Category: February

Berkshire Hall Intermediate (Level 3) For February 2016: Hustle

3/24/2016

Parallel sweetheart
- with sombrero ending
- with cool hand slide ending
old-fashioned/standard basic (continually turns right)
old-fashioned basic to double turn into cuddle
right hand cuddle

Berkshire Hall Beginner (Level 2) For February 2016: Foxtrot

3/24/2016

Basic
Hesitation
Promenade
Promenade with turn
side rocks
box step

Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For February 2016: Samba

3/24/2016

Argentine Crosses with and outside turn ending
Promenade Runs from bota fogo
Shadow Bota Fogos and Voltas
Easy Grapevine from promenade position to spot turn voltas
Forward Rocks to follower's spiral turn, continued with walks, bota fogo in place, ending with the Maypole

Level 4 (Full Bronze) For February 2016: Argentine Tango

3/24/2016

Crusada
Forward Ochos
- from a crusada
- from a rock step
- Ending with a Parada and foot flick
- Leader's Footwork:
  - stay in place
  - step side to side
  - Left foot back together, side together
Back Ochos from side step:
- with lady's boleo
- to parada and passada
Walk to lady's back ochos (aka "harlem tango rhythm")
- 1, 2, 3+, 4, 5, 6, 7+, 8

Level 3 (Intermediate) For February 2016: Hustle

3/24/2016

Parallel Sweetheart (creates a L shape) with multiple endings:
- simple right hand exit
- sombrero
- cool hand slide and loop
- sliding door
Cuddle with 2 endings:
- underarm turn ending
- yo-yo ending
Right hand cuddle (aka "right hand loop)
Cuddle that goes from right side to left side and back again
Backwrap with 2 endings:
- ladies' underarm turn exit
- leader's go under the arm
Closed position basic

Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For February 2016: Foxtrot

3/24/2016

Basic
Trouble step (aka "hesitation")
promenade
underarm turn from promenade
side rocks
box step

Level 1 (Absolute Beginner) For February 2016: Swing And Foxtrot

3/24/2016

Swing:

basic (single step)
underarm turn
back walk
hand change behind the back

Foxtrot:

basic
hesitation (aka "trouble step" or "corner step")
promenade

Basics For February 2015: Cha Cha

2/17/2015

Basic with side cha-cha or progressive cha-cha
Full solo turn
Ladies' underarm turn
Alternating underarm turn
Cross body lead
Crossover

Absolute Beginner For February 2015: Cha Cha

2/17/2015

Basic step (let the cha-cha-cha move either sideways or forward and back)
Full turn

Pre-Silver For February 2015: Salsa

2/10/2015

Shoulder check with hands crossed
Shoulder check into cuddle and backwrap with 3 endings: (pass on left side, pass on right side, pass on right side with an extra turn)
Out of the way
Out of the way with hand flick
Out of the way into Turkish Towel
cross body lead with tangle, to out of the way into shoulder check with cuddle and backwrap
Hand switch combination

Full Bronze For February 2015: Waltz

2/5/2015

Left turn (3/8 turn)
Right turn (3/8 turn)
Twinkle
Turning Twinkle (Twinkle with 1/4 turn)
Parallel Twinkle
Butterfly ("dribble the ball")
2-Way Underarm Turn
Double Twinkle
Shadow Twinkles

Intermediate For February 2015: West Coast Swing

2/5/2015

Sugar Push
Sugar Push with loop
Right Side Pass
Right Side Pass With Hand Change
Left Side Pass
Left Side Pass with tuck turn
Whip
Basket
Left Side Pass with tuck turn into back wrap (also known as hammerlock)
Tick tock into cuddle

Berkshire Hall Intermediate Class For February 2015: Cha Cha

2/5/2015

Basic step (with either side cha-cha-cha or progressive cha-cha-cha)
solo full turn
ladies underarm turn
cross body lead
crossover
crossover and back break combination
shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks
Alternating underarm turn
Double crossover

Berkshire Hall Beginner Class For February 2015: Salsa

2/5/2015

basic step
underarm turn (guys can do a side break during the turn for additional styling)
solo full turns
side breaks
cross body lead
underarm turn with a right handshake
Combination: underarm turn with right handshake, cross body lead, loop over man's head