Sunnyvale Squares May 25

Here is the round dance portion of the program this evening. We had a some special fun at the end of the night. See below.

7:00 Pre-Rounds

Cuando Me CHA V+2+2 CHA by Preskitt

Concierto de Aranjuez IV BOL by Nolen

Exactly Like You IV+1 FT by Slater

You Are Always In My Heart III+2 RB by Slater

Smoke Slow Two Step IV+1 STS by Chico

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

Four Walls II WZ by Croft/de Zordo

Rockin' Two Step II TS by Warner

7:30 Square Dance Party

Americana CHA III+2 CHA by Gill + Chili Sauce II TS by Barton

Calendar Girl IV+1 JV by Rotscheid + Waltz Magic II WZ by Bassett

Neville's Waltz IV WZ by Parker + Briar Patch II+1 TS

Y Bailo III+1+2 CHA by Chadd + So Good In Love II WZ by Glenn

Feelin' Lucky II TS by Hanson

So, at the end of the night, we had a square of four and a rectange of six going at the same time. That lasted about half a tip until we decided to merge them and ended up with a giant rectangle of ten couples. Here is our giant rectange where bigger is better - and even more fun!

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Star Eights May 21

We had a busy evening working through extended positions on some of the A2 calls like facing hourglasses and some new choreography discoveries from Bob. We did a six couple square which also added a new dimension on traditional calls and how the square gets split up.

We were missing some of our round dancers this evening, so here is what we were able to do:

Spinning Wheel IV WZ by Smith

Luna Cha III+1 CHA by Scott

Any Dream Foxtrot III+1 FT by Pinks

Patricia III+1 TS by Walkinshaw & Goss

We will not be dancing at Star Eights next Sunday as everyone will be dancing at the Golden State Roundup festival in San Ramon, CA. I will be doing several sessions over the long weekend. I hope to see you all there!

Advance Squares May 19

This was the opening dance to the 2017 season of Advanced Squares of Fremont. This is an A2 monthly dance series that starts in May and ends with the December holiday dance. Different callers are brought in each month for our dancing pleasure. This month we had Rick Hampton from Visalia, California who kept us all moving with creative A2 choreography.

This series of dances has just a slight difference in the round dance format. We usually only have 15 minutes of pre-rounds at 8:00pm and double rounds between tips starting at 8:15pm. Rick got caught in some unplanned construction traffic and was running late, so we had a rare treat with extended rounds to fill in until he got setup and ready to go.

Since it's an advanced club, most rounds are at phase 3 and 4 with some of the harder phase 2's thrown in, depending on who comes and what is requested. Here's what we ended up doing for this dance.

Pre-Rounds

C'est Si Bon III+2 FT by Paull

You Make My Pants... IV+2 JV by Hixson

Patricia III TS by Walkinshaw/Goss

Scheherazade IV+1 WZ by Gloodt

Pop Goes The Movies III+2 TS/FT/RB by Raye

Feelin' II WZ by Barbee

A2 Dance Program

Duerme IV+2 RB by Slater + I Wanta Quickstep III+1 QS by Palmquist

Too Many Rivers IV+1 STS by Hooper + The Lonely Goatherd II TS by de Zordo

Rainbow Connection IV WZ by Childers + It's In His Kiss IV+1 CHA by ???

Hernando's Tango III+1 TG by Ackerman + Steal Away II+1 WZ by Spence

Dancin' At Washington Square IV+1 TS/FT/JV by Robertson + Kiss Me Quick III+1 TS/CHA by Gafford

Star Eights May 14th

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there. We did some review of troublesome A2 figures like split counter rotate and split transfer. 

Here are the rounds requested this evening:

Moon River IV+1 WZ by Rumble

Technicolor Dreams IV+2 FT by Prufer/Magnier

All Shook Up II TS by Becker

Hole in my Pocket II TS by Fisher

See you next week for more A2 and request rounds. 

Sunnyvale Squares May 11

Oops, I realized I hadn't actually got publishing this post after Thursday dancing. We had wonderful time dancing to Jim's calling again with several visitors joining us this week. Here are the rounds we did, a lot of them by request.

7:00PM Pre-Rounds

You Make Me Feel So Young V FT by Krol

Right Here Waiting For You V+1+1 RB by Preskitt

Rivière de Lune V+1 WZ by Palmquist

You Make My Pants Want To Get Up and Dance IV+2 JV by Hixson

Two Souls Rumba III RB by Jabour

Eskimo Tango III+2 TG by Molitoris

What A Wonderful World II WZ by Pilachowski

7:30 Square Dance Session

Luna Cha III CHA by Scott + Beguine II TS by Seurer

The Music Played III+1 RB by Harris + Tender Waltz II WZ by Trankel/Gilder

Adagio III+2 WZ by Speranzo + Patricia III TS by Walkinshaw/Goss

Love Potion #9 III +2 CHA by Huckeby + Dancing Shadows II TS by Arnfield

Irish Washerwoman III CHA by Buckmaster/Reigel

See everyone again next week!

Star Eights May 7th

Lots of fun this evening at Star Eights with interesting choreography and extended definitions of some figures. Here's what was selected and requested for rounds this evening:

Adagio III+2 WZ by Speranzo

Love Potion #9 III+2 CHA by Huckeby

Feelin' II WZ by Barbee

Non Dimenticar III+1 RB by Rumble

Hawaiian Two Step II+1 TS by Molitoris

See you next week for more A2 and round dance fun!

Sunnyvale Squares May 4th

May the 4th be with you... the pun of the day today. We had a great time dancing tonight. Here is what we did this evening:

7:00 Pre-Rounds

Cuando Me Cha V+2+2 CHA by Preskitts

Ain't Misbehavin' V FT/TS by Slater

Let Me Show You How IV+2 JV by Slater

The Party's Over IV RB by Woodruff

Eskimo Tango III+2 TG by Molitoris

Too Many Rivers IV+1 STS by Hooper

Rimini II WZ by Clements

Full Speed Ahead II+2 TS by Speranzo

7:30 Square Dance Program

Colours of the Wind III+2 RB by Clements + Waltzing Thru The Years II WZ by Tirrell

Technicolour Dreams IV+2 FT by Magnier/Prufer + Tractor Dance II TS by Seurer

Juke Box Baby III+2 QS/TS by Gloodt + Monterey Waltz II+2 WZ by Barnes

Y Bailo III+1+2 CHA by Chadd + Street Fair II TS by Merola

Cha Cha Frenesi III+2 CHA by Gardner

Several of this evening's dances were requests and are repeat dances that we enjoy or are new that we need more time with. I'm happy to take requests and incorporate them into the evening's program.