Clounagh Junior High School - After School Club

• Wednesday 21st April 2010 (Download dance crib sheet)
  • Warm up
  • Circassian Circle
  • Reel for Jeannie
  • Virginia Reel
  • Flying Scotsman

• Wednesday 28th April 2010 (Download dance crib sheet)
  • Warm up
  • Dunedin Festival Dance (AKA Borrowdale Exchange)
  • The Cumberland Reel
  • The Honeymoon
  • The Waves of Tory


• Practice:
  • Skip change step
  • Slip steps
  • Cast behind own line
  • Advance and retire
  • RH and LH 'wheels' (including use of correct handing and safety)
  • Circle round and back
  • Lead down the middle and back
  
  We talked about counting and 8 being an important number (for formations and in dances 4 x 8 = 32 bars).

• Wednesday 5th March 2010 (Download dance crib sheet)
  • Warm up -Chapeloise (French dance)
  • A Reel for Jeannie
  • Waves of Tory
  • A Highland Welcome
  • The Flying Scotsman
  
  
• Practice
  • Skip change of step
  • How to break the circles
  • Keeping straight lines when advancing and retiring
  • More counting!

  "They were having great enjoyment and I can see their dancing improving." - Pamela Emerson, Dance Teacher