.
47 a. Flutterwheel: With the couple you face, the Right hand dancers step forward for a right arm turn, picking up the opposite dancer and bringing them back with them. FLUTTERWHEEL – 8 steps.
47 b. Reverse Flutterwheel: With the couple you face, Left hand dancers step forward for a left arm turn, picking up the opposite dancer and bringing them back with them. REVERSE FLUTTERWHEEL – 8 steps.
51. Ferris Wheel: From a Two Faced Line; The couples facing IN step straight forward till the centers can touch adjacent hands (forms a new two-faced line in the center) then they do half of a Couples Trade and Bend The Line to face the adjacent couple. The OUT-FACING couple (with an imaginary adjacent couple) does half of a Couples Trade and the Bends to face the Center of the set. FERRIS WHEEL – 6 steps.
Next week: Circulates – Split/Box, Left Square Thru, Shoot the Star-Full, Left Swing Thru, Cross Run, Cloverleaf, Slide Thru
What a great class Thursday night! Everyone worked so hard. We have a few more calls to learn this week to get finished with most of the calls through #51. We will leave the less used calls until January.
It was great to see quite a few of you Friday night at the Joy Ball. It was a fun dance!
Put this date on your calendar! Thursday, December 30, 7:30-9:30 p.m. This will NOT be a class! We will just dance, get more floor time and practice. If you have questions you can bring them and we will figure out where the confusion is. (You can actually do that any class time.) I'll also bring some of the old time calls to have fun with. If you are in town and have the evening free, come on down to play with us.
Have a great week! See you Thursday!
Happy dancing,
Susan
Week #12:
17. Do Paso: Turn partner by the left arm (let go) and corner by the right arm, (let go), COURTESY TURN partner to end at home or promenade. Can end in any other formation with a left arm turn like ALLEMANDE THAR. DO PASO – from start to finish of COURTESY TURN 12 steps.
32 b. Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar: Go right and left and the four boys Star. After the ALLEMANDE LEFT you give a Right hand to your partner and pull her by, take the next with a Left forearm grip and turning about half the four boys make a Thar Star (boys backing up and girls walking forward). ALLEMANDE THAR – to back up star 12 steps.
33 a. Shoot The Star: The same as ALLEMANDE LEFT using the existing forearm grip. Turn half and on to the next call SHOOT THE STAR – 4 steps.
41. Pass The Ocean: The actual definition of this move says “facing couples PASS THRU, Face your partner and Step to an OCEAN WAVE.” What typically happens on the dance floor is; Facing couples PASS THRU but as they do, the Right-hand dancers join Left Hands and Turn a quarter to become the centers of the forming Wave. The left-hand dancers PASS THRU, face their Partner and Step to the Right Hand Wave, becoming the ends of the wave. PASS THE OCEAN – 4 steps.
42. Extend: From an OCEAN WAVE across the center of the square, those in the wave step straight ahead and form a new wave with the outside dancers. The centers (those in the original ocean wave) stay centers; those on the outside (ends) stay ends. For smooth dancing all dancers move forward half the distance toward those they are facing. EXTEND – 2 steps.
47 a. Flutterwheel: With the couple you face, the Right hand dancers step forward for a right arm turn, picking up the opposite dancer and bringing them back with them. FLUTTERWHEEL – 8 steps.
47 b. Reverse Flutterwheel: With the couple you face, Left hand dancers step forward for a left arm turn, picking up the opposite dancer and bringing them back with them. REVERSE FLUTTERWHEEL – 8 steps.
51. Ferris Wheel: From a Two Faced Line; The couples facing IN step straight forward till the centers can touch adjacent hands (forms a new two-faced line in the center) then they do half of a Couples Trade and Bend The Line to face the adjacent couple. The OUT-FACING couple (with an imaginary adjacent couple) does half of a Couples Trade and the Bends to face the Center of the set. FERRIS WHEEL – 6 steps.
Next week: Circulates – Split/Box, Left Square Thru, Shoot the Star-Full, Left Swing Thru, Cross Run, Cloverleaf, Slide Thru