Miscellaneous Dance Formations & Types

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• The Wanderer
• More to come
  

Teaching a college class has it's rewards. The following dance was an assignment for the Square Dance/Folk Dance class at Metro State in Denver, Colorado. I furnished the core idea and it was up to the students to construct the rest of the dance and match the movements to the mood of the music.

The Wanderer

Cal Campbell & the Metro State Class

Prompts

Intro - - - -, Head couple Separate to the foot

1-8 - - - -, - - Weave the line
9-16 - - - -, - - All Swing
17-24 - - - -, Forward & Back
25-32 - - - -, With the couple across Star Right
33-40 - - - -, - - Star Left
41-48 - - - -, Arch & Sashay through the tunnel
49-56 - - - -, Lines go Forward & Back
57-64 - - - -, New head couple Separate to the foot.

Description

1-8 Couple nearest the prompter face the prompter and Separate to walk down the outside of their line to the foot of the set.
9-16 Come in to the center of the set and weave out between 3 & 4 and then weave in between 2 & 3
17-24 All Swing your partner
25-32 Lines of four Forward & Back
33-40 With the pair across Star Right
41-48 Same 4 Star Left
49-56 Couples 2,3 and 4 form a tunnel with 2 hand arches and the top couple Sashay or slide through the tunnel to the foot of the set
57-64 Lines of four go Forward & Back.