Category: Pre Silver

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

3/24/2016

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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

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Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For January 2016: Rumba/Bolero

2/1/2016

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Rumba:

Sliding Door Variation
Backwrap to Pattycake

Bolero:

Natural top with Rudolph ronde
Hip rock
Right side pass
Triple Fans to ronde and copa ending
Natural top to same foot lunge
Opening out right and left, with spiral turn ending
Half moon with ladies turn (quick-and-quick-and-slow)
Back-to-back to aida and fencing line, ending with right hand loop (turn to back-to-back is syncopated)

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Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For December 2015: Cha Cha

1/3/2016

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Sweetheart Twinkles
- open break, leader's foot fake, back break (no cha-cha-cha), 5 twinkles (4+1, 2+3, etc.), back break (with cha-cha-cha), inside turn ending while leader foot fakes.
Cuban break combination with shoulder check ending
- 2 crossovers, 2 Cuban breaks (2+3+4+1), 2 short Cuban breaks (2+3, 4+1), 1 Cuban break for follower only, shoulder check for the followers (technically check from the arm)
Bota Fogos and Cuban break combination from an outside break
- 2 outside turns, 2 bota fogos, Cuban break (2+3+4+1), 2 bota fogos (in other direction), Cuban break (in other direction), outside break
Crossover, grapevine into back break
- "run-run-run"
4 Natural Tops (aka "back spot turns")
- Original
- With an outside turn
- with follower's swivels
- with follower's grapevine

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Level 5 (Pre-Silver and Silver) For November 2015: Slow Waltz

11/23/2015

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*Note: all of these steps can be done either with feet coming together (Bronze styling), or with feet brushing past (Silver continuity styling). Keep in mind that hover and impetus patterns always involve feet brushing.*

Left turn
Right turn with impetus
Hover and impetus
4-way underarm turn
Waterfall

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Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For September 2015: Salsa

9/15/2015

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4 different shoulder checks:

Right handshake (the original)
Hands crossed, right on top (right hand loop)
Hands crossed, left on top (Titanic)
Both hands uncrossed (cuddle to backwrap)

Copa
Turkish Towel
"The Illusionist"
Lady's backwrap with hand flicks
Opposition with stop-and-go

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Level 5 (Pre-Silver/Silver) For August 2015: Huslte

8/12/2015

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Sweetheart with three different endings (sombrero, cool hand slide, and sliding door)
J-hook to sweetheart
Butterfly to sweetheart
Diva walk
Syncopation in sweetheart
Disco hand and outside turn
Nate's pickpocket (uses right handshake)
Triple right side pass
Ladies' free spin with a left arm reflex
Right handshake with underarm turn to wrapping behind follower's back

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Level 5 (Pre-Silver) for July 2015: Foxtrot

7/9/2015

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Fallaway twinkle
Double spin
Hover and impetus
Open right turn (with impetus)- taught in both Bronze styling and Silver continuity styling
Twinkle with Silver continuity styling
Open left turn with silver continuity styling

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Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For June 2015: Rumba

6/9/2015

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Romantic Sway
Forward spot turn* to aida and fencing line
Right hand loop with Cuban walk
Back spot turn* to opening out and closed hip twist
Advanced grapevine
Half moon with arm hook to aida and fencing line
Opening out (left and right) to open hip twist
Forward spot turn to surprise check and swivels

*A Note On Spot Turns: the forward spot turn is also known as the "Reverse Spin Turn". It steps forward and rotates to the left.
The back spot turn is also known as the "Natural Spin Turn". It steps backward and rotates to the right.

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Pre-Silver For May 2015: Cha Cha

5/8/2015

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Triple cha-chas with ronde
Natural Spin Turn (aka "Back Spot Turn")
Open break, threading the needle, to Turkish Towel, to cross body lead with ladies turn, to half moon, ending with arm wrap (aka "arm hook")
Hammerlock combination
Shadow crossovers, loop into shadow back breaks
Choreography: kick-ball-change, sailor steps, end with a spiral turn
Crossover swivels
Swivels from closed position

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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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Pre-Silver For March 2015: Waltz

3/2/2015

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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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Pre-Silver For February 2015: Salsa

2/10/2015

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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

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Pre-Silver For January 2014: Foxtrot

1/5/2015

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Note: all steps been done both with Full Bronze Technique, and with Silver Continuity Styling

Left turn
Right impetus turn
Promenade Full Pivot
Waltz Variation

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Pre-Silver For December 2014: Charleston

12/30/2014

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Charleston Basic
Tandem Charleston
Overturn and Push-Out (to get in and out of Tandem Charleston)
Half-Moon a.k.a. "Rainbow"
Charleston Crossovers with Double-Kick apart turn
Half-Moon with kick choreography

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Pre-Silver For November 2014: Bolero

12/30/2014

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Note: The steps are titled by the name Michele uses, which are apparently the original names that you can find in any dance textbook. I've added a short description as well, in order to help trigger your memory.

"Three-Threes": This is the Gold Level step where the ladies do a bunch of turns in front of the leaders. She first does a half turn to the right, a full turn to the left, followed by a final right turn
"Cross Body Lead With Syncopated Turn": this is the one where you do a half moon, but with the ladies turning. The ladies rhythm while turning is quick-and-quick-and-slow.
"Back-To-Back Line": This is the one where the leaders and followers quickly step back following the followers' underarm turn. This is followed by a fencing line and a double turn for the ladies
"Opening Out": compared to the rest, this was an easy one! It consisted of multiple back breaks for the followers, finishing with a spiral turn.
Open Hip Twist
Romantic Sway
The "Pizza Slide": the bit that usually followed the back-to-back line
Hip Rock (aka "Jim's step")

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Pre-Silver For October 2014: Samba

12/30/2014

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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

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Pre-Silver For September 2014: American Tango

12/30/2014

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closed promenade with ronde to 1 or 3 fans
right foot lunge from corte
rock to corte from promenade or open promenade (an ending to a song if you like)
closed promenade, challenge line, oversway, ronde, slip pivot

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Pre-Silver Steps For August 2014: Hustle

12/30/2014

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Tangle To Ladies' Syncopated Tap Steps
Nate's Crazy Pickpocket (involves a right hand shake)
Ampersand Into Sliding Door
Parallel Sweetheart With Ladies' Free Spin
Butterfly Into Diva Walk
Triple Right Side Pass
Half-wrap To Cuddle From Closed Position Basic (Involves Ladies' Left Arm Reflex)
The Crazy Advanced Combination (Involves Sweetheart With Inside Turn, Cool Hand Slide Back To Sweetheart, Ampersand, To Cuddle)

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

Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For January 2016: Rumba/Bolero

Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For December 2015: Cha Cha

Level 5 (Pre-Silver and Silver) For November 2015: Slow Waltz

Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For September 2015: Salsa

Level 5 (Pre-Silver/Silver) For August 2015: Huslte

Level 5 (Pre-Silver) for July 2015: Foxtrot

Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For June 2015: Rumba

Pre-Silver For May 2015: Cha Cha

Pre-Silver For April 2015: West Coast Swing

Pre-Silver For March 2015: Waltz

Pre-Silver For February 2015: Salsa

Pre-Silver For January 2014: Foxtrot

Pre-Silver For December 2014: Charleston

Pre-Silver For November 2014: Bolero

Pre-Silver For October 2014: Samba

Pre-Silver For September 2014: American Tango

Pre-Silver Steps For August 2014: Hustle

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