DRDC ARTICLES
In 2005, we began to write educational articles for the monthly newsletter of the Dixie Round Dance Council. Elsewhere, we have a list of all the dance essays we have written, loosely organized by topic (see How To Dance Gracefully in the navigation bar at left). Below, we list the DRDC articles chronologically.
An admission — a web site is temptingly easy to edit. Along the way, if I thought of something to add or thought better of a statement, I might have done some revision. So let's just say that a version of each of these articles was published in the newsletter.
2004
How the Phase Rating System Reflects the History of Modern Round Dancing by Veronica McClure (PDF), 2/2004
2005
There Is More Than One Way To Lead, 1/2005
Don’t Fight With Your Partner, 2/2005
Icing On the Cake, 3/2005
Skiing Through the Foxtrot, 7,8/2005
The Foxtrot & Quickstep, 10/2005
Some Waltz History, 12/2005
2006
Dancing Or Just Standing There, 1/2006
Pitfalls In Lead & Follow, 2/2006
Balance and Good Posture, 3/2006
Jive and Swing, 4/2006
West Coast Swing, 5/2006
West Coast Swing Figure Patterns, Part I, 6/2006
West Coast Swing Figure Patterns, Part II — Four-Count and More, 7,8/2006
Dance Position and Connection Between Partners, 9/2006
Dance Position and Connection, Part II — A List, 10/2006
Twists and Twist Turns, 11/2006
Single, Double, and Triple Twist Turns, 12/2006
2007
Hip Twist Figures, 1/2007
Be Gentle, 2/2007
Tipples, Ripples, and Body Rolls, 3/2007
The Healthy Side Of Round Dancing, 4/2007
Inside & Outside Rolls In Slow Two-Step, 5/2007
A Few Rondes In Slow Two-Step, 6/2007
Animal Figures, 7,8/2007
The Long and the Short Of It, 9/2007
Mini-Picture Figures, 10/2007
Let's Put On A Show, 11/2007
Samba by Chris & Terri Cantrell (PDF), 12/2007
2008
Continuous Figures In Latin, 1/2008
Continuous, Extended, and Interrupted Figures in Smooth, 2/2008
Paso Doble Styling by Shirley Aymé, 3/2008
Left Hinge, Right Hinge — Increasing Figure Variety, 4/2008
Give Her Leg A Nudge, 5/2008
Rumba Styling by Shirley Aymé, 6/2008
Whip Her Across, 7,8/2008
If you are not a member of DRDC, do consider joining. The group sponsors quarterly weekends with great dancing and teaching, and the newsletter is one of the most informative available.
Past DRDC Educational Articles by
Jim & Barbara German, ca. 2000-2001
Chris & Terri Cantrell, 2001-2005
Harold & Meredith Sears, 2005-present
Some articles and dance helps by
Sandi & Dan Finch
Gert-Jan & Susie Rotscheid
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