Category: Full Bronze

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

3/24/2016

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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

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Level 4 (Full Bronze) For January 2016: Samba

2/1/2016

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International Combination
- Promenade with staying in place on 4, bota fogo for 4, volta first with one foot then with the other, spot turn voltas going one way and then going the other way
Open break to cuddle with roll-out and roll-in
Counterpromenade with windmill
Bota fogo with leader's foot fake
Open break to back spot turn
Shadow bota fogos
- open break with J-hook and leader's foot fake
- 5 bota fogos, starting with left foot
- Volta with right foot, then volta with left foot
- 3 bota fogos with ladies turning on 4th one
- bota fogos, ending leader's foot fake and closing up

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Level 4 (Full Bronze) For December 2015: Rumba/Bolero

1/3/2016

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Rumba:

Box step with Cuban walk
Shadow crossovers (uses right handshake), turn and loop to shadow back break
Crossover with inside turn endings:
- Right hand loop (inside turn with leader's right hand)
  - Optional: you can include Cuban walks in the right hand loop, between the loop and the final turn
- She goes/he goes (inside turn with leader's left hand)
Half moon (one shadow crossover+one cross body lead), turn and loop to shadow back break (optional)
Half moon to arm hook, aida (rock-and-turn), fencing line (across-and-side), end with she goes/he goes
Open break to Copa*
Open break to triple fans, grapevine and ronde with a copa ending*

*these moves do not require that you end with a fifth-position ending. It's cleaner if you simply do a box step and slowly get back together

Bolero:

Shadow crossovers (uses right handshake), turn and loop to shadow back break
Crossover with inside turn endings:
- Right hand loop (inside turn with leader's right hand)
  - Optional: you can include Cuban walks in the right hand loop, between the loop and the final turn
- She goes/he goes (inside turn with leader's left hand)
Half moon (one shadow crossover+one cross body lead), turn and loop to shadow back break (optional)
Half moon to arm hook, aida (rock-and-turn), fencing line (across-and-side), end with she goes/he goes
Open break to Copa
Open break to triple fans, grapevine and ronde with a copa ending

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Level 4 (Full Bronze) For November 2015: Cha Cha

11/23/2015

Cross body lead to crossover, back breaks, and outside breaks
Cross body lead with right handshake to shadow crossover, shadow back breaks, and outside breaks
Cross body lead with ladies' turn
Shadow crossover (with right handshake), underarm turn with double hands crossed, men's loop into shadow back breaks
Crossover with Cuban breaks
Shoulder check from crossover
Paseo
Turkish Towel
Big Box step from outside breaks
Half moon

Level 4 (Full Bronze) For October 2015: Slow Waltz

10/4/2015

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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

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Level 4 (Full Bronze) For September 2015: East Coast Swing

9/15/2015

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Charleston crossovers
Over-the-head and twist choreography
Windmill
Lindy rhythm
Double inside turn with Lindy rhythm
Chasse (from an inside turn)

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Level 4 (Full Bronze) For August 2015: Salsa

8/12/2015

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Routine 1: Alternating underarm turn, with loop and cross body lead, to shoulder check, canopy, and loop with cross body lead
Turkish Towel
Lasso
Backwrap with hand flicks

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Level 4 (Full Bronze) for July 2015: Hustle

7/9/2015

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Cuddle
Right hand cuddle (aka "right hand loop")
sweetheart with either sombrero ending or cool and slide ending
parallel sweetheart (as opposed to a "sloppy" sweetheart)
pocket tuck to backwrap to cuddle
grapevine (technically grapevine to the right)
backwrap with guy's underarm turn
parallel sweetheart with ladies' turn
closed position basic
dip

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Level 4 (Full Bronze) For June 2015: Foxtrot

6/9/2015

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Quarter turn basic
Grapevine (from quarter turn basic)
Twinkle- ends diagonal wall
Turning twinkle (also known as "1/4 turn twinkle")- ends diagonal center
Triple twinkle (we sometimes also call it "the double twinkle")
Left turn (also known as "Left 3/8 turn")
Basic pattern: twinkle, turning twinkle, left turn
Chasse with a twinkle beginning and ending
Promenade pivot: 3/4 quarter or full
Zigzag with develope, inside turn to left turn
Routine: quarter turn basic, grapevine, twinkle, turning twinkle, left turn, twinkle to chasse
Zigzag to shadow twinkles

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Full Bronze For May 2015: Rumba

5/8/2015

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Open break to backwrap and walkaround to pattycake and shadow back break ending
Open break to peekaboo with inside turn ending
Cross body lead into wraparound
Paseo
Shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks

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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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Full Bronze For March 2015: West Coast Swing

3/2/2015

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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

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Full Bronze For February 2015: Waltz

2/5/2015

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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

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Full Bronze For January 2014: Salsa

1/5/2015

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Tangle/untangle
Canopy
Shoulder Check
"Out of The Way"
Lasso
Turnstile
Routine #1: out of the way, shoulder check, canopy, lasso
Shine steps (side breaks, side and cross, shoe shine, in-out step, hook, bachata, braid/drunken sailor)

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Full Bronze For December 2014: Foxtrot

12/30/2014

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1/4 turn Basic
Grapevine From 1/4 Turn Basic
Left Turn
Twinkle, Twinkle With 1/4 Turn
Zigzag, Zigzag With Develope
Chasse With Twinkle Beginning and Ending

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Full Bronze For November 2014: East Coast Swing And Charleston

12/30/2014

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Basic Charleston
Toe-Heel Swivel
Inside Turn With Chasse (the skippy one)
Overturn With Swivels
Double Inside Turn (changes rhythm slightly)
Charleston Crossover
Kicks While Turning Right

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Full Bronze For October 2014: Bolero

12/30/2014

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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)