Dance of the Week
Pozdrav 
(Bulgaria) 
Choreographed by Jim Gold 

Dear Dancers and Travelers,
Welcome to our folk dance family!  
Pozdrav is the Dance of the Week.
Music is from Bulgaria.  
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Written instructions: p 156 
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Jim Gold dancing Pozdrav  

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POZDRAV. . . BULGARIA

Dance Meaning: Greetings!
Pronunciation: Pozdrav
Choreography: by Jim Gold in Macedonia-Bulgarian folk dance style.
Music: Makeonska Pesni: Stoyan Djhadjhev
Formation: Open circle, hands in W position
Meter: 9/8: quick/quick/quick/quick, slow: q, q, q, q, s
Jim Gold YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmTuRIsPyrM
Introduction: 8 measures
Measures:

FIRST STEP
Moving to Rt: Face LOD (Line of Direction), hands in W position
1 Face ctr: Step R to rt (q), step L behind R (q)
step R to rt turn to face LOD (q), hop on R (q), step fwd on L (s)
2 Face LOD: Step R(q), step L (q), step R (q), tch L fwd( q, s)
3 Moving reverse LOD: L (q), R (q), L (q)
Face ctr: tch R in place (q, s)
Crossing step, still facing ctr
4 Cross R over L (q), step L next to R (q)
cross R over L (q), step on L next to R (q, s)
5 Crossing step: Cross R in front of L (q), step on L in place (q)
step on R next to L (q), step wd on L (q, s)
6 Into ctr: Hands start moving down to V position
R (q), L (q), R (q), hands return to W position, tch L fwd (q, s)
7 Back out of ctr: hands start moving down to V position
L (q), R (q), L (q), hands return to W position, R (q, s)

SECOND STEP 
Into ctr: Hands moving down to V position
1 Step R into ctr (q), step L (q), step on R (q)
Hands to W position, hop on R (q), step fwd on L (q, s)
2 Continue int ctr: Hands moving down to V position
R(q), L (q), R (q), hands return to W position, tch L fwd (q, s)
3 Back out from ctr: Hands remain in W position
L (q), R (q), L (q), R (q, s)
4 Cross R over L (q), step L next to R (q),
cross R over L (q), step on L next to R (q, s)
5 Cross R over L (½ q), step L next to R (1/ 2q),
cross R over L (½ q), step on L next to R (½ q)
Cross R over L (½ q), step L next to R (½ q)
cross R over L (½ q), step on L next to R (½ q, s)
6 Crossing step: Cross R in front of L (q), step on L in place (q)
step on R next to L (q), step on L next to R (q, s)
7 Step on R next to rt (q), stamp lightly on L next to r (q)
Step on L next to lft (q), stamp lightly on R next to lft (q, s)

ORDER OF STEPS:
First Step: 2, Second step: 2