Week 1 (of 3) Six Beat in Level 1 & Week 1 (of 2) Spice up your Charleston in Level 2
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25 Aug 2010
Gangster's Ball Sat 4 Sep - We hope to see you there! Meet us for drinks at The Marble Bar (Hilton Hotel) from 6:30pm
Coming up on Wed 1 Sep:
- Level 1 (6:30pm): Week 2 (of 3) of Six Beat (No experience needed, start anytime)
- Level 2 (7:45pm): Wedge class! We're gonna sneak in a Gangster's Ball preparation class (doesn't matter if you're not planning to go to the Ball as you'll learn some cool stuff for the social dance floor). Week 2 (of 2) of Spice up your Charleston will be straight after the Gangster's Ball (Chris and Sass can advise whether you're ready to move to level 2)
On Wed 25 Aug we learnt the following in Level 1 and Level 2:
Level 1 - Six Beat (week 1 of 3)
- Six Beat Basic in Closed
- Rock step, pump land, pump land
- In closed position
- Tuck Turn
- Rock step, stop sign for 3-4, guide follow under arm for 5-6
- End in open position
- Six Beat in Open
- Rock step, pump land, pump land
- In open position
- Bring into Closed
- Rock step, pump land, pump land
- Leads, offer the "arm of welcome" on 3-4
- End in closed position
- Six Beat Send Out
- Rock step, pump land, pump land
- Let go of the follow's right hand on 3-4
- She drifts away on 5-6 to open position
- Inside Turn to Closed
- Rock step, pump land, pump land
- From open position
- Leads, read your watch on 3-4 (hand in front of follow's face)
- End in closed position
- We also covered...
- Tacky Annies
- Transition from six beat to side-by-side Charleston
- Transition from side-by-side Charleston to six beat
Level 2 - Spice up your Charleston! (week 1 of 2)
- We did a quick review of...
- Cross Knee
- Tap Slide
- Swing Slide
- Hip Hop Slide
- Down on 5
- Charleston with Promenade (16 beat move)
- 1, 2, 3, 4, promenade forward on 5, 7, 1, 3 (pause on 4 and collect)
- Quick back on 5, 6, 7
- Pause on 7, collect the follow on 8
- Tap Scoot
- Tap inside foot on 6 on the way back down (instead of hitching)
- Scoot back outside foot on 7
- Land inside foot on 8
- Double Tap
- Tap inside foot on 6 on the way back down (instead of hitching)
- Switch, land on inside leg on 7
- Tap outside foot on 8 and land it back on 1
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, tap, switch, tap
- She Goes He Goes 360 (24 beat move)
- She goes - Push her hip on 6 and lead an inside turn (Leads, continue standard footwork)
- He goes - Kick on 5, Hitch/pivot on 6, Kick on 7, Hitch/pivot land on 8
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