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Harold & Meredith Sears



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.

Roundalab Manual of Figures -- $20 -- Go to Subscriptions
Roundalab Figure DVDs -- Go to General Info & Catalog
ICBDA Manual of Figures, 2005 -- $11 per CD
Carousel Report, 05/2013
Flyer: Hurd Labor Day, Avalon

Telefeathers

We are a Colorado Round Dance Association (CRDA)–affiliated club and Carousel Club #171. We dance primarily at phases IV through VI — see some 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 and join e-mail list for news and updates. Email link at bottom of page.)



Some quick mini-lessons:

Efforts We Can Make To Improve All Our Dancing (PDF)
Calendar


June
6
Telefeathers

13
Telefeathers

14- 16
State Festival, Loveland Ranch

20
Telefeathers

27
Telefeathers
July
4
Telefeathers

11
Telefeathers

13
CRDA Fun Dance (Rose Hill, 7pm)

18
Telefeathers

25
Telefeathers
Aug.
1
Telefeathers

8
?

10
CRDA Fun Dance (Rose Hill, 7pm)

15
Telefeathers

22
Telefeathers

25
CRDA Peachy Fun Dance (Grand Junction 1:30pm)

29
Telefeathers
Sept.
5
Telefeathers

12
Telefeathers

19
Telefeathers

22
CRDA Harvest Moon (Avalon Ballroom, 1:30 & 6:30pm)

26
Telefeathers
Oct.
3


6
CRDA Fun Dance (Carriage Stop, 7pm)

10


17


24


31

Nov.
1& 2
CRDA Gala, Greeley

7


14


21


28

Dec.
5


7
CRDA Fun Dance (Rose Hill, 7pm)

12


19


26


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 (link at bottom).

For more on the CRDA dances, visit the CRDA Web site and click on Dance Events.


Recent Dance Programs

Some recent evening 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 are resurrecting a good many oldies, dances we might have learned years and even decades ago. Some of these dance surprisingly comfortably, even now.
  • We are programming regular Do To Cues and View & Do dances. These are dances that are new to us containing mostly standard figures. We accomplish two things: 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.

Program for 13 June 2013 --

Hallelujah (Reeder III TS FT 1980) chg sds 2 two stps to OP RLOD;

You Make My Pants Want To Get Up and Dance (Hixson IV JV 2013) stop & go w/ dbl stop action;

The Bolero Way (Schmidt V BL 2013) M u/arm chg sds; rev riff trns;

She's Got You (Shibata V HCW 2010) 3 stps/meas dance SS&; 4 stps /meas dance S&S&;

Up! (Worlock VI WCS 2012) trav sd pass, bowtie twirl, boomerang trip trav, sd whip variations;

Only Love Bolero (Barton IV Bol 2004) twist vine 6 QKs; bol bjo wheel 8 QKs;

The Way We Ought To Be (Preskitt IV FT 2012) L whisk & unwind 4; stp kick & roll across;

Sprint (Shibata V WZ 2013) L whisk W run arnd to R trng hover; jete pt COH to fallaway ronde DLW; eros line; cross hover/wheel sequence;

Voulez Vous Cha Cha (Childers V CH 2013) knee pop cha; lady runaway locks;

Every Day I Love You (Prow VI BL 2012) nat spot pivot; horseshoe trn to M's tandem wall & turk brks;

Black & White Rag (Bingham IV QS 2010) rng fwd lks; flicker;

Teach
Moonlight Fantasy (Nelson, K&B, V FT 2013)

Tango Parisienne (Moore 4 Tan 2010) doble cruz; ending has diamond trn with W's inside trn;

Peter Gunn (Goss VI CH 2006)

Somos (Moore V RB 2002) stop & go; wrap fence line; bk contra chk;

You Needed Me (Worlock V STS 2010) shad u/arm R trns; alt passes; sweetheart switch; int square;

The Homecoming (Ward IV+ MX 1977)

Sugar (Goss VI FT 2013) nat weave w/ curved feath end; shad trns; switching grapevine;

La Distancia (Moore VI BL 2009) rumba cross RLOD; SF lunge W rec trng RF & sync spn RLOD;

Where or When (Worlock VI FT)

J&J Fantasy Tango (DeChenne VI TG 2012)

Neville's Waltz (Eum/Hadley V WZ 2011)

Burlesque (Garza V TG 2012)

Somewhere Somebody (Scherrer V RB2012)

Spanish Banderillero (Schmidt V PD 2010)

Mountains of Mourne (Lamberty IV WZ 1993)


Program for 6 June 2013 --

Back Where I Belong (Read IV FT 2008?) bk chasse twirl SCAR W dev;

Voulez Vous Cha Cha (Childers V CH 2013) knee pop cha; lady runaway locks;

Breezin' Along With the Breeze (Gloodt V FT JV 2013) dbl top spin; mooch;

Tu Me (Preskitt V Rum 2012) dbl stop & go hockey stick w/ lunge & checks;

The Bolero Way (Schmidt V BL 2013) M u/arm chg sds; rev riff trns;

She's Got You (Shibata V HCW 2010) 3 stps/meas dance SS&; 4 stps /meas dance S&S&; nat hover cross has 1 meas of each;

Some Current ROQ Winners & Runners-Up--

That's Life (Hixson IV WCS 2013) triple travel w/ roll; M's U/Arm; turkey walk;

The Way We Ought To Be (Preskitt IV FT 2012) L whisk & unwind 4; stp kick & roll across;

Sprint (Shibata V WZ 2013) L whisk W run arnd to R trng hover; jete pt COH to fallaway ronde DLW; eros line; cross hover/wheel sequence;

Every Day I Love You (Prow VI BL 2012) nat spot pivot; horseshoe trn to M's tandem wall & turk brks;

Conquest Of Heaven (Hurd VI WZ 2012) rng fin; whisks like 2 fallaways RLOD;

Teach
Black & White Rag (Bingham IV QS 2010)

Alhambra (Halbert/Lamberty IV W 2009)

White Lilacs (Hartung V FT 2001) dbl lilt

Senorita Tango (Rumble IV TG 2007) doble cruz;

Sugar (Goss VI FT 2013) nat weave w/ curved feath end; shad trns; switching grapevine;

Am I Blue (Lamberty VI FT 1998) bk tipple chasse pivot to heel pull crvd feath 2X;

S.O.S. Tango (DeChenne VI TG 2012) whirligig;

Somewhere Somebody (Scherrer V RB2012) shad R lunge & slip; op break lady spiral to full nat top;

J&J Fantasy Tango (DeChenne VI TG 2012) bk op prom twist trn; whirligig; chase to dbl ronde twist trn; prom wing spin; nat prom trn;

Really Really Mine (Bahr V FT 1997) nat weave swvlg to COH & top spin LOD;

In Other Words (Fisher VI WZ 1999) top spin;


Program for 30 May 2013 --

I Wish You Love (Bahr IV RB 2013) tornillo wheel;

Gold Tango (Read V TG) drag to close tap; head flick; op prom;

King Of the Road (Woodruff V JV 2013) flicks into break;

Bring It On Home To Me (Davis 5 STS 2011) M trn to hammerlock, M's passing U/arm to wrap;

My Sweet Catherine (Goss VI WZ 2009) big top; rumba cross; cross chasse chkg bk swvl prom sway;

Como Tu Quieres (Buck IV BL 2000) horseshoe trn; hip twist W sync spin 4;

Sugar (Goss VI FT 2013) nat weave w/ curved feath end; int cont hover cross; shad trns; switching grapevine;

S.O.S. Tango (DeChenne VI TG 2012) whirligig;

Somewhere Somebody (Scherrer V RB2012) shad R lunge & slip; op break lady spiral to full nat top;

J&J Fantasy Tango (DeChenne VI TG 2012) bk op prom twist trn; whirligig; chase to dbl ronde twist trn; prom wing spin; nat prom trn;

Review
The Bolero Way (Schmidt V BL 2013)

Review
She's Got You (Shibata V HCW 2010)

Spring (Rotscheid IV WZ 2005) V trns; dbl rev;

Basie Mood (Schmidt V FT 2013) trng swvl to feath chkg (SSQQ); dbl top spin;

Sinti (Slater V RB) full nat top; crab walk W unwind M;

Recuerdos De L'Alhambra (Preskitt VI WZ 2011) tumble; prom lks; cont wing;

La Distancia (Moore VI BL 2009) rumba cross RLOD; SF lunge W rec trng RF & sync spn RLOD; u/arm roll;

Le Tue Parole (Weiss V BL 2002) horseshoe trn M RF to M's tandem COH to sweethearts;

Angelina (Worlock V CH 2009)

I'm Still Me (Read VI WZ) dbl telespin w/ mini telespin end;


Program for 23 May 2013 --

My True Love (Slater IV WZ 2013)

Body and Soul (Shibata V FT 1983) rev fallaway & slip;

Dance the Night Away (Worlock AT CH 2013)

1+1 Is 2 (Worlock V MB 2013) high fives; cumbia; alt cross bodies; tunnel;

View & Do
Como Tu Quieres (Buck IV BL 2000)

Sugar (Goss VI FT 2013) nat weave w/ curved feath end; int cont hover cross; shad trns & grapevine; switching grapevine;

I'm Still Me (Read VI WZ) dbl telespin w/ mini telespin end;

Beyond (Shibata V RB 2000) three alemanas; circ hip twist; cross swivels & u/arm tandem to layover;

King Of the Road (Woodruff V JV 2013) flicks into break;

J&J Fantasy Tango (DeChenne VI TG 2012) bk op prom twist trn; whirligig; chase to dbl ronde twist trn; prom wing spin; nat prom trn;

Teach
The Bolero Way (Schmidt V BL 2013)

I Wish You Love (Bahr IV RB 2013) tornillo wheel;

Poema (Noble VI TG 2012) bk contra chk; prom qtr bts; nat pivot trn; trav swivel; triple cl prom; trng 4x5 stp;

Anything But Love Foxtrot (Slater IV FT 2008)

Burlesque (Garza V Tan 2012) triple gancho; doble cruz; cont same ft lunge; sentada; golpe; lady lean;

Stardust (Moore, A&S V FT 1996) lilt to chair, chair recover;

Angelina (Worlock V CH 2009)

The Wedding (Rotscheid IV WZ 2010) R-hnd star wheel; low BFLY pull across trng 1/2 RF;

Abrazame (Worlock V BL 2007)

She's Got You (Shibata V HCW 2010)

Estuvieras Tu (Moore IV RB 1994)



Notes


Recent Teaches
(Click on the link below to download the cue sheet -- PDF or DOC. For other cue sheets, visit Mark Brautigam's Mixed-Up site. Contact us for cued music,or bring a thumb drive to the club. For past club history, visit Chris & Terri Cantrell.)

The Plovers (Doi V WZ 2012)
Moonlight Fantasy (Nelson, K&B, V FT 2013)
Black and White Rag (Bingham IV QS 2010)
She's Got You (Shibata 5 HCW 2010)
The Bolero Way (Schmidt V BL 2013)
I Wish You Love (Bahr IV RB 2013)
Le Tue Parole (Weiss V BL 2002)
J&J Fantasy Tango (DeChenne VI TG 2012)
Once You Had Gold (Rotscheid IV WZ 2013)
Wonderful Tonight (Parker V RB 2012)
Basie Mood (Schmidt V FT 2013)
Misunderstood Paso (Garza V PD 2013)
Eight Days A Week (Garza IV JV 2013?)
One Moment In Time (Worlock VI BL 2012)
When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful (Woodruff V FT 2012)
Every Day I Love You (Prow VI BL 2012)
Sprint (Shibata V WZ 2013)
Almost A Year (Taylor VI WCS 2012)
I Love You Baby (Ross IV QS 2012)
Amore Secondo (Moore IV RB 2012)
To Each His Own (Shawver 6 FT 1978)
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Goss VI TG 2012)
You Tell Me (Dierickx V RB 2013)
Anticipation (Goss VI WZ 2012)
If I Had My Way (Slater V FT 2012)
Dance To the Heartbeat (Shibata IV MB 2012)
What Do I Do With Me (Hixson IV RB 2012)
A Media Luz (Dierickx V RB 2012)
How Lucky Can One Guy Be? (Preskitt V JV 2012)
The More I See You Foxtrot (Childers V FT 2012)
Masquerade (Parker IV RB 2012)
White Lilacs (Hartung V FT 2001)
Hello Mary Lou Two Step (Sakaguchi II TS 2012)
Tango Eljana (Schmidt IV TG 2012)
Blues For Dixie (Sperry V WCS 2011)
Up! (Worlock VI WCS 2012)
I'll Be Faithful To You (Noble IV STS 2012)
Only You (Rotscheid III RB 2012)
Afro Cubano (Noble V RB 2006)
Do the Cha Cha Swing
(Hilpert & Pohl IV SS 2012)
Hold On Together (Ito IV BL 2012)
Pink Panther (Gray V FT 2012)
Abrazame (Worlock V BL 2007)
La Belleza (Bradt V RB 2012)
Broken Hearts (Bahr VI FT 2004)
I Am Just A Girl (Worlock V FT 2012)
Hot Lips (Highburger II TS 1956)
Hot Lips Cuecard
Corn Silk (Sears VI FT 2012)
Portrait Of My Love (Lawson V FT 1992)
Oh God! (Imamura VI Rum 2011)
Romantica Playa (Nelson, K&B, VI Rum 2012)
You've Got A Friend In Me (Preskitt VI FT 2012)
Haunted Guitar 5 (Sheridan V W 2012)
Easy Money (Goss/Figwer V WCS 2012)
She's My Kind Of Girl (Prow IV FT 2012)
Show Me Heaven V (Shibata V Bol 2012)
Get Happy (Armstrong IV QS 2012)
Loved By You (Collipi VI FT 2007)
Baby Mine (Davis IV HCW 2012)
Gabriellas sång (Hilpert/Pohl V Bol 2012)
Sunshine (Lamberty IV W 2012)
Schubert Serenade (Ito V W 2011)
The Homecoming (Ward IV+ MX 1977)
Paper Moon (DeChenne IV FT/J 2012)
As She's Walking Away (Dodge 3 5Ct 2012)
Torea (Ross 6 PD 2011)
Desert Breeze (Moore 6 W 2011)
Tu Me (Preskitt 5 Rum 2012)
S.O.S. Tango (DeChenne VI Tan 2012)
Hit Me With A Hot Note (Goss 5 WCS 2012)
Smiling Through (Parker 5 W 2012)
Andante Waltz (Howard 6 W 1980)
If I Were A Painting (Read 6 W 2011)
Layla (Kincaid 4 WCS 2011)
Midnight Sun (Moore 5 Rum 2011)
In This Life (Worlock 5 STS 2007)
May Each Day (Shibata 6 W 2011)
Every Street's A Boulevard (Prow 5 FT 2003)
Ain't That A Shame (Gloodt 5 J 2009)
In Times Like These (Shibata 6 WCS 2011)
Winter Wonderland IV (Gloodt 4 FT 2011)
When I Dream (Rogers 4 Bol 2011)
She's Got You (Shibata 5 HCW 2010)
South of the Border (Bahr 5 Rum/Cha 1992)
Diamonds (Parker 4 QS 2002)
I Want You Back (Hurd 5 Cha 2011)
Neville's Waltz (Eum/Hadley 5 W 2011)
River Lullaby VI (DeChenne 6 W 2011)
Was That the Human Thing To Do (Valenta 5 FT 2004)
Chewin' Gum (Moore 4 QS 2011)
On Days Like These (Preskitt 6 Bol 2011)
Remordimiento (Lamberty 6 Tan 2011)
Honey On the Vine (Read 5 FT 2011)
Eso Besso (Shibata 5 Sam)
The Sweet Escape (Lamberty 5 J)
Midnight Tango (Vogt 6 Tan)
A Summer Place (Schmidt 4 STS)
Rolling In the Deep (Hilton 4 Cha)
Eager Beaver (Moore 4 FT)
Marble Halls (Hilton 6 W)
Spiderman (Goss/Figwer 4 QS)
Jelly Roll (Hurd 6 QS)
Cider House Rules (Rotscheid 6 W)
Think Of Me (Blackford 5 Bol)
The Best You Can (Read 4 J)
Satin Doll (DeChenne 6 FT)
Tonight We Dance (Herr 5 Mer)
Hurricane Tango (Lamberty 6 Tan)
The Inner Light (Prow 5 W)













Our Choreography

Corn Silk (Sears VI FT 2012)
El Choclo IV (Sears IV TG 2010)











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