domingo, 24 de agosto de 2014

English Day in LSF - English Country Dance


Pupils of 6th are dancing Jack's Health the configuration of which is known as a duple minor longways set, probably the most common English Country Dance configuration.

English Country Dance is a form of social folk dance which originated in Renaissance England, and was popular until the early 19th century in parts of Europe, the American colonies and the United States. It is the ancestor of several other folk dances, including contra and square dance. English country dance was revived in the early 20th century as a part of the larger English folk revival, and is practiced today primarily in North America and Britain.

The choreography dictates the interactions between partners and between couples in a set. A set is a group of couples, most commonly two or three, but sometimes four, that interact during a single progression. Rarely, dances call for five or six couples in a set. Most commonly, English country dances are longways and progressive. Multiple sets of couples form two long lines, along which couples travel at the end of each iteration of figures, meeting new couples and repeating the series of figures many times. Alternately, dances can be finite, a set forming an independent unit within which the series of figures are repeated a limited number of times. These dances are often non-progressive, each couple retaining their original positions in decades they are performed.
                                                            Choreography by Sara, Cristina and Miguel.

lunes, 11 de agosto de 2014

BRITISH  FLAG

British Flag, Union Jack is a composite of the Welsh, Scot, English and N.Ireland flags.

The Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag, is the national flag of the United Kingdom.  'Union' symbolizes the union of England and Scotland in 1606, while 'Jack' refers to the flag by which a ship shows its nationality.

The origins of the earlier flag of Great Britain date back to 1606. James VI of Scotland had inherited the English and Irish thrones in 1603 as James I, thereby uniting the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland in a personal union, although the three kingdoms remained separate states. On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this regal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England (a red cross on a white background, known as St George's Cross), and the flag of Scotland (a white saltire on a blue background, known as the Saltire or St Andrew's Cross), would be joined together, forming the flag of England and Scotland for maritime purposes. King James also began to refer to a "Kingdom of Great Britain", although the Union remained a personal one.

The design of the Union Flag dates from a Royal Proclamation following the union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. The flag combines aspects of three older national flags: the red cross of St George of the Kingdom of England, the white saltire of St Andrew for Scotland (which two were united in the first Union Flag), and the red saltire of St Patrick to represent Ireland.

UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or simply Britain is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain (a term sometimes applied to the whole state), the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another state: the Republic of Ireland.  Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea in the east, the English Channel in the south and the Irish Sea in the west.

The UK's form of government is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system (House of Lords and House of Commons).  Its capital city is London (the largest city).  The current British monarch—since 6 February 1952—is Queen Elizabeth II.  Official languages: English and recognised regional languages (Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Irish and Scottish Gaelic).  Population: 64,100,000.  Area: 243,610 km2.

miércoles, 6 de agosto de 2014

'THE CALL' (Regina Spektor) Narnia prince Caspian ending song
The Chronicles of Narnia

Esto comenzó como un sentimiento
Que se convirtió en una esperanza
Que entonces se convirtió en un pensamiento tranquilo
Que luego se convirtió en una palabra tranquila

Y entonces esa palabra creció más fuerte y más fuerte
Hasta que fue un grito de batalla

Volveré
Cuando me llames
No necesitas decir adiós

Solo por el hecho de que todo está cambiando
No significa
que nunca
Ha sido de esta manera antes

Todo lo que puedes hacer es tratar de saber
Quiénes son tus amigos
mientras tu vas a la guerra

Escoge una estrella en el oscuro horizonte
y sigue la luz

Volverás
Cuando esto acabe
No necesitas decir adiós
Volverás
Cuando esto acabe
No necesitas decir adiós

Ahora estamos de vuelta al comienzo
Es solo un sentimiento que nadie sabe aún
Pero solo porque no pueden sentirlo demasiado
No significa que tengas que olvidar

Deja que tus recuerdos se vuelvan más fuertes y más fuertes
Hasta que estén ante tus ojos

Volverás
Cuando te llamen
No necesitas decir adiós

Volverás
Cuando te llamen
No necesitas decir adiós…                  traslating by Miguel