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tone begins
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music begins
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Dancer #1 flows in
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drum begins
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Dancer #2 is joyfully pulled in (energy ropes) by Dancer #1
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| Prologue |
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High double snakes facing w/double hip-bumps (4) facing eachother and traveling towards eachother, then (4) facing & traveling towards the audience
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Double ocean wave arms, very slow (1 measure to travel each way through each dancer)
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| Section A1 |
When in the springtime of the year ,
When the trees are crowned with leaves
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pair circles w/undulation/step
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When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair.
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switch hands, continue pair circles w/undulation/step
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When Owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
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lift-drop-drops out to corners, dancer #1 front left, dancer #2 back right
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The shadows of the trees appear
Admist the lantern light
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Figure 8s down to pick up skirts, shimmy up, flip skirt
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| Section A2 (increased tempo) |
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay.
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eggbeater:
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| Section B |
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dancer #1 snakes down, then dancers look-look at eachother #1 L & #2 R, then #1 R & #2 L
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snakes, then dancers look-look at eachother #1 L & #2 R, then #1 R & #2 L
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| Section A1 |
Who will go down to those shady groves
And summon the shadows there
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dancer #1 branches up as dancer #2 roots down
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And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms?
In the springtime of the year
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chest circles (8) circling out to end facing eachother
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The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
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mirror undulations (4)
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All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days
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pivot out, bowties (4), arms up to form bridge
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| Section A2 (increased tempo) |
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dancer #1 bump-pivots under bridge as #2 bump-undulates, then they reverse roles and repeat
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dancer #1 snakes down, then dancers look-look at eachother #1 L & #2 R, then #1 R & #2 L
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snakes, then dancers look-look at eachother #1 L & #2 R, then #1 R & #2 L
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| Section C |
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mutual support section. Dancer #2 mirrors and frames the space standing
as dancer #1 does undulations on her side.
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| Section A1 (repeat previous A1) |
And so they linked their hands and danced
Round in circles and in rows
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pair circles w/undulation/step
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And so the Journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone.
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switch hands, continue pair circles w/undulation/step
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"A garland gay we bring you here
and at your door we stand
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lift-drop-drops out to corners, dancer #1 front left, dancer #2 back right
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It is a sprout well budded out
The work of our Lord's hand."
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Figure 8s down to pick up skirts, shimmy up, flip skirt
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| Section A2 (increased tempo) |
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay.
I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
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double eggbeater:
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We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay.
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| Section B |
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dancer #1 snakes down, then dancers look-look at eachother #1 L & #2 R, then #1 R & #2 L
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snakes, then dancers look-look at eachother #1 L & #2 R, then #1 R & #2 L
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| Section C |
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dancer #1 sews seeds while dancer #2 picks apples
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Double ocean wave arms, very slow (1 measure to travel each way through each dancer)
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fading out...
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exit w/undulation L / Undulation R, repeat.
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