IV. LEG AND FOOT EXERCISE. FIRST SERIES. First Position. No. 61.-The instructor will command: 1. Leg and Foot Exercise; 2. First Series; 3. First-POSITION. No. 62.-At the third command, the student will take the position of Fig. 32. No. 63.-First Movements (Charges). This class of movements will be executed sidewise, first to the right, as represented by the dotted part of Fig. 32. The corresponding charges will be made to the left with the left leg, and the wand extended to the left, and inclining up at an angle of 45 degrees. Employ the Fourth Variety, p. 263. This class of charges corresponds to that of No. 230, p. 229, which see. Music, Part Fourth, p. 208. Second Position. No. 64. At the command, Second-POSITION, the student will take the position of Fig. 33, as explained in No. 28. FIG. 33. No. 65.-First Movements. This class only differs from No. 63 in being executed directly front, left leg first, as represented by the dotted part of Fig. 33, the front motions of the wand being made from the right side to accompany the left leg, and from the left side to accompany the right leg. Music, Part Fifth, p. 208. SECOND SERIES. First Position. No. 66.-The instructor will command: 1. Leg and Foot Exercise; 2. Second Series; 3. First-POSITION. No. 67.-At the last command, the student will take the position of Fig. 34. No. 68.-First Movements-RIGHT. The charges are made to the right and the left, inclining front at an angle of 45 degrees. These charges are made in combination with the Arm and Hand movements of No. 25, as represented by the dotted part of Fig. 34. Employ the Fourth Variety, p. 263. No. 69.-Second Movements. The commands of execution are, LEFT, RIGHT, ALTERNATE. The charges are made directly front by FIG. 36. carrying the wand horizontally over the head and down, on each charge from the position, as represented in the dotted part of Fig. 35, and in like manner back to the front on each recovery of the commencing position. Four charges from the position will be made with the left leg, four with the right, and eight by alternation. No. 70.-Third Movements. This class of movements is formed by combining facings, charges, and the Arm and Hand movements of No. 25. The student, turning on the left heel, and elevating the wand front with the right hand and carrying it around the left shoulder, charges to the left with the right leg, thus executing a facing, as represented by the dotted part of Fig. 36, and recovers the commencing position four times; then four corresponding charges B A FIG. 87. are made to the right, the left arm being elevated so as to carry the wand around the right shoulder; and finally, eight of these charges are made to the left and the right alternately. The Music best adapted to this Series will be found on pp. 189, 190, 208, and 209. |