Lesson 7 - November 3 2018

Another great class.  We started with a review of figures learned in Lesson 6, then started in on several new figures.  What did we learn?

• Circle to a Line
  • Each group of facing couples Circle Left 1/2 (180 degrees). The left-side dancer in the new outside couple releases the left handhold and slides sideways to the left to become the left end of a One-faced Line (which faces the line formed by the other four dancers). All other handholds are maintained. The other dancers continue circling, gradually blending into the One-Faced Line by unwinding the circle. The final dancer replaces the unwinding action with a forward and left-turning twirl, walking under an arch made with the adjacent dancer, similar in action to a California Twirl.
    
• Separate (around 1 to a line, and around 1 and down the middle)
  • Separate around 1 to a line: The designated dancers (e.g, heads) turn back-to-back and start walking forward in opposite directions around the outside of the square away from each other until they meet another dancer.  The sides then step apart to let the head dancers step in between to form a line.
    
  • Separate around 1 and down the middle: The designated dancers (e.g., heads) turn back-to-back and start walking forward in opposite directions around the outside of the square away from each other until they meet another dancer. The sides then step apart to let the head dancers step in between and then proceed into the middle as a couple.  The side couples then slide together.
    
• Wheel and Deal
  • Each couple works as a unit. Wheel and Deal is danced as one smooth motion, even though the descriptions below break the motion into two parts.
    From a Two-Faced Line: Each couple steps forward and then wheels 180 degrees toward the center of the line, with the original center dancers acting as the pivots about which the couples turn. Couples end facing each other.
    From a One-Faced Line: The couple on the left steps forward. Then each couple wheels 180 degrees toward the center of the original line, with the original center dancers acting as the pivots about which the couples turn. The couple that started on the right ends in front of the other couple.
    
• Double Pass Thru
  • Dancers move forward until all dancers have passed two other dancers. Dancers pass right shoulders.
    

In Lesson 8, we'll cover the following figures:

• First Couple Left, Next Couple Right
• Split the Outside Couple
  
• Ocean Wave
  
• Run and Cross Run
  
• Swing Thru
  

Good work and see you on Sunday November 10.  Kirk Rockerbie