ČEREŠNA Macedonian
PRONUNCIATION:	CHEH-resh-nah
TRANSLATION:	Black cherry
SOURCE:	Dick Oakes learned Čerešna from Rubi Vučeta, a prominent Balkan dance leader and teacher in the 1950s and 1960s in the Los Angeles, California, area.
BACKGROUND:	Rickey Holden originally described this dance for Folkraft Records. It is a fourteen-count, single-figure oro.
MUSIC:	Folkraft (45rpm) 1531x45
FORMATION:	Open cir of mixed M and W with hands joined and held at shldr level in "W" pos.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	The style is low-key and relaxed.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION
	None.
	THE DANCE
1	Facing ctr, point R toe downward across L;
2-5	Facing diag to R in RLOD, walk four steps to R (R,L,R,L);
6	Facing ctr, step R swd;
7	Lift L in front with bent L knee;
8	Step L in place;
9	Touch R heel diag to R;
10	Step R in place;
11	Touch L heel diag to L;
12-14	Facing diag R, walk three steps diag bwd to L.
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
Copyright © 2004 by Dick Oakes