[Noho] Class Tonight

[Bethany Seeger]

Hi!

Just a quick reminder about class tonight - same place, same time, usual
suspects.

Last week we finished mainstream and learned a few plus calls, which
I've included the definitions of below.

We covered diamond formations last week, which is where you can do a
diamond circulate or flip the diamond from. Now might be a good time to
check out Tech Squares lessons material, as they have a good pdf
(formations.pdf) on the different formations. You can find their
documents at http://www.mit.edu/activities/tech-squares/lessons/ These
are where the definitions I've been using below come from.

See you tonight!
Bethany

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MAINSTREAM:

SPLIT/BOX CIRCULATE: Starting formation – a box. Dancers facing in to
their box walk straight forward to take the position of the dancer in
front of them. Other dancers flip over to take the spot vacated by the
adjacent dancer in their box. For split circulate, divide the square
into two separate boxes.

TURN THRU: Starting formation – facing dancers. Each dancer steps
forward to join right forearms with the other dancer. They turn by the
right one-half (180°), release armholds and step forward, ending back to
back with each other.

PLUS:

DIAMOND CIRCULATE: Starting formation – diamond. Each dancer moves
forward to the next position in their diamond, changing original facing
direction one-quarter (90°) toward the center of the diamond. Points
become centers, and vice versa. If the call is directed to facing
diamonds, all pass right shoulders.

FLIP THE DIAMOND: Starting formation – diamond. The centers of the
diamond do a diamond circulate, while the points run (“flip”) into the
nearest center position and join hands to become the centers of the
forming wave or line.

EXPLODE AND (ANYTHING): Starting formation – any four-dancer ocean wave.
Everyone releases handholds, steps forward and turns one quarter (90°)
in to face the adjacent dancer, and does the (Anything) call (e.g.,
right and left thru, star thru, etc.).