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Folk Dance Powerpoint 1

This document provides instructions for several folk dances: 1) The Chimes of Dunkirk dance involves couples turning with partners, clapping, and stomping to the music in a set pattern. 2) Alabama Gal is a party song used for group dancing involving moves like sashaying through the set and turning with partners. 3) The Galopede dance instructs dancers to form a longway set with a partner and take turns moving up and down the set with steps, passing shoulders, dosido moves, and turning together.

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Folk Dance Powerpoint 1

This document provides instructions for several folk dances: 1) The Chimes of Dunkirk dance involves couples turning with partners, clapping, and stomping to the music in a set pattern. 2) Alabama Gal is a party song used for group dancing involving moves like sashaying through the set and turning with partners. 3) The Galopede dance instructs dancers to form a longway set with a partner and take turns moving up and down the set with steps, passing shoulders, dosido moves, and turning together.

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TIME TO DANCE!

Be gentle whenever you hold hands

Socialize with singing, clapping or


DANCE keeping the beat- this is not a time to
talk or chat
ETIQUETTE
Be kind to your partner(S)- gENTLE!

Join in and participate in a positive


manner
NEW DANCE!

Chimes of Dunkirk
• All go forward and backward (8 count)
• Two hand turn with partner (8 count)
• All clap hands three times with the music (4
count)
CHIMES • All stomp once food three times with the
OF music (4 count)
• Two hand turn with partner (8count)
DUNKIRK • Clappling (4) and stamping (4) as before.
• First couple sashay to the bottom of the set.
Stay there.
• Everyone else move up one place while top
couple sahays.
Make a Longway Set –
find a partner
TIME TO One side facing the
DANCE windows
One side facing the
board
ALABAMA NEW DANCE!
GAL
ALABAMA GAL
ORIGIN PARTY SONG
Even thought the song is This song was used at parties
called Alabama Gal, it actually for group dancing. It uses a
comes from the Tennessee! traditional dance form which
used to be popular to do at all
types of parties.
VOCABULARY
VIRGINIA REEL SASHAY
The Virginia Reel is a type of A sashay is when the head couple in
dance that first stated in the a reel type dance grabs hands and
17th century. In this dance, quickly move sideways, going down
partners face one another in and back, between the other two
two long line and do a series lines of the reel. Sometimes we
of dance moves that match might say they sashay through the
the song they’re dancing to. alley.
ALABAMA GAL

• Sashay down and back through the alley


• Right hand turn; left hand turn
• Face the top of the set; Peel the banana
• Create an archway; take partner’s hand and to
top of set.
OUR NEXT DANCE…
GALOPEDE
• Make a Longway Set – kindly ask a partner
• 4 steps forward, 4 steps back (8 counts)
• With your right hands joined, pass your partner’s right
shoulder and take their place. (8 counts)
• 4 steps forward, 4 steps back (8 counts)
• Dosido with your partner-make a circle around your
partner (8 counts)
• Do a two-hand turn with your partner. (8 counts)
• Head couple take hands and sashay down to the
bottom of the set. Other couples move up one spot.

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