F O L K DANCE F E D E R A T I O N O F CALIFORNIA RESEARCH C O M M I T T E E :

D o r o t h y T a m b u r i n i a n d Ruth Ruling

(Philippine)

P o l k a S a Nayon ( P O H L - k a h S a h NAH-yohn) m e a n s P o l k a in t h e Village. T h i s d a n c e

c o m e s f r o m t h e p r o v i n c e of S a t a n g a s i n t h e T a g a l o g R e g i o n of t h e P h i l i p p i n e I s l a n d s .
I n t h e old d a y s i t w a s v e r y p o p u l a r a n d w a s u s u a l l y d a n c e d a t a l l t h e big s o c i a l a f f a i r s
a n d a t t h e town f i e s t a s . E s t e r T i m b a n c a y a l e a r n e d i t i n h e r n a t i v e P h i l i p p i n e s f r o m
M r s . Sofia R a v e l l o , a t S i l l i m a n U n i v e r s i t y . She p r e s e n t e d i t a t U n i v e r s i t y of t h e
P a c i f i c F o l k D a n c e C a m p , 1960.
T h e c o s t u m e f o r t h e m a n i s t h e b a r o n g t a g a l o g ( t a h - G A H - l o h g ) a n d b l a c k o r white
pants. The M a r i a C l a r a o r balintawak (bah-leen-tah-WAHK) costume i s c o r r e c t f o r
the woman.

MUSIC: R e c o r d : M i c o MX-342 (45); MICO-TM 006, Side 1 , Band 1

Piano: "Philippine F o l k D a n c e s " Vol 111, F r a n c i s c a R e y e s Aquino,
M a n i l a , P h i l i p p i n e s , 19 5 6.
FORMATION: F o u r c p l s in s q u a r e f o r m a t i o n ( r a t h e r l a r g e ) , f a c i n g c t r , W on M R.
T h r o u g h o u t t h e d a n c e , M p l a c e b a c k of f r e e h a n d a t w a i s t , W hold
s k i r t , unless otherwise indicated.
S T E P S AND P o l k a : S t e p L f t fwd ( c t 1 ) ; c l o s e R i n s t e p t o h e e l of L f t ( c t & ) ;
STYLING: s t e p fwd L ( c t 2 ) ; hold ( c t & ) . B e n d body s l i g h t l y twd s i d e
of l e a d i n g ft. T h i s s t e p m a y a l s o b e g i n with R f t a n d m a y
be e x e c u t e d i n a n y d i r e c t i o n .
H e e l - t o e Polka: ( 2 m e a s ) T o u c h L h e e l d i a g fwd on f l o o r , t o e up
( c t 1, bold ( c t & ) ; t o u c h L t o e diag bwd, h e e l i n , k n e e s l i g h t l y
r e l a x e d , l e g a l m o s t s t r a i g h t ( c t 2); hold ( c t & ) . ( L o o k o v e r
s h o u l d e r a t pointing t o e . ) Beginning L , t a k e one polka s t e p
( c t s 1, &, 2 , & ) .
T h e H e e l - t o e polka m a y b e g i n with e i t h e r f t a n d m a y b e d a n c e d
fwd o r bwd.

MUSIC 214 PATTERN

Measures
INTRODUCTION
P t r s a s s u m e c l o s e d p o s , M f a c i n g CCW, joined h a n d s e x t e n d e d twd c t r .
T a p M L - W R f t on c t s 1 , 2 of e v e r y m , z a s (16 t a p s i n a l l ) .
I. POLKA AND POINT
Beginning M L - W R , d a n c e 4 polka s t e p s t u r n i n g CW a n d p r o g r e s s i n g
CCW 114 a r o u n d t h e s q u a r e . F i n i s h w i t h joined h a n d s ( M L - W R ) e x -
tended twd c t r .
P o i n t M L - W R f t s w d twd c t r ( c t 1 ) ; point M L - W R n e a r s u p p o r t i n g
ft ( c t 2).
Dance one polka s t e p swd twd c t r .

Beginning M R - W L , r e p e a t a c t i o n of m e a s 5 - 6 ( F i g I ) m o v i n g a w a y
from ctr.

R e p e a t a c t i o n of m e a s 1-8 ( F i g I ) t h r e e m o r e t i m e s .