BLUEBONNETS (or, TRIP TO TEXAS) Joseph Pimentel, Tune by Debbie Jackson ldm Meter: 9/8, Key: Dm (Bluesy slip jig) Barnes3 112 BPM Goldcrest Collection // Fairly accessible A1 1-2 1s lead forward to meet each other and fall back 3-4 1s 2-hand turn A2 1-4 2s As above B All face corner 1 Balance back (step back, step together, pause) 2 Balance right (step right, step together, pause) 3-4 Corners simultaneous Hole in the Wall cross (Clumps) 5-6 Circle left roughly halfway to original home place 7-8 1s cast down, 2s lead up. Teaching Notes (Joseph sez) B 3-4: Everyone comes into the center and moves around each other as they would if they were changing places with just their own corner person, then backs out into their corner's place. For initial teaching, I have found it useful to sugget that dancers put their right shoulders into the center and move around each other in what feels like a tight right-shoulder star. Once they have the geography, I have them adjust so that they are facing their corner with their shoulders parallel to each other. B 5-6: The circle is actually closer to 5/8 of the way around rather than halfway. When dancers balance to the right in bar 2, they end in something of a diamond. TGhey then change places with their corner and so have more distance to circle to get to their home places. I usually do not say this explicitly, but do make a point to mention that the circle takes them to their original palces. Background: Borrows figures from "The Merry Conclusion" in a simpler context; can be a primer for that dance if you must call it. "Trip to Texas" because it was after Joseph and Fred moved there in 2005, but they saw the incredible Texas bluebonnets and renamed it (and then presumably used Debbie's existing tune).