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Step Lists For Berkshire Hall October 2017

11/3/2017

Dances Covered:

Beginner: East Coast Swing
Intermediate: Cha Cha

Step List For October 2017

11/3/2017

Dances Covered:

Level 1: Swing and Foxtrot
Level 2: East Coast Swing
Level 3: Cha Cha
Level 4: Slow Waltz
Level 5: Bolero

Level 1: Swing and Foxtrot

Swing-

Basic (single step)
Follower's underarm turn
Leader's underarm turn

Foxtrot-

Basic
Hesitation

Level 2: East Coast Swing

Tuck Turn
- with a "stop sign" hand
- with followers' free spin
- with both leaders and followers turn (apart turn)
Charleston with tuck turn ending
Peekaboo
- original (inside turn)
- with leaders' hands on follower's back
- with leaders' right hand only on followers' back (the cool way)

Level 3: Cha Cha

Crossover, back breaks, outside breaks (review)
Big box from outside breaks
Alternating underarm turn with man's loop to cross body lead and shadow crossover
Shadow crossover, turn and loop to shadow back breaks
Half moon (shadow crossover + cross body lead)
Triple progressive cha cha

Level 4: Slow Waltz

Twinkle with promenade chasse ("one, two-and-three")
Grapevine with apart turn (starts with a twinkle and check)
Chasse (the in-and-out move that starts with a twinkle with leader's turn)
Twinkle with inside turn to left turn
Zigzag with develope to inside turn ending
Butterfly, with leader's going across

Level 5: Bolero

Rope spin
Back spot turn with Rudolph Ronde
Half moon with quick turn
Right hand loop, with optional Cuban walk
Crossover with quick turn ("quick, quick, and-slow") to fencing line and right hand loop)
Three Threes (J-hook lead, followers' full spot turn to the left, back break and half spot turn to right, then "forward-and-forward-and side")

Step List For October 2015

10/31/2015

Level 4: Slow Waltz

box step (both to the left and to the right)
left 3/8 turn
right 3/8 turn
left turn, travel step, right turn, travel step
double twinkle (aka "triple twinkle")
zigzag to shadow twinkles

Step List For October 2014

10/31/2014

Dances Covered:

Level 1: Cha Cha, Foxtrot, and Merengue
Level 2: Foxtrot
Level 3: East Coast Swing
Level 4: Bolero
Level 5: Samba

Level 1: Cha Cha, Foxtrot, and Merengue

Cha Cha

Basic Step
Full Turn
Ladies' underarm turn

Foxtrot

basic
hesitation

Merengue

basic turns: outside and inside
how to do more than one turn
leader's turn

Level 2: Foxtrot

Basic step
Hesitation (a.k.a. corner or trouble step)
Promenade
Promenade with underarm turn
Side Rocks
Routine #1: 3 basics (steer to the wall), 3 promenade with an underarm turn on the second one, hesitation to finish
Routine #2: 3 basics (steer to the wall), 3 side rocks, hesitation to finish
Box Step

Level 3: East Coast Swing

Note: steps were done both in triple step and single step

Underarm turn
She goes/he goes
Hand change behind the back
Hand change behind the back with ladies underarm turn
Open break to cuddle
Cuddle with yo-yo ending
Single tuck
Double tuck
Over the head
Back walk
Back breaks
Promenade Walk, a.k.a. "Promenade Swivels" (works well if followed by back walk)
Peekaboo
Windmill (new as of Sunday 10/26)

Level 4: Bolero

Shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks with loop
Copa
Triple ronde into copa
She goes/He goes ending
Right hand loop ending
1 crossover, apart turn, 1 back break, underarm turn, 1 outside break, right hand loop ending
Half moon (crossover with the right hand, bring her across), arm hook, rock and fencing line, she goes/he goes ending
Rudolph Ronde (starts with open break and back spot turn, ends with copa)

Level 5: Samba

Forward rock, spiral turn into counterpromenade, bota fogo, bota fogo in place, maypole
Bota fogo into "easy" grapevine, ending with spot turn voltas
Bota fogo into "difficult" grapevine
Left turn into bota fogo (with guys going backwards), into ladies swivels

Hartford Ballroom Blog

Step Lists For Berkshire Hall October 2017

Dances Covered:

Step List For October 2017

Dances Covered:

Level 1: Swing and Foxtrot

Level 2: East Coast Swing

Level 3: Cha Cha

Level 4: Slow Waltz

Level 5: Bolero

Step List For October 2015

Level 4: Slow Waltz

Step List For October 2014

Dances Covered:

Level 1: Cha Cha, Foxtrot, and Merengue

Level 2: Foxtrot

Level 3: East Coast Swing

Level 4: Bolero

Level 5: Samba

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Step Lists For Berkshire Hall October 2017

Dances Covered:

Step List For October 2017

Dances Covered:

Level 1: Swing and Foxtrot

Level 2: East Coast Swing

Level 3: Cha Cha

Level 4: Slow Waltz

Level 5: Bolero

Step List For October 2015

Level 4: Slow Waltz

Step List For October 2014

Dances Covered:

​Level 1: Cha Cha, Foxtrot, and Merengue

​Level 2: Foxtrot

Level 3: East Coast Swing

Level 4: Bolero

​Level 5: Samba

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Level 1: Cha Cha, Foxtrot, and Merengue

Level 2: Foxtrot

Level 5: Samba

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