Example - Renaissance Dance
The Estampie 

(may be used to enhance "connections", provide suitable "movement" exercise 
and/or in the pursuit of "classroom management")

Needs:
recording of "Blow, The Hunter Horn" 
Percussion Instruments: bass drum, tom-tom, tambourine, finger cymbals

Directions:
[to tune of Blow, Thy Hunter Horn]
Introduction [24 beats, just percussion, 6 bars of 4 beats]
Bass Drum on beat 1; Finger cymbals on beat 3,
Tom-Tom/Tambourine on beats 3-4
piece is divided into several stanzas of 6, four bar phrases

Dance begins at letter A [verse] everyone needs to be in a circle
1. all motion - clockwise
2. all turns - to the left

Step One
step, rest, step, rest-turn, 2, 3, 4

Step Two
step, rest, step, rest-stomp, 2, 3, 4

Step Three
step, rest, step, rest-left-hop, rest, stomp-right, rest...

**repeat as necessary**