7. ‘The Waltz

ae Clapping to get accent

be Walking in place accenting first beat

Ce Join hands, walk toward the center of the circle the
first measure and out the second. This exercise gives the children e very
definite feeling of the waltz pattern because in order to recover their
balance to start back their feet must be together on the third counte

d. Circle moving counter clockwise, girls moving
backward, boys forward. They use such helps as?!

a
"Step - step - together" ¢ ¥
"One = two « together" . ¥
"Open = open ~ close! ’. o ¥

6» Standing in two lines along back of room, join both
hands with partner, girl going backward, boy forward with waltz stepe

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f. As soon as individual couples have nastered the
waltz step, we tell them they are ready to use the closed position they used
in the Schottische,

ge Few couples waltz and rest of class appraise them on:

ls Position
Le Rhythn
3e Waltz Step

he Children realize that just going in the same direction
all the time is uninteresting, so we learn to turn by using the "Waltz
Square." ,

8. The Rye Waltz

Ye The Fox Trot - can very easily be taught with the
background already built upe The one used today is in this bulletins

Obstacles that might have to be overcome’

Individuals who, because of a feeling of inferiority, are
too bashful « we have found success in telling these people we "expect"
them to take part like all the others, Often a boy who has raised the
most objections has become our best leader, They tell us they are bashful
because they "don't know howe!"

I believe we adults have been in a great measure responsible
for the self-conscious boys It is our experience that boys who are bashful
are only too thankful to be released from such an emotional handicape In
discussing it with then afterwards, I have asked groups of boys if we did
wrong in asking then to dance when they were bashful, and they have all
said "no" » that the reason they didn't want to dance was because they
didn't know how and now that they could dance they liked ite