fiddl, piano party gam, circl danc Want to go a-courtin but not allowd to danc? Wll thn, try this onc popular party gam as a way to gt to know ach othr. Ky G, first not do(g) Squar/Circl Danc d d d d d d d l, s, r r r r r s, s, l, d Cir-cl to th right,... In and out,... Swing_ oh swing,... Do Si Do... Pro mn-ad hom... m m m m m r d l d r m s, l, d d you'r th on my dar - ling. Just what is an old brass wagon? It probably wasn t a wagon mad of brass. It might b a brass cannon (a diffrnt vrsion of this song), or it might rfr to th shap mad whn popl cross th circl during th danc tracing th spoks of a whl. Whatvr it is, this song/danc ar part of th party danc tradition from th tim in Amrican history whn cards and dancing wr frownd upon in much of polit socity. Young popl wanting to gt to know ach othr would mt at homs and play gams ---gams with music and hands touching, but allowd as childrn s play. Try Som Nw Movs! In traditional squar dancing, on prson --th CALLER sings out th kinds of movs to b mad wovn into a song. This danc dosn t hav much of a song attachd to it, but it dos hav plnty of spac to allow th CALLER to chang th movs. Tird of swing oh swing, try stamp your ft or sway your hips! If th CALLER has a good strong voic, thn th movs may b lft as a surpris which will man th dancrs nd to b listning as wll as moving to kp up to th bat.
Ky G, first not do(g) Squar Danc d d d d d d d l, s, r r r r r s, s, l, d S p t m b r Cir-cl to th right,... In and out,... Swing_ oh swing,... Do Si Do... Pro mn-ad hom... m m m m m r d l d r m s, l, d d you'r th on my dar - ling. W k F o u r L ss o n 4 A Music & Movmnt/Danc Pionr Danc Formation: circls of 3 to 8 dancrs Play a littl bit of th sing-a-long vrsion of. Stop it and ask: "Dos anyon know what kind of music this is?" (squar danc, pionr danc) "Ys, its danc music. Th singr is th callr in th danc, calling out th instructions to th dancrs. "Circl to th lft" is dancrs join hands and mov to th lft around th circl (usually sid stp but any movmnt will work), thn "circl to th right". Lt's try it." Probably asist to assign studnts to groups, thn ask th groups to mak circls. Danc th first two vrss. Not: thr is an intrlud btwn ach vrs giving studnts a chanc to stop and gt rady for th chang in stp. Whn don "for ral" th vrss would follow on immdiatly aftr th othr. Tach th rmaining stps. Try th whol danc. "in and out" dancrs 4 short stps in to cntr of circl, rais hands dancrs 4 short stps back out (rpat) "do si do" dancrs drop hands, cross own arms, pass right shouldrs with anothr prson, until vrs nds with dancrs in circl again "promnad hom" two dancrs join hands both dancrs walk around circl clockwis Dancrs oftn larn th words to music whil dancing --a form of larning by immrsion. P a g 044 Commnt on what was don wll. If it wnt smoothly add clapping whil standing still during th intrluds, and try again. Nw Rprtoir Kp th Bat
Ky G, first not do(g) allgro d d d d d d d l, s, Squar Danc r r r r r s, s, l, d m m m m m r d l, d Cir-cl to th lft, old brass wag-on, r m s, l, d d You r th on my dar - ling.
allgro d d d d d d d l, s, r r r r r s, s, l, d m m m m m r d l, d Cir-cl to th lft, old brass wag-on, r m s, l, d d You r th on my dar - ling.
Ky G, first not do(g) Squar Danc allgro d d d d d d d l, s, r r r r r s, s, l, d
m m m m m r d l, d r m s, l, d d You r th on my dar - ling.