ON THE VILLAGE GREEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 260, 2 November 1935, Page 7 (Supplement)

ON THE VILLAGE GREEN.

"Brighton Camp" is the nam© of our first dance. It is one of the ones known as "the whole! set dance," which means that a series of progressive movements take place. In each round, the position of the dancers will change till all once more regain their original positions. FORMATION: Arrange your set of five couples, as shown in picture No. 2, last week's issiie: Women on the right of the men, all facing towards the "top." All the men take their partner's right hand in their right, while the two left hands are joined underneath. STEP: Tiie step used throughout all three figures is "skipping." MUSIC: Use the eight bars of music marked No. 1 for movement 1, fitting in 10 skipping steps to this. No. 2 is for movement 2 and 3, using "repeat" as indicated. MOVEMENT 1: Beginning with the right foot, the first couple "cast off," which means turn outwards to the left (see diagram and photograph No. 3) and, followed by the other four couples, skip to the bottom of the set (eight skips), then "lead up the middle," back to the top, regaining original positions on the fifteenth count. On the sixteenth beat drop hands and separate, facing your partner, leaving two paces between the lines of men and women. MOVEMENT 2: The "top" (first) couple now join hands. The man holds his partner's right .hand with his left and her left in his right. With their hands joined in this way, they lean well away from each other and skip round, describing a series of small circles,

THE"BRIGHTON CAMP"MOVEMENT.

By MISS M: BLACKBURNE,

Physical Instructress to Department of Education,

moving in a clockwise direction between the lines of the 'I set, from the top to the bot- li torn (see photograph No. 4). The top dancers have now, for the time being, become the bottom couple. They must take care to reach their new position on the four- ' : •,.'.-. teenth count (seventh bar of • •• ~ :;- music), the man, of course, on the left and his partner on the right of the set. The other, dancers may clap ■ | their hands in time with the music, if they wish. "■''•; ~. <•'.'•■ ~ . •'.',. ,\ MOVEMENT 3: Now each couple joins hands as the top couple did in the.second movement. Leaning, awayv l ___^__ from their partner, they swing clockwise in a circle for bars, resuming their original position on the eighth bar, and changing the hand grasp as it was when the dance'commenced. So that the "swing",may'be enjoyed ■:'■. and all the dancers have plenty of,room, the first, third and fifth couples - may leave the ."set" line and "swing"' a little towards the left side, while the second and fourth couples swing towards the right side (see photo 5). THE COMPLETE DANCE: When once the three-separate figures have been mastered, the' dance should be performed without break' from; start to finish, with four'repetitions, or until the original "top couple" are :back in their own place. Partners bow and curtsy at the end of the dance.- Part 1 of the music should be played through once before >the dance '. begins, as an introduction, then beginning'at Part I:again,play : thfbugh the'whole music- ',■ 1 five times. '■•'■■ •■ ••; ; - - ."■■ RECORDING: This dance is recorded by "Columbia," and should be obtainable by your local dealer.