 Hello and welcome. Welcome to the Carolyn Festival. What year is it, 14? 14? Is it 14? See? Welcome again to the 14th annual Carolyn Festival. Here's John Mallory, founder. Here's Elizabeth over here, our organizer. And to hand all these volunteers here. Everybody here is volunteering. I'm Jason, the son of John, here to be the emcee today. And I'm happy to be back. Welcome back everyone. Yes, yes. One second. Sure, you're marking first. Okay, great. All right, a couple of nuts and bolts business. Restrooms are located out that exit door to the right and immediately again to the right. They are poorly marked. So pay attention. Also out this exit door, you'll go to the left and immediately to the right. There's another unmarked bathroom, except with the sign that we put up. So there you go. How they deal with it, I don't know. I guess they just remember. So anyway, a little more business. There is free wifi here. If you look on your device and CWCS, you, wifi and capitals, you can click on that and you can have servers. I know my AT&T phone has no service here. So that's available to you. It is free. Any other nuts and bolts business? As you all already know, money goes in the box. Thank you all for your donations. Can I talk about the schedule? Schedule. Well, we are actually setting up right now for English country dancing, which is going to be happening here. Right in this space. Yes. This is the only space big enough for the dancing. So the music will be here. Dancing will be there. I mean the music for the dancing. Yeah. And then there's also music happening in the music room. I don't have my schedule on me. I had it on a pretty guy. Another note on Dave Buffet, a couple of this from the Ever Valley and as some of you may know, maybe not all of you. Hello. Better. Okay. As some I'm Dave Buffet from from the upper valley and upper valley music center. As some of you may know, the Northeast heritage music camp was actually cut short due to a COVID cluster there that occurred during that that event. And so if any of you have been to that event, please let us know. Some of us from the Ever Valley are taking extra precautions because we had contacts with them two weeks ago. So we don't think we're vectors, but please let us know if you've been to the Northeast heritage camp this past week. Thank you. And so starting up very soon here will be English country dancing in this space. And also at 11 o'clock starting down that hallway all the way down into the right is the music room. To the exit. Yes. Out that door. 11 o'clock Bob Paul will be hosting 11 to 12 heroine standards and favorites session. So those of you who are not English country dancers or spectators, you've got another option. Yes. Then yes, you can also be in this. You could do this or that, I believe. I think that's all the nuts and bolts. Welcome again. Good to see you all. Let's take our hands for from the top. The top of the set is here near the door where you entered. My name is Val Medvy. I'm visiting you from Essex Vermont about an hour away. Our musician today is Aaron Marcus on keyboard and looking forward to dancing with you. This first dance is set to the tune George Brabazon or Brabazon, the second air. Let's hear a little bit of the tune, Aaron. That sounds great. So take your hands for again from the very top. Those of you who have your backs to me are the ones. And the direction that you're facing is the direction that you will travel after you do this pattern of movements with the couple you're now with. Those of you who are facing me in your little group of four are the twos and you're facing the direction. Renata, are you having a hard time hearing me? Can everyone hear me okay? Hi. The twos. You're facing me in your little group of four and your little circle of four with hands joined. This is the direction that you will be traveling after you do this series of patterns. First, corners. That's the top person closest to all the tables. And in your little group of four, the bottom person that's closest to the audience chairs. Yeah, so just identify yourself, give a little wave. Those two people will advance towards each other with a setting step. And all that is, if you watch me here, is a long, short, short, and a long, short, short. And you're on the balls of your feet. So first corners, set, moving forward, go. Turn single, move circular over your right shoulder back to your home place. Yep, just like that. Other corners, set, moving forward, and do the, yes. And now I'm going to tell you how the dance really goes. So first corners, set, moving forward, go. Turn single, and those same people, two hand turn all the way around. Other corners, set forward. Turn single, right. Two hand turn all the way around. Now the ones, you have a solo. The twos admire. The ones face down. That's a wave from me. Take nearest hands and lead down for four steps. Face each other. Set. Come back home and cast or peel down the outside. The twos move up to make room for them. Great. Now everybody give two hands to your partner. And think clockwise. What's clockwise? You're going to, let me show you what's going to happen here. Can I take your place just a second? Sure. So here's our little group of four right here. We're going to move clockwise. We're going to go out for four kind of on a diagonal. Go. One, two, three, four. In for four. So we've changed places with that other couple. And then keep going out for four. And in for four. And that's it. So let's do that. Going clockwise. Go. One, and two, and three, and four. Now everyone is progressed. Look for a new couple. Yep. In the dance itself, you don't have time to take hands. So it's the first corner people that need to be on their toes. First corners, set, go. Turn single. Two hand turn. Corners, use set. Turn single. Two hand turn. Ones down the center for four. Face and set. Come home. Cast down the two's move up. Set. Go out. Clockwise. And in. The first corner set. Down the center. Cast down two's move up. Two set. Clockwise. Two set. Clockwise. Go out. Two hand turn. Down the center. Set to each other. Cast down. Others move up. Who's set? Clockwise. Move up. Who's set? Clockwise. Corner set. Move up. Nicely done. Thank your partner. It's customary in English country dance to take a new partner. So ask someone new to dance. I think we're going to do... Why not? Is that okay? Hands four from the top. Okay. And why don't you discuss among yourselves? Are you the ones or are you the twos? Are you first corners? Make sure you get your corners attention. First corners just give a little wave. Second corners give a little wave. Great. This next dance is jubilee at Eindhoven. It's a dance by Philippe Collins from Belgium. He was quite the prolific dance choreographer, a wonderful dancer and a very, very good dance teacher. The name of the tune by Caroline is John Drury, first error. And let's hear a little bit of that. So we have our hands four. Why don't we just do that again to remind all of us who we are. First corners. It's a right hand turn all the way around. Go. Ba-ba-ba-da-da-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. Fall back four steps. Ba-ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. That's just the first corners. And now first corners you'll come forward, but as you do that you can just come forward in four steps or if you'd like to embellish it, which is the way that the dance was written, it's a turn single as you move forward. So go. Ba-ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. And then everyone gets involved, take hands in a ring of four and circle all the way to the left. Ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. Second corners because we love symmetry. It's a right hand turn all the way around. Ba-ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. Ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, fall back. Ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, turn single. Moving forward all circle left all the way. Ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. Everyone is home. We've done all this commotion and we haven't gone anywhere. But now we're going to mix things up a little bit. The ones, everybody actually faces up after that circle. We will form a line of four facing up towards me. It starts with the ones casting down. The twos move up and follow them go. And the ones end in the middle of that line of four. The twos are on the end of the line of four. Magic, set, moving forward, fall back and bend the line to face partner. Two-hand turn partner all the way around. Everybody face up. Notice where you are. This is where you will end. This is the very end of the dance. All it is, listen first, the ones will cast down and lead up to this spot. The twos will lead up and cast down to this spot. Yep. Oh, yeah, okay. Yes, so whoever is in your little group of four, the twos are above and the ones are below. So listen to what I said now. So the twos, the tops in your little group will cast down and lead up to this place. The bottoms in your little group who are the ones will lead up and cast down. Go. Thanks, Bonnie. And now we're ready to start again with a new group. So first corners, new first corners, right-hand turn. Go. And close and fall back. And all circle all the way around. Other corners, right-hand turn. And close and fall back. Turn single, moving forward. All circle around. Everyone face up. Very important. Who's at the top? The ones. The ones will cast down, twos will follow. Here's your line of four with the ones in the middle, twos on the end. You're moving forward setting. Fall back and bend the line to face partner. Two-hand turn, partner all the way around. Everybody face up. This is the fountain or the churning. The top couple will cast and lead up. The others lead up and cast down. So you end where you are now. Go. Great. Let's come back to original, original place. Is it a cool fountain figure? No. That's mine. Any official figure? Probably. Yes, Bonnie asked if there was an official name for that very last bit, which I called a fountain because I see it as a fountain, but that's not an official name. Callers would call it a cast or lead. Just short-hand, but it's not really official. It's just, it's not an official figure. There's not an official name for that figure. Let's take our hands four. And first corners are ready to turn right all the way around and close so that you have room to fall back and then you turn single back to place. And when you fall back, you can really fall back. And the turn single brings you to your home place. Here we go with the music. Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da. Fall back, turn single, circle four all the way. Corners right hand turn. Fall back, turn single, circle four all the way. All face up, ones cast down into the line of four, ones in the middle. Set forward, fall back and bend the line. Partner to hand turn. All face up, cast or lead. There's right hand turn. Fall back, turn single, circle four all the way. Other corners, right hand turn. Single, circle four. Everyone face up, ones cast down. Choose follow, line of four, ones in the middle. Set forward, fall back and bend the line. Partner to hand fall face up, cast or lead. Fountain, corners right hand turn. Turn single, circle. Fall back, turn single, circle four all cast down. Fall back and bend the line. Partner to hand fall face up, cast or lead. Tops, cast tops. First corners, suck, ones cast down. Choose follow, four set forward. Fall back, then face up. Cast or lead, there's right hand turn. Fall back, turn single, circle four. Ones cast down, two or ones in the middle. Set, fall back, bend the line to face. Partner to fall face up, top couple cast. Others lead, do first corners. Turn single, circle. The circle moves. Other corners, right hand turn. One at the top, cast down. Others follow, line of four. Ones in the middle, set forward. Fall back, face your partner to hand turn. Fall face up, top couple cast. Others lead up, fall face up. Ones at the top, cast down. Others follow, here's your line of four. Set, fall back, cast or lead. Tops, cast others lead up. Two first corners, right hand turn. You be here, well let's mix it up. Yum, that's okay, we'll just wait. Just be ready to face up. Be ready to face up. Bend the line, notice where you are. This is where you're going to be. At the top, cast down. Others lead up, first corners. Fall back, turn single, circle. Single, circle, cast down. Others follow, four, set. Fall back, turn. Notice where you are, this is where you will end. And cast or lead. Just be ready to face up. Ones cast down, choose follow. Line of four, set. Fall back, partner to hand turn. Notice where you are, this is where you'll end. Cast or lead. Face up, ones cast. Okay, so this is a three-couple set down. So take hand six from the top, six from the top. Great, alright. So I just want to make it clear that you are Meredith. Welcome, it's been forever. Is that what you're going to do? No, we're going to do Captain Okane. Yep. So let's just push down a little bit here. So this is a barrier. Okay, you are working together as just six people, three couples. Okay, this is a barrier. Okay, you six or three couples are working together. Don't cross. And you all are working together. Why don't you move up and that will define it a little bit more. This is a dance by Freighton Metz Herman called Winter Waltz. You might guess that it's in Waltz time, which is one, two, three, two, two, three. And you would be right. The tune is a Carolyn tune called Captain Okane. And we'll listen to a little bit of that now. Thank you. Oh, can we hear the B part too? So how about the A and the B from the beginning? Then that would repeat again. And then this is the second part. Oh, that's good. Thank you. That's lovely, lovely. So this is one of the reasons we love these old Carolyn tunes because they're so gorgeous. And especially the tunes that are written in Waltz time have a special place in our hearts. Take hands in a ring of six. Notice that you're across from your partner. You will be across from your partner again. Circle six, halfway, go. You have lots of time. What you just heard is the amount of time you have. And now the ones are in bottom place. I may call you the ones or I may call you the actives. Okay? It's a half figure eight for the ones. They face up and they crisscross up past one person and go around that person and down to the bottom again. And notice that you are now on your own side of the set. The next bit. Are we good? Let's go home. Let's go home. Let's everyone go home. Do you, home? Yeah, let's go home. So in your little groups of three couples, we have the ones at the top, the twos in the middle, the threes at the bottom. Instead of using numbers, I may be saying tops, middles, bottoms. We'll see. So take hands in a circle of six. Circle halfway. Now the ones who are originally at the top are at the bottom. Do a half figure eight up through your middle couple. So they crisscross, then they go out the outside and go down around one person. Right. And now let's see what comes next. Ah, the ones have a nice, a very nice little bit. And Renata, I'm going to take your place so I can show it. So what happens? So here are the ones in our little group of six. What we do is we crisscross up just like we did before. Go ahead, David. And here we are. But instead of going down, we're going to continue up. And as we do that, the others move down a little bit. Go. Right. So the bottom couple goes all the way down. I know this is supposed to be improper, but I think it will work okay. We'll see. So let's do that. And you can go back home. Yes, I'm sorry. Where we just were. So the bottom couple now crisscrosses up and goes out the outside to the top. The others move down. You have to make room for them. Great. Take hands in a circle of six and go halfway around and close to partner. So you have your lines again. Fall back, set, back to back partner, right shoulder. Now something very interesting happens here. So I will show that here. Okay. At the top, the top two couples. Put your left hand to your corner. Give your left hand left hand to your corner and start halfway round. Notice that the people that were at the top are now in the middle and they want to face down. And at the bottom, we're doing a right hand star halfway. Ooh, interesting. And now are you the, were you on the side originally? No. Okay. No, I mean, are you on your correct side? I didn't phrase that right. No. No problem. So now everybody will do Renata, your little, breathing down my, breathing down my neck. Everybody do a right shoulder round your partner, your partner, and do that right shoulder round your partner until you're on your own side. And we'll see if the music helps us with that. Okay. Were you doing any of the stars or anything? You did. Okay. You're done. Let's walk it one more time from here. Yes, it is. Yeah. Do you think it makes a big difference? Okay. But no, I, so if you can listen to me just one second, great. I'm just going to make one correction to the dance. So the ones at the top should be crossed over. So one's at the top crossed over and we'll see how that works. So now we have a new top couple, new middle couple and new bottom couple. We'll walk it two more times, circle to the left halfway. Ones you're at the bottom, half figure eight up. Ones crisscross up past one person and come up the outside one place, others move down and circle left halfway and close to partner fall back set all back to back. Let's just stop a second. Now here comes our little, the stars, the cascading stars. These stars only go halfway. Star left halfway go at the top at the bottom star right halfway. And the ones are in the middle, they right shoulder around. No, just the ones. So you end on your own side. Yes. So it's just the ones who are in the middle at that point, right shoulder round all the way. Yep. You should end on your own side. You should end, I know, you should end on your proper side. Yes. That's correct. You should be. How about that? Magic. Right. So the ones who are now at the top are crossed over magically. Let's walk it one more time and circle to the left. Go. Ones you're at the bottom, half figure eight up and go down around one person. Ones crisscross up to the middle and go up the outside. Others move down. Circle half. Very nice. And close to partner. Fall back. Set. Right shoulder back to back. Here are the stars at the top star left halfway at the bottom star right halfway. Ones in the middle right shoulder round. Okay. That's correct. So the ones at the top are improper. Excellent. Let's do the dance. We'll do it six times. Erin, can you count? Okay. I'll count also. Okay. So let's take a deep breath. My apologies to you for that very inefficient walkthrough. But let's make this dance beautiful because it is. Ready to circle left halfway. Ones at the bottom half figure eight up. Crisscross up the middle. Go up the outside. Others move down. Circle halfway. And close to partner. Fall back. Set. Back to back. At the top star right. Left halfway. At the bottom star right halfway. Middle couple now you right shoulder round. Circle halfway. Ones at the bottom half figure eight up. Ones crisscross up to the middle. And up the outside. Others move down. Circle half. Fall back. Back to back. A little faster. At the top star left halfway. At the bottom star right halfway. Current middle couple right shoulder round all the way. Circle half. Half figure eight up. Same couple crisscross up. Go up the outside. Others move down. Circle half. And close to partner. Fall back. Set. Back to back. Our left at the top halfway. Star right at the bottom halfway. Current couple in the middle right shoulder round. Circle. Couple half figure eight up. And go down. Same couple crisscross up. On the outside up. Others move down. Circle half. And close to partner. Fall back. Set. Back to back. At the top star left halfway. At the bottom star right halfway. Current middle couple right shoulder round. Circle. Same couple crisscross up. Go up the outside. Others move down. Circle half. And close to partner. Fall back. Set. Back to back. Star left at the top halfway. At the bottom star right halfway. Current middle couple right shoulder round. Circle half. At the top halfway. At the bottom star right half. Current middle couple right shoulder round. Switch it. Keep going. Hands for from the top. We're doing another dance in Walt's time. I don't normally do two Walt's time tunes in a row, but this one is a special tune. A special dance that was written for Fran and John Mallory, who have hosted the Carolyn Festival for years and years and years at their farm. And the tune is the name of the dance is anniversary dance and the tune by Carolyn is Keenohara First Air. So, let's take our hands for from the top. And here's a bit of the tune. Why don't you play it all the way through? Great. We have our hands for from the top. You know, if you're a one or you're a two. Great. Circle to the left all the way around. Left all the way. Let go early. Face your partner. And it's a left shoulder back to back. Go. Now this next bit is quick. It's two changes of rights and lefts. So it's just three steps per change. Give right hand to partner Popeye. One, two, three on the side. Set now. Ones. Are you below in your little group? Ones half figure eight up. Go. Two's half figure eight down. Let's keep going. New groups. Circle all the way. Left shoulder back to back. Jizz partner first. Set to partner. Ones half figure eight up. Half figure eight down. New circles. Circle left. Star left. Left shoulder back to back. Jizz very quick. Set to partner. Ones half figure eight up. Half figure eight down. Circle left. Set to partner. Ones half figure eight up. Go. Circle left. Half figure eight up. Half figure eight down. New circles. Circle left. Half figure eight up. Half figure eight down. Circle left. Star left. Shoulder back to back. Set. Ones half figure eight. New circles. Star left. Left shoulder back to back. Ones half figure eight up. News half figure eight down. Ones half figure eight up. Ones half figure eight down. Nicely done. It's so nice to see so many dancers out today at the festival. And let's give a hand to our band led by Aaron Marcus. So there's more dancing to come. Thank your partner and thank everyone around you and thank you for coming.