Lyrics
(American folk song)
I don’t care if the rain comes down, I’m gonna dance all day,
I don’t care if the rain comes down, I’m gonna dance all day,
Hey hey, carry me away, I’m gonna dance all day,
Hey hey, carry me away, I’m gonna dance all day
Circle Dance
Formation: Students stand in two concentric circles next to partners.
- Line 1 = All students face left and walk to the beat.
- Line 2 = All students turn and face right and walk to the beat.
- Line 3, first 2 measures = Partners face each other: pat, clap, high five twice*
- Line 3, last 2 measures = Right arm swing, trade places with partner
- Line 4 = Repeat Line 3.
*Other options for Line 3, first two measures:
- Partners face each other, shake right hands and hold, left hands high five above R hands, below, above, below.
- Any 4 motions
See also
- Subject: rain
- Activity: circle dance
- Harmony: chords I & V / Orff arrangements
- Melody: low do & high do
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
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- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: drmfsd’
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