40th Birthday Ball 2014
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Celebrating 50 years of Melbourne Colonial Dancers in 2024
Here is a glimpse from the 40th Birthday Ball held in 2014.
The dance is “The CHOGM Pentrille” The band for the evening was “The Billabong Band”.
Dance Instructions are :
The CHOGM Pentrille
Norm Ellis, Oct. 1981
Formation: 5 couples in a pentagon (ie really just a circle),
positions are numbered anti-clockwise 1, 4, 2, 5, 3.
NB - the whole dance is 'driven' by each couple in turn from 1st positi
Music: 4 + 5 x 64 bar jig or reel + 16 bar coda
Bars
4+4 Forward & Back, with hands joined in a circle, Circle Left; with 8 slip steps
4+4 Forward & Back, Circle Right; keep hands joined ready for -
8 1st couple Split the Ring -- everyone still holding hands, 1st couple go between lady 2 and man 5, then separate and go around the outside to their original place, taking everyone with them; the two making the arch turn under their own arch.
8 2nd lady and 5th man Split the Ring, 1st couple make the arch;
16 1st couple Cross Over all the way around -- 1st couple crosses over with 2nd couple, each person passing their opposite by the right shoulder, (ie lady goes between the opposite couple) then 'California Twirl' to change places with partner & face back into the set (4 bars);
1st couple then does the same with 3rd, 4th & 5th couples in turn. (All have now progressed!)
4+4 All Set Twice to partners, All Swing Partners;
8 All Promenade around Set, to finish in new/progressed position;
4x64 Repeat 4 more times.
8+8 CODA: 'Finale' All Forward & Back, twice;
All Swing Partners.
Looks a lot of fun!