We added a dance, so the program is updated as of Tuesday, Dec. 11, 10am. There might be more changes.
Friday, Dec. 14, Youth Classes will run all their group and solo dances.We will meet from 6:15-8:30pm. The MOST IMPORTANT things we need to do are:
Saturday, Dec. 15, youth classes are from 11am-1pm without lunch. At 7:45pm, group dances for youth, Lion King, Smile, Better Shape Up, Feel Better When I'm Dancing, will go through very quickly. Ricardo, Jake, Terry, Greg, Jane, will have run-through of Pure Imagination at 1pm and then again at 7:30pm.
Adult groups, White Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Waltz of Flowers, March of Toy Soldiers, in this order, will be 7:00-7:30pm. All I Want, is at 8pm for youth and adults.
Friday, Dec. 14, Youth Classes will run all their group and solo dances.We will meet from 6:15-8:30pm. The MOST IMPORTANT things we need to do are:
- be sure the stage managers are on point with sequences, entrances and exits
- be sure the prop handlers know what and when to do props
- learn more about the 'set-up' in Pure Imagination
- Give Jane and Julia some parts in the program
- assign speakers for announcements
- support our dancer friends
- check costumes for Waltz of Flowers
- MAKE CHRISTMAS BALLS FOR THE BIG TREE
Saturday, Dec. 15, youth classes are from 11am-1pm without lunch. At 7:45pm, group dances for youth, Lion King, Smile, Better Shape Up, Feel Better When I'm Dancing, will go through very quickly. Ricardo, Jake, Terry, Greg, Jane, will have run-through of Pure Imagination at 1pm and then again at 7:30pm.
Adult groups, White Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Waltz of Flowers, March of Toy Soldiers, in this order, will be 7:00-7:30pm. All I Want, is at 8pm for youth and adults.
Broadway Lights Section
Props we need to make:
several big 4x4 foot smiles
camera
bow tie
petticoat
hat
trousers
birds
chandeliers
How do we make this stuff? Foam insulation panels are light weight, and not too difficult to cut. You prime them, draw your image and fill it in with paint.
We will be building the box office and the structure for the marquis, arranging ball lights on the marquis, creating a set of French doors. Then there are all the trees and other things that go with it all.
Pure Imagination, set-up (4:00)
4 chandelier bearers, de-shabbifiers, Quadrille prep
Quadrille to March of the Toy Soldiers, Tchaikovsky,
All participants will wear something of their own choosing-a ballgown is great-but not required
8 8 8 8 Listen
8 8 8 8 parade
8 8 8 8 parade
8 8 8 8 curtsey/bow, grp one, grp two
8 8 8 8 curtsey/bow alltogether, face parking lot, in and away, run to circle
8 8 8 8 'running music' is ladies' star
8 8 8 8 chasses with ladies' switching 4x ending with ladies facing outside of circle
8 8 8 8 looky lu; dosido; minuet, change to shadow position
8 8 8 8 (we will add this) men's star
8 8 8 8 switching partners through center
8 8 8 8 monkey walks to open position in L to L hand hold; chain end in shadow
8 8 8 8 monkey walks to final star and ta da pose
Ava Bella & Jaiden, You're never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (2:30)
Jaiden and Ava Bella will wear competition costuming; other dancers with props will be dressed plain
8 8 On a park bench, invite to dance, hold in PP
8 8 8 4 4 feather ending, dbl rev. hover telemark natural weave check UAT end LSS SMILE
8 8 8 4 4 back whisk, open natural impetus to PP, weave from PP check to UAT to SMILE
8 8 8 2 2 4 three step, natural hover cross, outside swivel SS, feather ending, fallaway slip to HEAD TO TOE
8 8 kick line to shadow
8 8 progressive twinkles to line,
8 Miami to 3 step kicks
8 present dancers, present the props, present the dancers, bow
Jimi Williams, lead of Tru, Motown style singing group, will work with our singers at 11am, Saturday, Nov. 24
I Just Can't Wait To Be King, Michael & Valerie (2:32)
Valarie will have a 'bird' costume; Michael will have lion costume; All other dancers in animal unitards
8 walk, lock, walk 3 step turn 8 plait combo, 8 walk around w volta. walk around to pose 8
8 w accent on 7 is whisk to R in R-R, UAT to line on 7, Maichael pstures King
8 8 8 8 4 silver samba with a simple 4ct walk
8 8 8 8 continue silver samba to end of shadow position botofogos
8 with accent on 7 8 same whisk to line and posturing like a King
group sequence: separate jumps to face front
8 stork; 8 crawl out, in to roar; crawl out in to jump to face back; 12 step hit heels
8 Do this, Do that turn to face front; 8 swivels; 8 8 volta turn to L; 4 step taps w arms styling
8 botofogos with boys travelling fwd and turning to upstage 8 contra botofogos
16 dominoes
4 4 4 4 4 grapevines to chasses to columns; run to center positions
8 look right; look left
8 ?? some reverse turn moving upstage, some up then downstage
8 walk and lock, 8 walk and lock with boys having changed direction -all do spins to end ready for "to be King"
8 boto fogo fogo fogo; botobogo; batucada
need big ta da
Grinch, foxtrot, Milicias (3:00)
This Is Me, Jaiden & Natalia (2:00)
spin fwd, both hit line
8 Jaiden volta combo around her, Natalia arms
8 8 8 hustle x body lead 2x, throw away, link to RSS, Spanish turn, NY with Natalia pivots to end of '4'
8 8 NY releasing hold to J, spin through to highlite and arms
4 step close step close to end in closed dance position for some tango
Cabaret, Terry & Sandra (1:30)
Same outfits as for tap
8 back into partner
8spoturns and hand smacks w spin
8 trombone
8 UATrn to back to back double bump
8 8 walk with highlight 4x
8 big hand throw
8 open R w double lock backward
8 outside spin to pivots
8 8 hammerlock to tandem and the laugh
1-4 turn to end closed position, 5-8 start botofogos
1+ 2 3 4 + 5+6 7 8 1+2 3 4 5-8 botofogos to LSS
8 charleston end closed position
8 8 open R commenced OP to grapevine moving stage R to side slide,
8 UAT kamikaze
Thoroughly Modern Millie, female ? and 2 or three young gentlemen
foxtrot/jazz
Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tap Class
Ladies wear electric blue flapper dresses; Men wear blue suits with red tie; All wear red hats
Last year we danced to Santa Baby. It was SLOW. this dance is FAST and FURIOUS.
Pick up on the verse about 1/2 way thru
8-flaps fwd in a circle turning L, start w RF, open arms on 1, close them on 8
8 flap ball change 2x, shuffle shuffle stomp
8 spanks backward
8 out out, in in, 2x
8 8 8 rpt first 24 beats but for last set of
8, out out, in in. then feet out out, look down look fwd
8 crazy legs closing on 7
8 8 time step w break
8 crawl (ball first) 1-4 out 5-8 in
8 crawl out, riff 5 a 6 a7
8 wave RH on 'goodbye', twist L
8 wesley shirley to L, Ruth Shirley to L,
8 Sandra shirley to L, Terry shirley to L
8 all shirley R L R
8 walk to form line with Terry ready to move us stage R
8 flaps in snake
8 flap, close on 1, 2nd position pose 3-7, slurp 8
8 flap, close on 1, 2nd position pose 3-7, slurp 8
8 8 last dancer flap 1 2, squish 3 4, Ruth flap 1-4 squish 5 6, Sandra flap 1-6 squish 7 8; An flap 1-8 squish 1 2; Terry flap 1-8 squish 34; all close and wait 5-8
8 spot turn in half time taking hat on 7 8
8 in canon starting w Terry on 3, Ann on 4, Sandra on 5, Ruth on 6, Wesley on 7 hats off
8 in canon reverse hats on with all dancers steppin geither fwd or backward to re-form the two lines
8 8 8 8 rpt 1st section clapping on 7
8 8 time step with brk
8 8 'good bye wave 1-4 turn L 5-8
8 8 8 8 8 stil turning on 1-4 then same canon as first verse to Shirley Temple, then two full S T's
8 men wait, Ruth and Ann present fwd,
8 Ruth and An back up while men advance forward,
will use:
8 paradiddle R & L, kick step, spot turn to R
8 cramp roll TT HH turn 1/4 L, tttthhhh
flap shuffle ball change flap shuffle ballchange, flap flap
RT, LH, RH, L dig, L spank, RH, L dig, Ldrop, my three sons
flap flap flap clap, 2x, flap clap 2x
I'm Better When I;m Dancing, solo samba, Maya
has sequin bright colors full swishy skirt
Young and Beautiful, Foxtrot, Olga and Mitchel (2:30)
Olga will wear flapper dress, Mitchel competition wear
With Bells On, Chair Dancing (2:40)
All dancers will wear elf costumes and headpieces; not sure aoubt the musicians...
Terry, Anthony, Ronnie, Michelle and some of the juniors
Winter Wonderland Section
Feed the Birds, Terry & Susan, Naomi, waltz (3:05)
Bob Domico, Dean Martin, Walking in Winter Wonderland (2:00)
Bob has a sparkly suit with red shirt and tie; Sandra will wear competition outfit
888W walk after natural weave
888W walk in middle of reverse turn
888T step taps after curved feather
888W fallaway reverse on W
888T taps after 2nd feather
888W VF on W
888- same foot point, swivels UAT, bow
White Christmas; Thursday Social Dance (3:00)
Last year, the Social Level II Class did rhythm foxtrot to White Christmas, by The Drifters. We're dancing continuity style foxtrot now, so we have a Michael Buble version that is smoother and slower. Featured Solo, Jim & Sandra
8 8 8 8 start upstage R, twinkle and continuity ending, open L turn, progressive CW to run;; continuity ending, one prog twinkle, curved basic, back basic, back swivel, same foot point stage R facing audience;;
8 8 8 8 grpvine, UAT catch, spin; chasse step points, Miami passing twinkle to UAT as he continuity ending pivots to finish a little upstage
8 8 progressive twinkle with continuity basic towards center
8 8 UAT for ladies to end in a straight line facing opposing walls; men back up to sides of room
8 8 men dance open left turn to go to ladies' R sides; clamp to UAT R ended in closed position
8 8 open left turn returning to sides of room
8 8 8 8 all dance open left turn returning to original position, check & run in a circle, UAT to open, step tap to end LSS
8 8 8 8 twinkle to PP, simple cortes, ladies move to C make circle to grapevine, men dance grapevines to form straight line upstage
8 8 8 8 men walk using all Q's to ladies while ladies do spot turn to face outside of circle; sway step w extra chasse; UAT R end in escort; return to original position
8 8 8 8 John & Kate swing
8 8 8 8 John & Kate foxtrot
8 8 8 8 rpt first section up to circle which will end men facing upstage; ladies then turn U, we do in and out but all end facing downstage.
JUST NEED FINAL POSE WITH JIM
Carol of the Bells, Carol and Andreas
Andrea will wear competition outfit; Carol has a ballgown
8 naturals
8 reverse
8 naturals
4 fill w UAT or something simple ended in RSS
4 4 4 opening ceremony ended in LSS
8 zipper
8 open naturals alternative hold end open facing, L-R
4 4 American fleckrls
4 fill in RSS
4 4 rolling naturals ended closed
8 hesitation w kicks
Little St. Nick, Steve & Marlene (2:30)
Marlene has a red dress and fab shoes; Steve has a Little St Nick costume plan
8 8 start RSS slow swivels end open facing
8 step taps for 8
8 8 8 8 basic 2x, UAT R, UAT L, link to walks backward.
8 8 on "Little St NIck" slow spot turn to LSS; switches
8 8 8 8 link, basic, throwaway, stop & go, stop & go
8 8 "Little St Nick" end in LSS; switches
8 8 8 8 run run reindeer in place; backing up; swivels fwd; hand hits; change places
8 8 8 8 start over and repeat the first combo
Need to do last 1/4 of the dance plan
Grease is the Word, Jaiden & Natalia (2:30)
Feliz Navidad, Tues Rumba
get off the bus, buy tickets, get to place
box to quick UAT R2x
man's UAT R to Fredericks, ladies' UAAT R to cuban walks, switches, and walk ended in closed position backing parking lot
box w cross lead to open break R-R
foot switch to tandem, 2 cuban rocks in tandem, arm over 2x, lady walk around to back LSS
walk in circle, ladies across
sliding doors to ladies back up under the R-R, men dance a foot switch by going S S S
fencing line to spot turn, fencing line to ladies' spot turn, men wait
REPEAT entire routine
Waltz of Flowers, Nutcracker, Tuesday Viennese waltz adults with Angelina, Olga, Maya, Dee, Caroline, Mitchel
Angelina will be the Fairy in jewel tones; ladies with partners will wear jeweltone full skirts; Youth ladies will wear hite dresses with jewel tone trim; men black shirts and pants; Mitchel wears competition wear; Caroline wears her white dress
Angelina, walk fwd on toes w slow present, pose w LF fwd, arms go to high 5th
whisk R & L turn R, LF fwd to 4th arms fwd slowly to 3rd
on chord turn then do the fairy 5x, turn and exit w bouree backward
group to position somewhere, maybe before Angelina
on fairy, turn to end side by side on second higher pitch chord, men walk around on chord,
1 2 3 4 hold 2 bars, sway on 3 and 4
1-8 opening ceremony
1-8 change step, natural turns to opening outs
1-4 chasses to form line 5-8 first half of reverse to explosion
1-8 finish rev. to explosion, go to escort, go to columns
1-8 zipper, w zoom boom and run in circle to end in LSS 5-8
1-8 rpt but do zoom boom, 5-6, swivel 7-8
grp one--reverse 1-5, step back 6, ladies' UAT R to alternative hold 7-8, wait 1-4 standing spin 5-6, go to shadow 7-8
grp two UAT R do something, not sure what, for 1-8 while the other group crosses to stage R, then you go across to stage L with 1-5 reverse, step back on 6, turn lady to shadow on 7-8
all return to original position over next 8 bars to repeat the whole thing up to the end of the two zipper combos
We will do the last 16 bars on Nov. 27
Youth solo Stars:
8 8 four girls enter, form line
8 8 whisks w soutenu; same in canon
8 8 port de bras in canon; reverses in different directions
8 present and natural starting backward, end w ronde and line to C
8 8 travel to corners, circle; return; rpt
8 8 8 8
Caroline and Mitchel