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.