Contact Dave:  Dave@EnglishCountryDancing.org

Riverside English Country Dancing and the Sons of

 

at History Day L.A. at Azusa Pacific University.  Redlands Zanja Fife and

Drum (pronounced "Zankee") also participated and provided lively period

drum and music. History Day L.A. is part of a national program that

encourages students to prepare posters, exhibits, papers, websites,

performances, and documentary presentations on a historical theme.

These projects will be judged by community members and social science

professionals. Participation in History Day L.A. provides opportunities for

students to meet content standards and improve academic achievement.

As an authentic performance assessment measure, teachers can utilize

History Day projects to easily assess the knowledge and skills of their

students.

The Riverside and Redlands Chapters of the SAR set up a Revolutionary

War encampment including an enlistment booth, Betsy Ross helping

students make a perfect 5-point-star with ‘one cut’, a meeting with George

Washington, and participation in genuine 18h Century dances.  The day

also included a muster of the color guard (uniformed) along with militia

members (period civilian costumes) for a short march and close order

musket fire.

The links will take you to photos of the event, videos of muskets firing, and

students and some teachers participating in dances.

Check out the links to the left, and come and join us in Riverside for a fun

evening of English Country Dancing (info at EnglishCountryDancing.org).

Dave Bonson and Isaac,

Riverside English Country

Dancing.