Fourth Graders Take to the Mic at the 10th Annual
Family Folk Dance
By Margaret Bary and Fourth Graders: Chloe, Isabel, Jet, Kali, Lucy and
Sophia
Photos by Steve Chen
On January 9th, many Lower School families participated in
the 10th Annual Family Folk Dance at BFS. Third Graders performed an
English sword dance, and for the first time, Fourth Graders called some of the
dances. (During their regularly scheduled dance classes, all Fourth Grade
students had learned how to call, and had the opportunity to practice with a
microphone).
Afterwards, some students reflected on the experience:
- Last
year we performed a sword dance, and this year we got to call the dances.
- There
are different moves such as do-si-do, sashay the donut, reel the set and peel the banana.
- It’s fun
to dance with a big group of kids and adults.
- When
you gather a community in the same place, something amazing happens.
- Live
music makes dancing so much better.
- My mom
really loves to folk dance, she doesn’t usually do a lot of dancing.
- When I
got paired up with a little person I danced on my knees.
Here are their favorite dances:
- I
really like Sasha because you get
to meet so many people.
- My
favorite dance is Avalanche because
it is energetic and fun.
- The Grumpy
March has great music and you get to
act grumpy.
- In Sashay
the Donut you go around in a circle
really fast, and then jump back to your place.
- The Virginia Reel gives you a lot of time to spend with your partner.
