Love this idea and the timing sounds just perfect!

Those events, father-daughter/mother-son, sound like the perfect opportunity for some fun folk dancing!

Yeah!!! Becky, I’ll come home and let’s do one together, how fun would that be!

Hi Amy! Thanks for asking. I typically start in Kindergarten with Seven Jumps, then to Shoe Maker….Jump Jim Joe takes a little time because they have switch partners and have some difficulty with the switch, but with some isolated practice they begin to dance that one smoothly. It’s also their first “partner dance,” and plants the idea that switching and sharing partners is an important aspect to the social piece of the dance. Next, Alabama Gal. Again, isolated practice of certain parts of the dance, in a scattered formation first is helpful to solidifying the cornerstone of so many of these dances, which is: R.H.; L.H.; then later both hands, do-si-do. After Alabama Gal is mastered, we move onto Rakes of Mallow, Fjaskerin, and Nigun Atik.