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    1) The Alay is a Filipino dance performed as an offering or gift to special guests or honorees. 2) Partners face each other or the audience and perform waltz steps, mazurkas, turns, and swaying movements with pointed feet. 3) The dance tells the story of welcoming guests through the gestures, movements, and symbolic offering of the dance.

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    1) The Alay is a Filipino dance performed as an offering or gift to special guests or honorees. 2) Partners face each other or the audience and perform waltz steps, mazurkas, turns, and swaying movements with pointed feet. 3) The dance tells the story of welcoming guests through the gestures, movements, and symbolic offering of the dance.

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    1) The Alay is a Filipino dance performed as an offering or gift to special guests or honorees. 2) Partners face each other or the audience and perform waltz steps, mazurkas, turns, and swaying movements with pointed feet. 3) The dance tells the story of welcoming guests through the gestures, movements, and symbolic offering of the dance.

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    Alay

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    1) The Alay is a Filipino dance performed as an offering or gift to special guests or honorees. 2) Partners face each other or the audience and perform waltz steps, mazurkas, turns, and swaying movements with pointed feet. 3) The dance tells the story of welcoming guests through the gestures, movements, and symbolic offering of the dance.

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    ALAY

    (Tagalog)
    ALAY means "an offering." It is a
    beautiful custom of the Filipinos to offer a small gift
    of flower, a song, or dance to guests or
    visitors, whether they are new or old acquaintance. If
    the visitor is a houseguest the best that the
    best linen, silver glassware is used, the best
    family can afford are usually offered them. The
    delicious food is served.
    ALAY is a dance performed
    gesture or as a token of gratitude.
    as an offering to special guests or honorees as a welcome

    COSTUME. Girl wears balintawak


    neck or over one shoulder and corcho. style costume with tapis and soft pañuelo around
    and chinelas. Boy wears barong tagalog, white or colored rousers

    MUSIC is composed of three parts: A, B, and C.


    COUNT one, two, three to a measure.

    FORMATION. Partners stand opposite each other about six feet


    audience, Girl stands at right side of partner. One to apart. When facing
    any number of pairs may take part in
    this dance.

    Introduction
    Music Introduction.

    Partners face audience.


    (a) Waltz sideward R and L (2M), pause (1M) Girl holds skirt, Boy places hands on
    waist.
    (b) Bow to audience Arms in second position.

    Music A.
    Partners face each other
    (a) Sway balance with point, R and L. Arms in fourth position, R and L high
    alternately.
    (b) Waltz sideward, R and L. Arms in lateral position, moving sideward right and left.
    (c) Step R sideward (cts.1, 2), step L close to R (ct.3). Girl holds skirt,
    hands
    Boy places
    on waist.
    (d) Step R sideward (ct.1), point L in front (cts. 2, 3), Bend trunk slightly forward,
    arms in second position.
    e) Repeat (a-d), starting with L foot. Reverse position of arm is (a) and (b).
    Face audience.
    (f) Repeat all (a-e).
    Music B.
    Partners face each other.
    Waltz R forward, forward at chest level with palm up, L hand on waist (1 M).
    (a) R arm
    Waltz L backward, bring R hand close to chest, L hand on same place.
    L in front (cts. 2, 3). Girl
    6) Mazurka R sideward (1 M). Step R sideward (ct. 1), point
    holds skirt, Boy places hands on waist.
    (c) Repeat (a) and (b) starting with L foot. Reverse position of hands in (a)
    (d) Two waltz turns right to partner's place, passing each other by L shoulders. (Using
    two waltz steps for every turn). Forearm turns, R and L alternately. Finish facing partner.
    (e) Brush-step turn right, R arm high, free hand of Girl holding skirt, that of Boy is
    placed on waist.
    (f) Repeat all (a-e). Finish in proper places.

    Music C.
    Partners face each other.
    ine
    (a) Starting with R foot, take two step-brush-swing-hop steps forward to be in one
    with partner at center standing by L shoulders. Girlt holds skirt, Boy places hands on waist
    (b) Face right. Starting with Rfoot, take two cross-steps going to proper places. Rarm
    overhead doing a kumintang every measure, L hand of Girl holding skirt that of Boy is placed
    on waist. Girl holds
    (c) Walt; turn right in place (using two waltz steps), finish facing partner.
    skirt, Boy places hands on waist
    (d) Step R sideward (cts. 1, 2, 3), point L in front. Hands are into (cts. 1, 2, 3).
    of arms in
    (e) Repeat (a-d) starting L foot. Finish by R shoulders and reverse position
    (a).
    Reverse direction in (b) and (c).
    (f) Starting foot, take four step-brush-swing-hop steps forward to exchange
    with R
    shoulders. Hands as in (a).
    place with partner, passing by Leach other.
    Turn right about to face
    Arms in fourth position, R arm
    Execute a sway balance with a point starting with R.
    (g)
    high. forearm turns, L and
    (h) Waltz turn left (moving sideward left, using two waltz steps),
    R
    alternately. L foot. Reverse position of arms and direction passing by
    (i) Repeat (f-g), starting with audience in (h).
    R shoulders in (f). Finish in proper places, facing
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    SALUDO

    Music Finale. close steps forward. Girl holds skirt, Boy places
    with R foot, take three
    (a) Starting
    hands
    on waist.
    arms in second position.
    (b) Bow to audience,
    directed to him or to her.
    in honor of a guest the saludo is
    Note: If this dance is performed

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