Children's March - USA/England

Children's March 

USA/England

These notes ©2018, Andrew Carnie. Choreographed by Harvey Gardner. Harvey says:

I chose to choreograph it because this music is a metaphor for life itself; starts with a jaunty lilt and devolves into minor key, ominous single notes, finally ending with the striking of the longest steel strings on a piano, with a small mallet... surely conjures in me a funereal feeling. Grainger dedicated this piece to “my playmate beyond the hills,” believed to be a beautiful Scandinavian woman he corresponded with for 8 years but didn't marry because of his possessive mother. No doubt he suffered the death of love.

Music: Over the hills and far away, by Percy Grainger (https://youtu.be/HXjpiAQatvE). This recording is over 7 minutes long. We suggest cutting it down to about 3 minutes.
Meter: 4/4
Formation: Circle of individuals, facing LOD.
Introduction: Wait 10 bars, then start with oboe

Part 1

Bar 1: march R (1), L (2), R (3), L (4) forward in LOD
Bar 2: repeat bar 1
Bar 3: March R (1), L (2), R (3), L (4), backing up in RLOD
Bar 4: Step on R to R, away from center (1), close L next to R, no weight (2), Step on L to L, into the center (3), close R next to L, no weight (4)
Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4

Part 2

Bar 1: Rock on R forward in LOD (1), Rock back on L in place (2), Rock back on R in RLOD (3), rock forward on L in place (4). (i.e. a cherkessiya step)
Bar 2: March R (1), L (2), R (3), L (4)  in place
Bars 3-8: repeat bars 1-2, three more times.

repeat dance from the beginning.

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