Singing Games

Traditional Folk Dances & songs, mainly for children with sheet music.

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	FORMATION Double circle, partners facing—Men with backs to center of circle. FIGURE Grand right and left—Partners face each other, clasping right hands; women move clockwise around the circle, giving left and right hands alternately to the men who are moving counter-clock­wise. POSITIONS Two-hand position—Partners face each other and take hands, right shoulder to right shoulder, right arms out­stretched, left bent; reverse position, left shoulder to left shoulder, etc. Shoulder position—Partners, facing, place hands on each others' shoulders. Shoulder-hip position—Partners face each other; women place hands on mens' shoulders, men place hands slightly above womens' hips. Single arch—Each man takes women's left hand in his right (or vice versa) and raises high to form an arch over head. DouUearch—Partners clasp each others' hands and raise high over heads. Simdng position—Partners, side by side, hold each others' hands crossed in front.