2023:
WEEK 8 -Mar. 8, 2023
Cha-Cha Mini Lesson
- Half Basic (just the first rock, recover, cha-cha-cha)
- Underarm Turn
Square Dance Moves
- Half Tag the Line
- Cloverleaf (last call in the video)
Moves left:
- Split circulate and Box circulate
- Single File Circulate/Column Circulate/”Circulate” in column formation
- Star Promenade
- Left Swing Thru (“half Left, half Right”)
- First Couple Go Left, the Next Go Right (etc.)
- Thar Stars (best to watch the whole video for review of Dopaso)
- Fold & Cross Fold
- Dixie Style to an Ocean Wave
- Spin Chain Thru
WEEK 7 -Mar. 1, 2023
Cha-Cha Mini Lesson
Square Dance Moves
WEEK 6 -Feb. 15, 2023
Cha-Cha Mini Lesson
Square Dance Moves
- Eight Chains (second to last call in video, also has Tag the Lines at beginning)
- Spin the top (first call in video)
- Dopaso (just the first call in the video)
WEEK 5 -Feb. 8, 2023
Cha-Cha Mini Lesson -Review of moves so far
Square Dance Moves
- Hinge
- Scoot back
- Walk and dodge (in a grouping of moves in this video)
- Pass to the Centre (in a grouping of moves in this video) -same as Dive Thru but with no arching
WEEK 4 -Feb. 1, 2023
Cha-Cha Mini Lesson
Square Dance Moves
WEEK 3 -Jan. 25, 2023
Cha-Cha Mini Lesson
This week we are adding a different category of move with Chase. This will be expanded more later with Chase Peekaboo and Chase Peekaboo Double.
Square Dance Moves
- Alamo Style & Balance
- Alamo Swing Thru (just the normal swing thru from an Alamo Ring position)
- Run review
WEEK 2 -Jan. 18, 2023
Cha-Cha Mini Lesson
We are still doing everything facing each other with very little movement around the room. That will come a bit later!
- same moves as first week, plus…
Square Dance Moves
- Review –Circle to a Line
- Separate (around 1 or 2, come into the middle)
- Split 2
- Wheel and Deal (from lines facing out at 48 seconds in)
- Review –Double Pass Thru
- First Couple Go Left/Right, Next go Right/Left
WEEK 1 -Jan. 11, 2023
Cha-Cha Mini Lesson
Round dancing is cued ballroom dance on a track around the room. It does not require you to memorize any sequences like in conventional ballroom dancing. You learn the moves, and your cuer tells you what to do next.
Square dance moves
Recent new moves that Darby and Bob have slipped in where they made sense:
- Ferris Wheel
- No hands California Twirl, aka Partner Trade
- Trade By
- Pass the Ocean
- Extend, which is 2 steps & our rule about not crashing and instead stepping to a right-hand wave
- Zoom
2022: Week 8 & beyond -Moves with Video Links (Nov. 9/22 to Dec./22)
Week 6 -Moves with Video Links (Oct. 26/22)
Week 5 -Moves with Video Links (Oct. 19/22)
Week 3 -Moves with Video Links (Oct. 5/22)
Week 2 -Moves with Video Links (Sept. 28/22)
We will review all of the moves from our first class knowing that we are just starting this new activity AND that we will have a few new dancers joining us. There is lots of fun to be had from the moves we have already learned!
New moves:
Week 1 -Moves for review with Video Links (Sept. 21/22)
The main aims of the first lesson are for folks to get used to moving to the music and the instructor’s directions. Also, to have fun!
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