The Farmer's Joy

Joseph Pimentel (2012)

duple minor longways

Adam Broome 6/8 A major 2004 BIII p. 56

Choreography

A1

(1-8) 1^st corners set forward, turn single R, two hand turn

A2

(1-8) 2^nd corners, the same

B1

(1-2) 1s lead down the center
(3-4) 1s wheel around as a couple (CW, right hand person backing up)
(5-6) 1s cross up through 2s to original places
(7-8) 1s cast down while 2s move up

B2

(1-4) Star R
(5-8) Star L

Teaching Notes

Pimentel:

This is a simple dance which works well for new dancers, and the tune is so wonderfully joyful that everyone seems to enjoy it.

B1. I like each figure to fit two bar phrases, and for all four figures to feel like one fluid movement. Though I do not often use the words “gate” and “half figure eight,” I think newer dancers begin to get the feel for those figures here without even knowing it. That is intentional.

B2. Encourage intermediate dancers to start the star L on their right foot, so the new first corners have a nice transition into the setting at the top of