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Pre-Silver For April 2015: West Coast Swing

4/11/2015

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Note: steps marked with an * were taught by Nate Evans

  • pop step with body roll*
  • right side pass with sailor step*
  • whip with man's foot drag*
  • extended whip (3-and-4-and-3-and-4)*
  • backwards whip with tick tock ending and half a sombrero*
  • Sugar push with styling*
  • Whip with inside turn and men's pickpocket to handshake, followed by twinkle, and ending with a tic toc to half a sombrero
  • Backwrap to double turn
  • Backwrap to Basket
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Full Bronze For April 2015: Cha Cha

4/11/2015

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  • Solo Steps: single and double taps, chase turn, double cross, guapacha, cuban breaks
  • Triple cha-cha
  • crossover and back break combination
  • alternating underarm turn
  • Paseo
  • cross body lead with ladies' turn
  • Shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks
  • Cuban breaks
  • Routine: 1) triple cha-cha, 2) alternating underarm turn, 3) cross body lead with ladies turn, 4) 3 shadow crossovers, 5) turn and loop to 3 shadow back breaks, 6) she turns/he turns/she turns
  • Turkish Towel
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Intermediate For April 2015: Rumba

4/11/2015

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  • Crossover with underarm turn
  • Crossover with apart turn
  • 3 crossovers, 3 apart turns
  • Cross body lead
  • Cross body lead to open break
  • Cross body lead to crossover
  • Open break to peekaboo (Optional: start from a cross body lead)
  • shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks (Optional: start from a cross body lead)
  • Underarm turn with Cuban walk
  • Backwrap with walk
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Basics For April 2015: Foxtrot

4/11/2015

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  • Basic
  • Promenade
  • Promenade with underarm turn
  • Hesitation (aka "trouble step")
  • Side rocks
  • side rocks with underarm turn
  • box step
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Berkshire Hall Intermediate For April 2015: Rumba

4/11/2015

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  • Crossover and back breaks combination (review from last month)
  • Right hand loop
  • Open break with underarm turn
  • Peekaboo (from open break)
  • Cross Body Lead
  • Wraparound (from cross body lead)
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Berkshire Hall Beginner For April 2015: Foxtrot

4/11/2015

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  • Basic
  • Hesitation
  • Promenade
  • Promenade with underarm turn
  • Box Step
  • Twinkle
  • Parallel Twinkle
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