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Step Lists For March 2015

3/31/2015

 
Dances Covered:
Level 1: Rumba and Waltz
Level 2: Rumba 
Level 3: Cha Cha
Level 4: West Coast Swing
​Level 5: Slow Waltz

​Level 1: Rumba and Waltz

Rumba
  • Box step
  • side-together-side (a.k.a. chasse)
  • Box step with underarm turn
Waltz
  • basic box step
  • basic traveling step

Level 2: Rumba

  • Box step
  • Box step with underarm turn
  • side-together-side
  • crossover with underarm turn and fifth position ending
  • Crossover, underarm turn to back breaks, underarm turn to fifth position ending
  • Box step underarm turn with Cuban Walk

Level 3: Cha Cha

  • Alternating Underarm Turn
  • Crossovers with underarm turn
  • Crossovers with apart turn
  • Double Crossover
  • Back breaks
  • Outside breaks
  • Combination: crossover, turn, back breaks, turn, outside breaks, turn to finish
  • Cross body lead
  • Cross body lead to either open break or crossover
  • Open break
  • Open break to peekaboo
  • Open break to sweetheart
  • Open break to underarm sweetheart

Level 4: West Coast Swing

Last month's recap
  • Right side pass
  • left side pass with tuck turn
  • right side pass with hand change, left side pass with tuck turn and hand change
  • sugar push with loop
  • basket
  • whip
  • left side pass into backwrap

New steps this month:
  • Whip with inside turn
  • Whip with outside turn
  • Tick tock with leader's right hand (creates a roll-in/roll-out)
  • Tick tock with leader's left hand (creates half a wrap)
  • Left side pass with tuck turn into twinkles
  • Tuck turn to twinkle
  • Starter step

​Level 5: Slow Waltz

  • Left turn (Bronze styling)
  • Advanced Right Turn with Bronze styling (involves a twinkle start, open right turn, impetus/heel turn, and twinkle close)
  • Butterfly with men's turn
  • Waltz Combination: twinkle start, leader's turn, chasse with inside turn, grapevine with apart turn, grapevine to cuddle, chasse with inside turn, twinkle finish
  • Whisk (the crazy new one with the ladies leg flick)

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