** = for dancers who have finished at least one beginner series.
June 8 – June 29, Sunday beginner series, 2 – 3 pm, $20, Athens Community Center, 701 E State St, Athens, OH. No partner or experience necessary! If you can walk briskly, you can dance. Register at the front desk or online. (** 3 – 4 pm is a bonus hour for intermediate dancers.)
June 18 – July 9, Wednesday beginner series, 6 – 7 pm, $20, Athens Community Center, 701 E State St, Athens, OH. No partner or experience necessary! If you can walk briskly, you can dance. Register online or at the front desk on your way in.
** July 6 – 27, Continuing beginner series, 2 – 3 pm, $20, Athens Community Center, 701 E State St, Athens, OH. Stay tuned for details! No partner or experience necessary! If you can walk briskly, you can dance. Register at the front desk or online. (** 3 – 4 pm is a bonus hour for intermediate dancers.)
** August 3, Lughnasa: Dance in the harvest season with live music by Boys of the Hock, 2:30 – 6 pm. More information. Dancers who take a beginner series and a continuing beginner series will know at least half the dances by the time this year’s big social dance rolls around!
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Info about our next class:
For the Sunday beginner hour, June 29, the best things new dancers can do is work on their footwork. You can watch the same video for all three of the steps you now know, simply continuing on after skip-change and slip step to see the pas de basque: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF-QZqMxb20&t=141s (But I don’t want you to try to add the jete (kicky-out bit) yet. And you definitely don’t need to continue through the part of the video where they’re showing you how to move with pas de basque.)
Beginner dances for next week will include:
- The Happy Meeting: https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/2777/#videos (A Lughnasa dance!)
- The Old Man of Storr: https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/5062/ (A Lughnasa dance! There are no new figures in this dance, but there is a new type of progression: https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/3-couple-repeat-in-4-couple-set.html)
In the second hour, experienced dancers will dance:
- Liquid Assets (a Lughnasa dance!): https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/11524/#videos (including the new-to-some-of-you figure crossover mirror reels of three: https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/mirror-reels-of-three.html)
- Falkirk Lass (a Lughnasa dance!): https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/10459/#videos. If you want a refresher on the pass and turn: https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/pass-and-turn.html
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For the Wednesday evening class, June 25, the best things new dancers can do is work on their footwork. Here’s a video that will remind you how to do the slip step and skip-change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF-QZqMxb20&t=141s (Just watch until the screen says “pas de basque” about three minutes after the starting point — no need to go further this week!)
Beginner dances for next week will include:
- Rabbie’s Reel: https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/9108/#videos
- Leap Year: https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/3763/#videos
- Off to Speyside: https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/5034/#videos
See you soon!
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From out of town and want to drop in? We’d love to have you! Email anna@kitenet.net for more information.
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