{"id":811,"date":"2017-01-03T22:31:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T22:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/?p=811"},"modified":"2021-02-16T20:30:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:30:16","slug":"general-bradfords-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"General Bradford’s Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formation:<\/span> Lines of three people facing lines of three people in a wagon spoke formation around the hall
\nMusic:<\/span> “Schatzie” on Blue Star 2260<\/p>\n

Download RTF file: General Bradford’s Charge<\/a><\/p>\n

Prompts:<\/span>
\nIntro or<\/span>
\n57-64   – – – -; All six Circle Left;<\/span>
\n     1-8   – – – -; Circle Right to home;<\/span>
\n   9-16   – – – -; Center turn dancer on right by right;<\/span>
\n 17-24   – – – -; Center turn dancer on left by left;<\/span>
\n25-32   – – – -; All six Star Right;<\/span><\/p>\n

33-40   – – – -; Star Left back to lines;<\/span>
\n41-48   – – – -; Face opposite and Clap (own, right, own, left, own, both, own 3);<\/span>
\n41-48   – – – -; – – Pass Thru and Bow;<\/span>
\n57-64   – – – -; All six Circle Left;<\/span><\/p>\n

Description:<\/span>
\n    <\/span>1-8   The two lines of three join hands for a circle of six and Circle Left eight steps.
\n  <\/span>9-16   All Circle Right back to original facing positions.
\n17-24   The center dancer turn the person on their right in the same line by the right arm once around.
\n25-32   The center dancer turn the person on their left in the same line by the left arm once around.<\/p>\n

33-40   All six dancers make a Right-Hand Star and turn it for eight steps.
\n41-48   The same six dancers individually turn around, make a Left-Hand Star, and turn it back to place.
\n49-56   Each dancer claps hands with the person in the opposite line. Clap own hands together on beat 1. Clap right hands with the opposite on beat 2. Clap own hands together on beat 3. Clap left hands with opposite on beat 4. Clap own hands together on beat 5. Clap both hands with opposite on beat 6. Clap own hands together quickly three times on beats 7 and 8.
\n57-64   Each dancer passes right side with the dancer they are facing and the lines move forward to meet a new line of three. Each dancer bows to their new opposite dancer.<\/p>\n

Choreography by:<\/span> Mary Jo Bradford
\nSource:<\/span> Printed in Dancing For Busy People<\/span>, page 219
\nUsage:<\/span> Lots of action here. Dancers must keep moving. <\/p>\n

Triplet Version of General Bradford’s Charge<\/h3>\n

Prompts:<\/span>
\nIntro or<\/span>
\n57-64   – – – -; All six Circle Left eight steps;<\/span>
\n     1-8   – – – -; – – Circle Right to home;<\/span>
\n   9-16   – – – -; Center turn dancer on right by right;<\/span>
\n17-24   – – – -; Center turn dancer on left by left;<\/span>
\n25-32   – – – -; All six Star Right;<\/span><\/p>\n

33-40   – – – -; Star Left back to lines;<\/span>
\n41-48   – – – -; Face opposite and Clap (own, right, own, left, own, both, own 3);<\/span>
\n49-56   – – – -; Tops Pass Thru and go to opposite bottom;<\/span>
\n57-64   – – – -; All six Circle Left;<\/span><\/p>\n

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This facing trio by Mary Jo Bradford has lots of action. It uses Circles, Arm Turns, Stars, and a clap sequence. There is a triplet version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,13,36],"tags":[15,34],"class_list":["post-811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contras","category-trios","category-trios-facing","category-triplet","tag-64-count","tag-genderless"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523,"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/2523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}