Two Easy Dances

John Veranth

Nov. 8, 2001, 10:23 p.m. (Message 28082)

I've been teaching SCD to 3rd- and 5th-grade classes this fall, and wanting
to start with an easy dance with no partners and no progression that any
number could do I devised the Edison Circle.  (I'm teaching at the Edison
School.)  That worked so well that I modified it to add a progression and
the kids named the new dance Eagle Circle for the Edison Eagles.  Here they
are for anyone who'd like to try them.

Edison Circle           4x32J for any number of dancers in a circle, all
facing the center
1-8:               All dance hands round to the left and back to the right.
(Younger children may do better with 8 bars to the left only.)
9-16:            Facing the center, all advance and retire twice.
17-20:          All dance spring points right, right, left, left, right,
right, left, left.
21-24:          All clap 8 times.
25-32:          All dance 8 skip change of step clockwise.

Eagle Circle            4x24 J or R for any number of couples in a circle,
all facing the center.  Partner on left is #1, partner on right is #2.
1-8:               All dance hands round to the left and back to the right.
(Younger children may do better with 8 bars to the left only.)
9-12:            All 1's advance and retire.
13-16:          All 2's advance and retire.
17-20:          All dance spring points right, right, left, left, right,
right, left, left.
21-22:          Face partner and clap 4 times.
23-24:          Change places with partner giving right hand.
                        Repeat with new partner.

Martha Veranth
Salt Lake City UT

Adam Hughes

Nov. 9, 2001, 11:39 a.m. (Message 28086, in reply to message 28082)

Martha Veranth wrote:
> I've been teaching SCD to 3rd- and 5th-grade classes this fall...

For those of us unfamiliar with the Utah School system, how old are the
children in 3rd- and 5th-grade classes?

Adam
Cambridge, UK.