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| - | ________________====== **The Farmer's Joy** ====== | + | ====== The Farmer's Joy ====== |
| - | + | April 2012 English country dance by Joseph Pimentel \\ | |
| - | + | longways, duple minor, proper \\ | |
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| - | April 2012 English country dance by Joseph Pimentel | + | |
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| - | longways, duple minor, proper | + | |
| tune by Adam Broome, 114 bpm, 6/8, A major | tune by Adam Broome, 114 bpm, 6/8, A major | ||
| + | [[ pins_farmers_joy | Private instrns]] | ||
| + | Recording: {{ ::music:farmers_joy-goldcrest.mp3.zip |}} | ||
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| - | A1 1-8 1st Corners set forward, turn single to place, 2-hd turn | + | A1 1-8 1st Corners set forward, turn single to place, 2-hd turn |
| - | A2 1-8 2nd Corners set forward, turn single to place, 2-hd turn | + | A2 1-8 2nd Corners set forward, turn single to place, 2-hd turn |
| B1 1-2 1s lead down the center | B1 1-2 1s lead down the center | ||
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| - | + | Teaching Notes: | |
| - | <code>Teaching Notes: | + | |
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| This is a simple dance which works well for new dancers, and the tune is so wonderfully joyful that | This is a simple dance which works well for new dancers, and the tune is so wonderfully joyful that | ||
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| intentional. B2. Encourage intermediate dancers to start the star L on their right foot, so the new | intentional. B2. Encourage intermediate dancers to start the star L on their right foot, so the new | ||
| - | first corners have a nice transition into the setting at the top of A1BackgroundFor Bobbie Friedman, | + | first corners have a nice transition into the setting at the top of A1 Background |
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| - | our closest friend at Harbour Square, the Washington DC cooperative complex where we live. We met at | + | |
| - | + | Copyright Notice: Joseph Pimentel 2014 | |
| - | yoga class and mentioned going English country dancing on Wednesday nights in Glen Echo. Bobbie said | + | |
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| - | she had English dance friends from upstate New York. Gary and Rowena Roodman! She accepted our | + | |
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| - | invitation to join us on December 28, 2011, and soon became a Glen Echo regular. We are grateful for | + | |
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| - | her good company on the weekly ride, at our favorite sandwich shop along the way, and on the dance | + | |
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| - | floor.The dance also honors the great band Crowfoot, and takes its name from the tune by its | + | |
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| - | guitar player Adam Broome. At a contra dance one night, I asked them for a joyful, welcome-to- | + | |
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| - | the-party sort of tune, and "The Farmer's Joy" was their perfect selection. I liked it so much, I | + | |
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| - | wanted to use if for an English dance, and Adam graciously and happily agreed to the idea. For | + | |
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| - | several years now, I have enjoyed working with Crowfoot, marveling at the magic they create with | + | |
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| - | contra dancers, watching them develop into skillful English dance musicians, andjust being glad | + | |
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| - | I get to hang out with the cool kids. The tune is medleyed with another of Adam's tunes on the | + | |
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| - | Crowfoot CD As the Crow Flies.I had been thinking for a while about writing a dance for | + | |
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| - | Bobbie, but then realized that I had already written it. Figure eights often find their way | + | |
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| - | into our conversations, so the hidden half figure eight here is just perfect. Bobbie speaks of | + | |
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| - | the joy English dance has brought her and she grew up on a farm, so the name of the dance | + | |
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| - | already fit well, too.Copyright Notice: Joseph Pimentel 2014</code> | + | |
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| - | <ahref="http://www.cdss.org/" target="_blank">CDSS</a>, | + | <ahref="http://www.cdss.org/" target="_blank">CDSS</a>, |
| - | The Goldcrest CollectionSticker Number: OECDC 2016 - 2 (CD: -1) | + | The Goldcrest CollectionSticker Number: OECDC 2016 - 2 (CD: -1) |
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