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====== The Farmer's Joy ======
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     

    3-4  1s wheel as a couple (W going forward, M backing up)  
       
    5-6  1s cross up through the 2s to original places 
        
    7-8  1s cast down while 2s move up 
    
 B2 1-4  Star R 
       
     5-8  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 A1 Background 


Copyright Notice: Joseph Pimentel 2014


             
Source:
              
<ahref="http://www.cdss.org/" target="_blank">CDSS</a>, 
               
The Goldcrest CollectionSticker  Number: OECDC 2016 - 2 (CD: -1)
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