|
About
Us —
Meredith
and I are Round Dancers and Round Dance instructors. Round Dancing is
choreographed and cued ballroom dancing. We have put together
a dance handbook:
Round
Dancing — A
Figure & Styling
Manual.
There, we describe much more about what Round Dancing is, we describe
the steps and the figures that make up our round
dances, and we discuss how particular moves can be danced more
comfortably. This manual is a compilation from many teachers.
|
Telefeathers
— Temporarily
Dark
We are a Colorado Round Dance Association (CRDA)–affiliated
club
and Carousel Club #171. We
dance primarily at phases IV through VI — see recent
evening programs below — at the Rose Hill Grange, 4001 E. 68th Ave.,
Commerce
City, CO (corner of 68th & Colorado Blvd) — Map
Thursdays —
- Drop-in, catch-up/problem session — 6pm - 7pm
- Dance & Teach — 7pm - 9:30pm
(Subject to
change. See Calendar below and join e-mail list for news and updates.
Jump
to Calendar, Past
Programs, & Cue Sheets. |
2016, 2017 2019a pics
|
Roundalab
Manual of
Figures --
$20 -- Go to Login, Purchase Subscription.
Roundalab
Hard Copy Manual & DVDs, PDF
Brochure
ICBDA Manual of
Figures, 2005
-- free to members -- sign in & go to Dance Manual.
RAL
ROQ
Results
|
Some helpful ideas:
|
|
Calendar
Feb
|
6
|
break for Cactus
Capers
|
|
13
|
snowed out
|
|
20
|
Telefeathers |
|
27
|
Telefeathers |
Mar
|
5
|
Telefeathers |
|
12
|
Dark
|
Subject to change. We participate in an email
list
(a Google Group) through
which we send weekly news about the club. Contact us to join this list,
or email
us any time to get the latest club information.
For more on the CRDA dances, visit the CRDA website and click
on Dance Events.
|
Some
recent
club programs are given below.
- Of course,we are dancing those
dances recently
learned and other current favorites. We try to
include a variety of dance rhythms.
- We like to resurrect some of the
oldies, dances
we
might have learned
years ago.
- We are programming regular Do To
Cue and View
&
Do dances. These are dances that are new to us containing mostly
standard
figures. We add a dance to our
repertoire fairly quickly, and we develop our ability to "sight
read."
- Our Full Teach will be higher
level or a less
familiar rhythm and mostly recent
choreography.
- Let us know what you'd like to do.
We are
actively
shaping the program based on your suggestions.
e-Lesson 28 May
2020
--
Watermark VI, a YouTube waltz showcase, youtube video, cue card, cued dance (Download cueing with right click or listen in browser with left click.) discussion
e-Discussion 21 May
2020
--
To Dance Or Not To Dance (PDF) -- resuming in the face of Covid-19.
e-Lesson 14 May
2020
--
Three Smooth Figures: the Double Reverse, Double Natural, and Double Reverse Wing (Beautiful Things, dance and teach (see 6'30") (Download video with right click or watch in
your browser with left click.) -- discussion (PDF)
e-Lesson 7 May
2020
--
Dancing With A Stranger (Goss V WCS
2020) cue
sheet, cue
card, cued
dance, discussion
Special clinic work from 2011 with George & Pam Hurd, Mesa AZ --
Each video presents a 35-40 min workshop on phase IV & V WCS
figures, with focus on proper and comfortable technique (each followed
by separate AT workshop). You may download with right click or watch in
your browser with left click: Parts One,
Two, Three, Four
e-Lesson 30 April
2020
--
Near the Lake (Moore IV RB 2020) cue sheet, cue card, cued dance, discussion
e-Lesson 23 April
2020
--
Starlight Express (Goss V RB 2004) video Goss dancing, video Hurd dancing,
cue sheet,
cue
card, cued
dance, discussion
e-Lesson 16 April
2020
--
G.I. Jive (Hicks IV JV 2019) cue
sheet, cue card, cued dance at 34, cued dance at 32, for video go
to glen&helen, discussion
Fleckerl in Hallelujah
Waltz (Read VI HCW 2011) video Hurd, Worlock, cued dance, cue card, discussion
e-Lesson 9 April
2020
--
Foxtrot Musings,esp. Heel
Turn (PDF)
more from Egils
(YouTube)
All
I Have To Do Is Dream (Rumble III RB 2020) cued dance, cue card, discussion
e-Lesson 2 April
2020
--
You
Deserve (Read VI FT 2014) video Worlock, cued dance, cue card, review discussion
Program 5 March
2020
--
A Little Closer (Parker V FT 2018) hover fallaway
no trn; dbl top spin;
Grace Kelly Redux (Goss/Figwer V JV/FT 2019) fallaway tuck in;
Para Toda La Vida (Hagiwara V RB 2019) trade places to OP to opp spot
trn;
Autumn Leaves Tango (Preskitt VI TG 2016) teleswivel; nat pivot; la
cobra;
Almost Like Being In Love (Preskitt IV QS 2007) chasse weave, pendulum;
No Walls, No Ceilings, No Floors (Schmidt VI WZ 2019) falwy twinkles; x
hvr tele BJO;
Toreando (Shibata V PD 2011) do-si-do; L ft var; banderillas; grand
circle 1/2 trn; coup de pique; Bahr
Can't Take My Eyes Off You 5 (Preskitt V CH 2019) circ cross body;
chase w/ sgl cubans;
Hallelujah Waltz (Read VI HCW 2011) skater work; fleckerl; festival
fave;
Winter Light (Preskitt VI BL 2019) cross hnd to turk brk; sd ronde chg
sds rev undrm; eggbeater to fc;
You Are the Reason (Worlock V STS 2020) M switch & riff W spiral
roll tandem COH; flip flop = arm to arm; sweetheart run W in & out;
Cake By the Ocean (Rumble VI WCS 2018) window whip; straight whip;
scoop sugar push; festival fave;
Teach: You Deserve (Read VI FT 2014)
Aventure Tango (Schmidt IV TG 2020) diam trn 12 qks; rev fallaway chkg
to fwd outsd swvl;
The Promise (Worlock VI WZ 2019) start telespin to SF lng line; royal
spin nat prep SFL;
Put Your Records On 2019 (Nolen V WCS 2019) whip & flip;
Hot Tango (Wulf IV TG 2019) Gala '19
Donde Estas Yolanda (Parker IV MB 2011) scallop;
You Look Wonderful Tonight (Pelton V BL 2019)
Chez Paris (Chadd IV JV 2019) shuffling doors;
Wounded Heart (Worlock VI BL 2001) HOF festival fave;
You Make Me Feel Like West Coast (Garza V WCS 2019) extended span arms;
ex she go he go; ex trav sd pass;
Life Is A Slow Dance (Worlock IV WZ 2018)
Program 5 December
2019
--
Pre-Rounds:
All I Ask Of You (Rumble 6 STS 2009) solo riff trns; cont hip chks;
trip trav half to W circle;
Bye Bye Blues (Palmquist VI FT) rev fallaway chg sway fwd swiv BJO L
pivot 2 LOD; thru slo hover corte (SSS); qk heel pull DRW cross swiv
link SCP (QQQQS); HOF;
Long As I Live (Worlock VI STS 2014) passing alt u/arm trns; eggbeater
trn;
Am I Blue (Lamberty VI FT 1998) bk tipple chasse pivot to heel
pull crvd feath 2X;
Night Of Stars Tango (Hicks VI TG 2018) nat fallaway prom; op prom swvl
DRW; 4 stp swvl SCAR; Bahr
Rounds:
Groovin' (Schmidt V RB 2002) latin whisk;
Manhattan (Blackford IV FT 2019) to cue?
It's About Time (Shibata VI WCS 2019) wrapped whip tunnel exit;
eggbeater; behind back whip; tand sugar hop; Bahr
My Sweet Catherine (Goss VI WZ 2009) big top; rumba cross; cross chasse
chkg bk swvl prom sway;
Goodbye (Parker IV STS 2019)
Hang On Little Tomato (Harris V FT 2015) cont hover cross; L feath;
Gala '15
Chez Paris (Chadd IV JV 2019) shuffling doors;
Portrait (Nelson VI W 2009)
The Last Blues Song (Scherrer V FT 2013) bk crvng three stp trns LF; bk
crvd feath trns RF; Gala '13
Review: The Promise (Worlock VI WZ 2019)
Baby Mine (Davis IV HCW 2012)
Perhaps (Easterday IV RB 1994)
That Old Piano 4 (Rotscheid V WCS 2019) sugar push w/ L twist 2;
In This Life IV (Gloodt IV STS 2014) the square; patty cake twisty
basic;
Sombras (Blackford V TG 2000) trng 4x5 stp; qtr beats; dbl twist trn;
to cue?
Hey Baby, Be My Girl (Harris IV JV 2019) kick thru RLOD ball cross LOD;
Minnie's You Hoo (Woodruff III 5-ct 2019) SSQQS;
Good Old Days (Easterday III TS QS SS 2001)
Have I Told You (Prow IV FT 2003)
A Daisy in December (Hurd VI WZ 2008) telespin; rumba cross; big top;
Program 31 October
2019
--
Program:
Love Potion #9 (Anderson V CH 1993) three threes; box w/ cuban breaks;
trade places;
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Baldwin IV FT 2009)
Love's Forgotten Bride (Goss V WZ 2019) RAR, Carousel
Untold Love (Wulf V RB 2019) parallel brks; turkish towel; Gala
Hot Tango (Wulf IV TG 2019) adv corte no trn; Gala
Valentine (Worlock VI BL 2014) egg beater; cross hnds u/arm to turkish
brk; parallel brks; fest fave, Bahr tch
Shape Of You (Goss V SB 2019) cont chasse rev trn; plait; maypole; prom
runs like in & out; Gala, Bahr
Quickie: You Make
Me Feel Like West Coast (Garza V WCS 2019) review varsou breaks;
Heureka (Schmidt V PD 2015) prom to counter prom 2X; la passe; chasse
cape;
Be My Girl (Worlock VI MB 2019) slo snake (6 slos); MB twist; W tunnel
back; Jan Colossal
Please Mr Brown (Davis V TG 2019) qtr beats; 4X5 stp; tele drop
oversway; Bahr Carousel
Teach: Como Dos
Tontos (Goss V BL 2019) sync trng basic pivot; stp dbl ronde nat top;
Carousel fave
The First Hello (Dierickx IV BL 2018) 1 riff trn (QQ); to cue?
Don't Bother Me Mosquito (Hurd V MB 2019) solo diam trn w/ hops; spiral
to cumbia; ronde MB box; LD '19, Carousel
I'll Do It All Over Again (Dierickx V FT 2018) chasse pivot & pivot
2 DLC;
Addio Mia Cara (Herr V WZ 2019) LOP X-hovers to wall Op fin skaters
DLC; to cue?
Af en Af (Seurer II TS)
Program 12 September
2019
--
Workshop:
New York,
New York (Preskitt VI FT 2019)
Groovy Foxtrot (Worlock V FT 2019)
Early, for those
who were good enough to attend:
I'm Falling 4 You (Worlock IV RB 2019)
Como Dos Tontos (Goss V BL 2019)
Don't Bother Me Mosquito (Hurd V MB 2019)
Program:
I'll Do It All Over Again (Dierickx V FT 2018) chasse pivot & pivot
2 DLC;
Dialogues (Moore IV WZ 2019) delayed hover tele chair rec (12_456); to
cue?
Hey Baby, Be My Girl (Harris IV JV 2019) kick thru RLOD ball cross
LOD; ICBDA
Spanish Banderillero (Schmidt V PD 2010) the twists;
Eso Es (Hurd V TG 2018) slo L revolving ochos; trng 4 by 4 stp; "that's
right!"
New York, New York (Preskitt VI FT 2019) ckd cont hvr cross; telefeath;
nat weave lk sway chg; to cue?
My Foolish Heart (Preskitt VI BL 2018) fwd brk trn to turkish brks;
telefeather; horse & cart;
Something Good (Goss/Figwer V JV 2018) triple wheel 1; pt ball/cross
into she go he go;
The Colors Of Autumn (Hurd VI WZ 2018) tumble; qk lk slo lk to L trng
lk; New Year's '19
Be My Girl (Worlock VI MB 2019) slo snake (6 slos); MB twist; W tunnel
back;
Until Now (Finch IV FT 2019) bk run & slide RF SCAR; Fred Astaire
kick; from ICBDA
You Make Me Feel Like West Coast (Garza V WCS 2019) extended span arms;
ex she go he go; ex trav sd pass;
Teach: All the Ways
(Worlock VI WCS 2019) spring whip; sugar push w/ insd-out trn;
Groovy Foxtrot (Worlock V FT 2019) monkey wlk; skater R trns; lilt
pivot 2 CP;
No Walls, No Ceilings, No Floors (Schmidt VI WZ 2019) falwy twinkles; x
hvr tele BJO;
Danny Boy (Weiss V BL 1998)
A Long and Lasting Love (Gloodt V STS 2016) sweetheart switch; the
square; tandem crs hovers;
Better Place (Johnson V RB 2019) alt cross bodies;
Blue Wings (Moore IV WZ 2004)
|
Cue
Sheets
(Most cue sheets are available at Mark Brautigam's Mixed-Up
site or at Roundalab's Index.
Videos are available from Glen & Helen, Gene Severance, and other
sites. Contact us for more info, Carousel lists, any cue sheets you
can't find, or for the cued dance, or bring a thumb drive to the club.
You Deserve
(Read VI FT 2014) video
Worlock, cued dance,
cue card,
review
discussion
You
Are the Reason (Worlock V STS 2020)
Winter
Light (Preskitt VI BL 2019)
Can't Take
My Eyes Off You 5 (Preskitt V CH 2019)
Para
Toda La Vida (Hagiwara V RB 2019)
Hallelujah
Waltz (Read VI HCW 2011) video Hurd, Worlock
--------------------------
Some foxtrots, showing the all important Feather:
Exactly
Like You (Slater IV FT) video
Paper Moon
(DeChenne IV FT/JV) video
Sam's
New Pants (Finch IV FT) video
Solitude
City (Gibson V FT) video
---------------------------
The Promise
(Worlock VI WZ 2019)
Como Dos
Tontos (Goss V BL 2019)
Valentine
(Worlock VI BL 2014)
Don't
Let the Old Man In (Davis VI BL 2019)
All the Ways
(Worlock VI WCS 2019)
New
York, New York (Preskitt VI FT 2019)
Dialogues
(Moore IV WZ 2019)
You Make Me
Feel Like West Coast (Garza V WCS 2019)
Until Now
(Finch IV FT 2019) video
(use search box)
Better
Place (Johnson V RB 2019)
Hey
Baby, Be My Girl (Harris IV JV 2019)
Please Mr.
Brown (Davis V TG 2019)
Be My Girl
(Worlock VI MB 2019)
Eso Beso
(Shibata V SB 2011) video
Hot Hot Samba
(Moore IV SB 2004) video
Baby Come To
Me (Ross IV SB 2019)
Anything
Can Happen (Goss VI WZ 2019)
No Walls,
No Ceiling, No Floors (Schmidt VI WZ 2019)
Theme
From Frozen (Worlock VI WZ 2018)
Abrazame
(Worlock V BL 2007) video
Boulavogue
(Lamberty VI WZ 1990) video Blackford
McGee
Mia Bolero
(Worlock VI BL 2018)
Papillon
(Lamberty VI WZ 1995) video
Can't
Help Falling In Love (Webb VI HCW 2018)
Smoke
Gets In Your Eyes (Rumble VI FT 1994) video
Tijuana Taxi
(Prow IV QS 2006) video
Eso Es (Hurd V
TG 2018)
Groovy
Foxtrot (Worlock V FT 2019)
The
Colors Of Autumn (Hutd VI WZ 2018)
These
Foolish Things (Preskitt V WCS 2019)
Get
Down Tonight (Worlock V QS 2019)
Pasolindo
(Ross V PD 2017)
El Choclo
(Goss V TG 2018)
Havana (Goss
VI CH 2018)
Our
Choreography
I
Didn't I Swear (Sears II TS 2018)
Weave
Me (Sears
VI FT 2016)
Corn
Silk (Sears VI
FT 2012)
El
Choclo IV
(Sears IV TG 2010)
|
|
|
|
 |
|
| © Harold and
Meredith Sears, Boulder,
CO. All
rights reserved. |
|
|
