Dance of the Week
  Mulţumesc  
    (music from Romania)       
Choreographed by Jim Gold 

Dear Dancers and Travelers,
Welcome to our folk dance family!  
Mulţumesc is the Dance of the Week.
Music is from Romania.       
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See A Treasury of International Folk Dances
Written instructions: p 127.
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Mulţsumesc danced by Jim Gold 

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MULTSU MESC. . . .ROMANIA

Dance Meaning: Thank You
Pronunciation: Multsumesk
Choreography: by Jim Gold in Romanian folk dance style.
Music: Unknown
Formation: Line
Meter: 2/4
Jim Gold YouTube video: http://bit.ly/2mTScC8
Introduction: Talking. Then 8 measure music intro.
Measure

SLOW PART
FIRST STEP
Striding: Broad walking steps. swing arms from shoulders
elbows straight, move CCW in circle

1 Step R (ct 1), Step L (ct 2)
2-8 Repeat meas 1 7x

SECOND STEP
Move CCW in the circle: Two back pas de bas and walks
1 Step R (ct 1), step L behind R (ct &), step R (ct 2), arms move to rt in windshield wiper movement.
2 Repeat meas 1, but arms move left
3-4 Walk 4 steps, arms swing: R (ct 1), L (ct 2), R (ct 1), L (ct 2)
5-16 Repeat meas 1-4 3x

THIRD STEP
“Knead the dough”: Walk CCW in circle with “Knead dough” movement
1 Step R (ct 1), left arm straight fwd palm up, rt arm straight fwd palm down.
Step L (ct 2), reverse arms (left arm straight fwd palm down, rt arm straight fwd palm up)
2-4 Repeat meas 1 3x
5-8 Repeat meas 1-2
9-12 Repeat meas 1-2 2x of SECOND STEP
13-16 Repeat meas 1-4

FAST PART
FIRST STEP
Romanian basic hora: Moving like a V diag fwd and diag back.  Hands in V position.
1 Step R diag fwd (ct 1), step L (ct 2). 
2 Step R (ct 1), tch L next to R (ct 2)
3 Step L diag back (ct 1), step R (ct 2)
Step L (ct 1), tch R next to L (ct 2)

SECOND STEP
Sides and 8-step grapevine: (Solo dancing: Arms in T formation)
1 Face ctr. Step R to rt (ct 1), L behind R (ct 2)
2 R to rt (ct 1), stamp L (ct 2)
3 Step L to lft (ct 1), R behind L (ct 2)
4 L to lft (ct 1), lift R (ct 2)
5-6 R over L (ct 1), L to side (ct 2), R behind L (ct 1), L to side (ct 2)
7-8 R over L (ct 1), L to side (ct 2), R behind L (ct 1), L to side (ct 2)
9-16: Repeat meas 1-8

THIRD STEP
Calusari step: (Solo dancing: Hands on hips)
1 Hop on R, lift L (ct 1), step R (ct &), step on 2 (ct 2)
2 Repeat meas 1
3 Cross R over L (ct 1), step on L in place (ct 2)
4 Step R next to L (ct 1), step on L in place (ct 2)
5-6 Repeat meas 1-2
Hop and run in place 7 steps.
7-8: Hop on L (ct 1), step on R (ct &), L (ct 2), R (ct &)
L (ct 1), R (ct &), L (ct 2), R (ct &)
9-12: Repeat meas 1-4
13-14: Repeat meas 1-2
15-16: Repeat meas. 7-8

ORDER OF STEPS
Slow First Part: Order as written above
Second Part: First Step: 4x, Second Step: 2x, Third Step: 1x
First step: 4x, Second Step 2x, Third Step 1x
Speeds up: First step: 4x, Second Step 2x, Third Step 1x

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