Hi all, Well done to everyone for another successful crawl on Thursday. Here's a link to (most of) the dance in the dolphin - http://youtu.be/1Vwbr16n5x4 We've now got to the stage where everyone knows where to go for which figure almost all of the time which is great and a vast improvement on the standard we were at last time we danced out! Over the next two weeks we need to work on STYLE i.e. precision and sword handling. With this in mind here are the top 1 or 2 things we all need to think about during the dance for each figure. If we can do these things we'll get lots more points At dert. There WILL be a test on this on Monday so get learning! Walking on - hilt of the sword sitting at shoulder level, body upright and looking forward Clash - don't shuffle around before the clash Walk round - look over the next person's shoulder, left hand on the person in front's bra strap, right hand level with your own right breast, making sure to return to this position after you've done your turn out Figure of 8 - walk all the way to the front, turn body and head snappily Glass - move quickly Haymarket - keep your hands stuck together during the display around, don't speed up your stepping during tend display around Getting into pixies - remember that number 3 sets off on beat 1, everyone else waits for beat 3 Pixies - hands snap all the way up on 1 and down on 4, swish your skirt across the front Lock - move on 1 and 2, be in place for 3, lock on 4 and immediately do jazz hands Displaying lock - don't speed up the stepping Spin - lean back, keep feet in time with the music Hoops - get close to each other ASAP as in walk round, make sure to line up feet with number 5 when you make the display 4th corner - snap down on beat 4, silent on beat 3 during the jumps Curley - come to the front and look ahead as in fig 8 End - smile and don't relax your body until you're off the 'stage' Happy learning, Ffion x My folk band, The Foxglove Trio, is releasing a CD on 1 March! Pre-orders are now being taken. On 22 Feb 2013, at 10:25, "Nicola Cairns" <rhubarb.features(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Tower Raven's mailing list team(a)towerravens.org.uk