Load the Boat – Teaching

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Load the Boat

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Choreography for Patter Teaching with Singing Call Options:

Teaching Tips:

Load the Boat
A) Workshop the “centers part” first in 2-couple setups, emphasizing it from the half-sashayed arrangement.
B) Make sure the centers’ initial Pass Thru is “just barely” so that they’ll find someone to trade with after the Quarter Out (Face Out).
C) Centers have 4 parts (P’s) Pass, Pivot away, Partner Trade, and Pass.
D) Put them in zero lines and show the ends what they’ll do, then let the centers do their thing. Right and Left Thru,
Slide Thru and do it again. After several successes, Star Thru, and give everyone a chance to dance thru the standard setup

More teaching suggestions:
— Encourage compact action in the center by describing the outsides as being sharks in the water swimming around a small boat.

Quick quote: “Outsides Pass three; Centers Pass, Pivot away, Partner Trade and Pass”

Teaching Standard Applications:

Heads Square Thru Four,
Right and Left Thru,
Slide Thru, Forward and Back,
Load the Boat,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade (half)
Singer: [ Pass Thru, Left Allemande ], Swing and Promenade (half)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Lead Right, Circle to a Line,
Right and Left Thru,
Load the Boat,
Pass Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: [ Trade By, Left Allemande ], Swing and Promenade (short)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Lead Right, Circle to a Line,
Load the Boat,
Eight Chain 4,
Square Thru 3,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Pass the Ocean, Extend,
Swing Thru, Boys Run,
Bend the Line, Load the Boat,
Slide Thru, Pass Thru, Wheel and Deal,
Double Pass Thru, Leaders Partner Trade,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Lead Right, Touch 1/4,
Walk and Dodge, Partner Trade,
Pass Thru, Bend the Line,
Go Up and Back, Load the Boat,
Patter: Box the Gnat, Grand Right and Left
Singer: Pass Thru, Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Square Thru Four,
Slide Thru, Pass Thru,
Bend the Line, Forward and Back,
Load the Boat,
Patter: Allemande Left, Face In at Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Square Thru,
Swing Thru, Boys Run, Bend the Line
Load the Boat,
Touch 1/4, Split Circulate,
Boys Run, Slide Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Heads Turn Thru, Separate Around 1 to a Line,
Forward and Back,
Load the Boat,
Slide Thru, Load the Boat,
Patter: Allemande Left, Face In at Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

With Acey Deucey:
Heads Square Thru,
Swing Thru, Boys Run,
Acey Deucey, Bend the Line,
Right and Left Thru,
Load the Boat,
Square Thru 3,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: Swing and Promenade