Come join us for a Hey Dance!!! This Monday night we will be focusing on dances with heys! We've all done Hey's for 4, but we will also be doing a hey for 3, a hey for 6, a circular hey, a mirror hey, a dolphin hey. How can there be so many different types of heys? A hey is passing alternate shoulders so you could do it with any number of people in any shape.
English dances are written for specific tunes and everyone has their favorites usually because of the wonderful dance moves along with the music. All dances are taught, walked through, and called. No partner is necessary. No specific clothing or shoes is needed--just something you can move comfortably in. We have a lesson at 6:45, but if you can't make it then, don't hesitate--you will learn what you need with the teaching and your partner. English dancing is easy on your feet; you move on your own volition--so those who get dizzy or have shoulder issues should be comfortable. Most connections are made with you eyes and you mirror your partner's moves.
We have live music every Monday and this dance is a bargain at only $5!!! But we have an extra basket where we ask for donations, if you can, for the musicians who work so hard. They practice the music each week before the dances.
Dances done last week were:
Trip to the Manors (2 cpl; heys up and down; hey's across)
Grand Mother Circle (5 cpl circle mixer; men face out; women in)
* Country Bumpkin (LW, top couple sashay down and back; go through the arch)
Gotham Julilee (LW 2nd lady followed by 1st man does a figure 8 around the other two)
Squaring the Circle (single file clockwise "Randy's Rondo" tune!)
Beach Spring (4 cpl to the beautiful hymm; devils backbone) (Called by Lisa Marie)
Waterfall Waltz (Sicilian Circle; step-close, step-close past the other couple)
The Potter's Wheel (LW, Dolphin Hey)
An Amherst Cocktail (LW, basic easy figures)
Take a Dance (LW, 1's lead down; cast back; 2 hand turn. 2's lead up, cast back, 2 hand turn)
Lover's Knot (Lw, double mad robbin shuttle)
* Dance requested to be done next week.
Remember, we need to keep moving for health!! We hope to see you there. Where?
308 West University (next to the Seagal building; we're on the second floor; park underneath)
Lesson 6:45
Dancing 7 - 9:30
PLEASE bring a snack to share if you enjoy snacking.
Cost $5 plus a donation to the musicians.
Upcoming regional dances:
Saturday, April 9
St. Cloud English Dance
3 - 6 pm
Mayfair Ball
Saturday, May 14
St. Cloud
Tea Dance 12:45 - 4:00
Ball 7:00 - 10:00
$20 by 4/9/11; $25 after
English Dance Performance
Florida Folk Festival
May 28 & May 2
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