Basic Part 1
Right and Left Grand
Links: Define – Standard – Analyze – Module – Other – Extend
Choreography for Patter Teaching with Singing Call Options:
Teaching Tips:
Right and Left Grand Family
A.) Alternate hands and shoulders like you are climbing a ladder or a rope.
B.) Get the dancers in the habit of counting as they go.
C.) Don’t forget to let go!
D.) From a squared set, all face Partners, now in this direction move forward, alternating hand holds, starting with your right hand, until you meet the partner again.
E.) Don’t pull or yank hands.
More teaching suggestions:
— Count: A E I O U (You)
Global View: All the boys go counter-clockwise while the girls go clockwise around the circle. You will use alternating hands to pull by with the four dancers you meet until you get to your partner on the opposite side.
Quick quote: “Straight ahead, alternating hands, stop at the number five”
Teaching Standard Applications:
Break:
Four Boys / Girls Promenade,
Swing, Circle Left (8),
Allemande Left, Grand Right and Left,
Swing Partner and Promenade
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Break:
Circle Left halfway,
Face your corner, Left Allemande,
Right and Left Grand,
Swing Partner, Swing the Next (once around for each),
Swing the Next, Swing the Next, Promenade
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Break:
[Circle Left halfway],
[Forward and Back],
Allemande Left,
Partner Dosado,
Right and Left Grand,
Swing Partner,
Promenade
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Break:
Allemande left with your corner,
Partner Dosado,
Right and Left Grand,
Partner Dosado,
Grand Right and Left again to go the rest of the way around,
Swing Partner,
Promenade
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Heads Dosado Opposite,
Sides Dosado Opposite,
Corners Allemande Left,
Grand Right and Left,
Patter: Promenade home,
Singer: Turn Partner by the Right, Swing Corner, Promenade
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Heads Promenade Outside Halfway,
Sides Promenade Outside Halfway,
Face Partner, Dosado,
Grand Right and Left,
Patter: Promenade,
Singer: Turn Partner by the Right, Swing Corner, Promenade