[Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs by Alice C. Fletcher]@TWC D-Link bookIndian Games and Dances with Native Songs INTRODUCTION 12/50
All these movements of body, hands and feet must be in strict time and rhythm with the music. Song No.
1 1 Here we stand ready now to go on our way To the field, buried under leaves dead and gray. _Refrain_: Ah hey they, Ah hey hey they, Ah hey they ha! Ah hey they, Ah hey hey they, Ah hey they ha! [Music] By the end of the first line of the refrain the dancers will have reached the "field" and have begun to dispose themselves over the space.
Seven must stand in the first row, where they are to make the seven ceremonial hills. These seven dancers should lead the motions of all the others, so that the movements may present even lines, as in the bowing of violins in an orchestra.
The refrain should be repeated as many times as is necessary while the dancers are taking position, clearing the field, etc.
The number of repeats must be determined upon at the rehearsals of the dancers. Sufficient time should be taken to bring out the picture and to give it in perfect rhythm with the music.
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