Sunnyvale Squares April 27

Here was tonight's program:

7:00 Pre-Rounds:

Annie's Waltz IV+2 by Hoffman

Cotton Candy Mambo IV MB by Bond

Sugar Sugar IV+2 CHA by Worlock

Tango for Alma III TG/FT by de Jong/Kars

Angel Jive III+2 JV by Wagenhoffer

Mi Vida IV+2 RB by Read

Jacalyn's Waltz II by Wilhoit

7:30 Dance Portion:

Too Many Rivers IV+1 STS by Hooper + Swiss Missy II TS by Koozer

Witchcraft IV+1 FT by Slater + Mira River Waltz II by Taylor

Last Night Cha III+1 by Speranzo/Slater + The Lonely Goatherd II TS by Croft/de Zordo

Pop Goes The Movies III+2 TS/FT/RB by Raye + Amanda II WZ by Koozer

Black Horse and Cherry Tree III+1 CHA by Hattrick

Galaxy Rounds April 25th

Last night (Tuesday), I had the opportunity again to fill in for Sue and Phil Harris at their Phase 3-4 club. I always enjoy cueing there as it's a good chance to get all the rhythms and such a variety of round dances for everyone. A lot of our dancers went with Sue and Phil to the Round-A-Vous Round Dance festival in Nevada, so that left an opportunity for some personal review and help wherever needed.

The class has been working on Open and Closed Hip Twists, so I needed to get out all my cha's and rumba's that had those figures for review and practice. The class is 3 hours long in total, so when planning, I figured on 8 dances per half hour, so 48 dances to program, which is a lot! We certainly don't get through that many as sometimes we dance some twice in a row after review of some figures, skip some or teach some new sequences before new dances. I do try and get something new and different in this class also for some more variety. Because of the figures being worked, I needed to insert other rhythms between all the cha's and rumba's.

So, after all was said and danced, this is what we ended up doing:

6:00-7:30pm Phase 4:

Daydream Foxtrot IV by Knight

Belsize Waltz IV by Huffman

Sugar Sugar IV+2 CHA by Worlock

Breaking Up Jive IV by Croft/de Zordo

Biloxi Lady IV+1 RB by Eddins

Getting To Know You IV FT by Prow

Shadows In The Moonlight IV+1 CHA by Slater

Gardenia Tango IV+1 TG by Parker

Gazpacho Cha IV CHA by Lawson

Dancing at Washington Square IV+1 TS/FT/JV by Robertson

7:30-9:00pm Phase 3 sprinkled with easy 4's, hard 2's and recent teaches:

Cha Cha Fenesi III+2 CHA by Gardner

Any Dream Foxtrot III+1 FT by Pinks

Angel Jive III+2 JV by Wagenhoffer

Just a Little Bit of Mambo III+1 TS/MB by Renauld

In The Misty Moonlight III+1 RB by Skillett

Wonderful Rain III STS by Young

Hernando's Tango III+1 TG by Ackerman

There Goes My Everything IV WZ by Smith

Y Bailo III+1 CHA by Chadd

Roses For Elizabeth II TS by Bliss

Dream Awhile III WZ by Ellis

I Wanta Quickstep III+1 QS by Palmquist

Colours of the Wind III+2 RB by Clements

Smoke Slow Two Step IV+1 STS by Chico

Adios IV+1 WZ by Norman

So, we ended up with 25 out of the 48 dances I programmed and we only did one entire repeat. I always make a plan for a dance class such as this as it's much easier and quicker to pick and choose from a list that meets the evening's criteria. Everyone was tuckered out, we did our friendship circle and thanked everyone for coming and being there. It was a really good session. If you're in the neighbourhood and can do Phase 3's and 4's, you should make a point of coming out to visit Sue and Phil's class. See the Dance Locations tab for details.

Star Eights April 23

Tonight's Requested Rounds were:

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da III+1 CHA by Rumble

Scheherazade IV+1 WZ by Gloodt

Biloxi Lady IV+1 RB by Eddins

Tango For Alma III TG/FT by deJong & Kars

Roses for Elizabeth II TS by Bliss

 

Sunnyvale Squares April 20th

Here was our Round Dance Program for tonight. 
7:00pm Pre-Rounds:

Cuando Me Cha V+2+2 CHA by Preskitt 

You Make Me Feel So Young V FT by Krol 

Chihuahua IV+1 MB by Scherrer

Shadows In The Moonlight IV+1 CHA by Slater

Eskimo Tango III+2 TG by Molitoris

Santa Catalina Jive III JV by Stephenson

All The Stars In The Sky II+2 WZ by Chadd

Come Dance With Me II TS by Smith (Me)

7:30pm Square Dance Program:

Brown Eyes Blue IV+1 STS by Maguire + Baby's Got A Hold On Me II+1 TS by Dollar/Galbraith

Colours Of The Wind III+2 RB by Clements + Steal Away II+1 WZ by Spence

I Go Out Walkin' IV CHA by Harris + Goody Goody II TS by Rumble

Quick & Easy III QS by Jabour + Dreamland II WZ by Unknown

There Goes My Everything IV WZ by Smith (Me) + Cherry Hill Park II+1 TS by Seigel 

A Special Easter Sunday at Star Eights

Last night was a special Easter Sunday dance night. Not only did we welcome our caller, Bob Elling back from the Callerlab convention, he brought a special guest with him also - Dan Nordbye. What a treat to have two great callers calling for us and working with us while we workshopped some tricky A2 calls and combinations with some of our recent class graduates. They both really put us all through our paces and kept us on our toes all evening as the microphone passed back and forth between them! In between all the square dance fun, this is what was requested for rounds that evening:

Baby's Got a Hold on Me II TS by Dollar/Galbraith

Feelin' II WZ by Barbee

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - III+1 CHA by Rumble

Any Dream Foxtrot III+1 FT by Pinks

Smoke Slow Two Step IV+1 STS by Chico

Sunday night at Star Eights is almost always a "request rounds" evening. Have fun dancing and see you out on the dance floor when you Come Dance With Me.

Sunnyvale Squares April 13th

Tonight was party night for the Sunnyvale Squares. It was "Hard Times" due to it being tax season, so the idea was to either dress in rags or riches. There was lots of fun, food and dancing to be had by all that came to enjoy Jim Osborne's calling and some round dancing. Here was tonight's round dance program:

Pre-Rounds:

Rivière de Lune V+1 WZ by Palmquist

Ain't Misbehavin' V FT/TS by Slater

Poppy Cha Cha IV+2+1 by Grahm

Cuando Calienta El Sol IV+1 STS by Crapo

Cotton Candy Mambo IV by Bond

Angel Jive III+2 by Wagenhoffer

My Song II WZ by Thone

Dance Portion:

It's In His Kiss IV+1 Cha by ??? (It doesn't match anything currently on mixed-up.com.) & King Of The Road II TS by MacDougall/Cohen

Tango Mannita III TG by Smith & Patches II WZ by Cibula

Run For The Roses IV+2 WZ by Valenta & Hole In My Pocket II TS by Fisher

You Are Always In My Heart III+2 RB by Slater & Yvonne's Waltz II+1 by Sobala

Due to it being party night, the schedule sometimes gets a bit off with all the fun that goes on, so we end up leaving a few dances on the table for the next time. The key is being flexible and just going with the flow. Until next time, keep on dancing.

April 9th's Star Eights Program

We do mostly single rounds between A2 tips and no pre-rounds, so there's not as many dances as we'd see at a normal hoedown even without pre-rounds. Often 4 or 5, sometimes less depending on what's going on any particular night. We range from Phase 2 to Phase 4 depending on who all comes and often it is a request night for dancer favourites or review of recent teaches.

Tonight, we had a special guest caller, Tork Clark for everyone's dancing pleasure. It is Callerlab week, so many of our local callers are travelling to attend that convention. We look forward to the stories and news from the convention next week. Next week, we are dancing, so there will be dancing on Easter Sunday. Usually we get a large crowd on holiday weekends, so we're looking forward to a special evening with our dancing friends. Anyways, here's what we did tonight for rounds:

Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On III+0+1 CHA by Koozer

Moon River IV+1 WZ by Rumble

Roses For Elizabeth II TS by Bliss (recently taught/reviewed locally)

Spinning Wheel IV WZ by Smith

Fiddlesteppers Polka II TS by Brown

April 6th's Program for Sunnyvale Squares

This was the program we did last Thursday at Sunnyvale Squares to give you an idea of the dances that are liked and tried.

7:00pm Pre-Rounds:

All That Jazz V FT Sechrist

Right Here Waiting For You V+1 RB Preskitt

Pop Muzik IV CHA Kaaria

Breaking Up Jive IV JV de Zordo

Mambo Bamboo III+2 MB Barton

I Wanta Quickstep III+1 QS Palmquist

Amanda II WZ Koozer

Adalida II TS Speranzo

7:30pm During the Square Dance Portion:

Lady Marmalade IV+1 CHA DeChenne + Turn Your Radio On II+1 TS Baldwin

Tango Mannita III TG Smith + Dream On Texas Ladies II+2 WZ Van Atta

Near You IV+1 FT Harris + Rooney II TS Woolcock

C'est Si Bon Cha IV+2 CHA Nelson + I'd Fall In Love Tonight II WZ Speranzo

 

 

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