Christmas is a joyful celebration – one that should be accompanied by smiles and laughter.
And dancing!
This year, we’re bringing the celebration of dance to Hunsdon’s Christmas with a Line Dance! You may have seen our other article about it, here. The Village Hall will be resounding with well known Christmas tunes like “Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree” which are sure to get your feet tapping and your body moving. We’ve booked an expert instructor and are looking forward to an evening of foot-stomping fun!
We’ll share food together and we’ll lay on a licensed bar – all together it will be a proper feast to celebrate the Christmas feast!
Not sure? Feeling that Christmas and dancing don’t really go together? Read on…
Some believe the origin of the word “carol” (as in “Christmas Carol”) is the Old French word “carole” which described a circular dance accompanied by singing. Most of the carols we sing now are really Christmas hymns from the Victorian era, but if we look further back in time, there were festive songs which were dances and there are a few of today’s favourites which still bear some of the musical DNA of dance tunes. It’s not difficult to imagine joyful dancing to the rhythm of the Sussex Carol:
On Christmas Night, all Christians sing to hear the news the angels bring.
Or “The Holly and the Ivy” with its verse-and-chorus structure, ideal for communal singing and celebratory dancing:
The Holly and the Ivy, when they are both full grown,
of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown.
Consider the up-tempo triplet beats in this song of joy:
Good Christian men, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice!
Even Greensleeves has a lilting waltz-time feel that lends itself to gentle swaying or swirling around:
What Child is this, who laid to rest
on Mary’s lap is sleeping?
So standing still and singing these well known songs is fine, but dancing in celebration is surely more in keeping – both with the music and the joy of the season. So…
Do book your tickets to our Line Dance and make this Christmas one you will never forget!
Friday 12th December in Hunsdon Village Hall – doors open at 7pm.
For clarity … though I have written about the dance DNA of Christmas carols, at this event we will not be dancing to carols! If you want Christmas Carols, check out the Carols by Starlight event on 22nd December.
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