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-________________====== **The Farmer's Joy** ======
+====== The Farmer's Joy ======
+April 2012   English country dance by Joseph Pimentel \\
+longways, duple minor, proper \\
-April 2012   English country dance by Joseph Pimentel
-longways, duple minor, proper
 tune by Adam Broome, 114 bpm, 6/8, A major
+[[ pins_farmers_joy | Private instrns]]
+Recording: {{ ::music:farmers_joy-goldcrest.mp3.zip |}}
-<code>
- 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
- B1 1-2  1s lead down the center
--4  1s wheel as a couple (W going forward, M backing up)
--6  1s cross up through the 2s to original places
--8  1s cast down while 2s move up
- B2 1-4  Star R
--8  Star L</code>
-Teaching Notes:
-This is a simple dance which works well for new dancers, and the tune is so wonderfully joyful that
-everyone seems to enjoy it. B1. I like each figure to fit two bar phrases, and for all four figures
-to feel like one fluid movement. Though I do not often use the words "gate" and "half figure eight,"
-I think newer dancers begin to get the feel for those figures here without even knowing it. That is
-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,
-our closest friend at Harbour Square, the Washington DC cooperative complex where we live. We met at
-yoga class and mentioned going English country dancing on Wednesday nights in Glen Echo. Bobbie said
-she had English dance friends from upstate New York. Gary and Rowena Roodman! She accepted our
-invitation to join us on December 28, 2011, and soon became a Glen Echo regular. We are grateful for
-her good company on the weekly ride, at our favorite sandwich shop along the way, and on the dance
-floor.The dance also honors the great band Crowfoot, and takes its name from the tune by its
-guitar player Adam Broome. At a contra dance one night, I asked them for a joyful, welcome-to-
-the-party sort of tune, and "The Farmer's Joy" was their perfect selection. I liked it so much, I
-wanted to use if for an English dance, and Adam graciously and happily agreed to the idea. For
-several years now, I have enjoyed working with Crowfoot, marveling at the magic they create with
-contra dancers, watching them develop into skillful English dance musicians, andjust being glad
-I get to hang out with the cool kids. The tune is medleyed with another of Adam's tunes on the
-Crowfoot CD As the Crow Flies.I had been thinking for a while about writing a dance for
-Bobbie, but then realized that I had already written it. Figure eights often find their way
-into our conversations, so the hidden half figure eight here is just perfect. Bobbie speaks of
-the joy English dance has brought her and she grew up on a farm, so the name of the dance
-already fit well, too.Copyright Notice: Joseph Pimentel 2014
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