| Week 1: | Beginner pattern |
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| Basic footwork: (Close-Change step - no turn) | |
| Bent-knee step forward on heel (or backward toe-heel) | 1 |
| Stepping side on toe (up-up-up) with slight sway | 2 (steal time from 1 and 3) |
| Close and LOWER to OTHER foot flat (no sway) | 3 |
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| Continuous natural turns (quarter turn on 2)
(right foot forward on 1, left foot back on 1) | 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 |
| Continuous reverse turns (quarter turn on 2)
(left foot forward on 1, right foot back on 1) | 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 |
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| 0) | "Square" 4 x 1 x 4 x 1 |
| 4 Natural Turns (quarter turn on 2) | 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 |
| Close-Change (no turn) | 1 2 3 |
| 4 Reverse Turns (quarter turn on 2) | 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 |
| Close-Change (no turn) | 1 2 3 |
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| Week 2: | Basic ballroom pattern: (Start of routine.) |
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| Review Week 1 |
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| 1) | "Circle" 2 x 1 x 2 x 1 (Start of Long Side) |
| Starting diagonal wall: (DW)
2 Natural Turns (quarter turn on 2, additional eigth on 3) | 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 |
| Moving diagonal center: (DC)
Right foot Close-Change (no turn) | 1 2 3 |
| 2 Reverse Turns (quarter turn on 2, additional eigth on 3) (DC) | 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 |
| Left Foot Close-Change (no turn) (DW) | 1 2 3 |
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| Bonus: Vienesse Waltz intro (on paper from last time but not done in class). |
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| Week 3: | Open Impetus and Cross Hesitation |
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| Review Week 2 |
| Positions: Closed - Outside - Promenade
(PP = Promenade Position) |
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| 2) | Long Side - continued from (1) |
| One Natural Turn (DW) | 1 2 3 |
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| Open Impetus (Lead heel drag - backing line of dance) to PP
Lead: Left foot back onto heel turning 1/4 while right heel drags
close feet and rise to right toe turning another 1/4
continue turning shoulders to promenade position,
left foot small step lowering toe-heel.
Follow: Right foot forward on heel turning 1/4 to right
left foot side (turning aroudn partner) rising to toe
brush right foot continueing to turn to promenade
right foot small step lowering toe-heel. | 1 2 3 |
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| Cross Hesitation (Diagonal Centre)
Lead: Left foot step in promenade,
to closed position (rise and fall, no step)
Follow: One step in promenade,
step side into closed position, close feet | 1 ( 2 3 ) |
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| Two Reverse Turns | 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 |
| { To return to the beginning:
{ Left Foot Close-Change (no turn)
{ or continue with whisk below | 1 2 3 |
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| Week 4: | Whisk, Chasse, Hesitation Change, Chasse to Right, Outside Change to Promenade |
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| Whisk to Promenade Position (DW) | 1 2 3 |
| Chasse from Promenade Position | 1 2 & 3 |
| Outside Natural Turn (DW)
Finish in Closed position, backing line of dance
(backing new wall) | 1 2 3
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| 3) | Short Side |
| Hesitation Change (change wall) | 1 2 (3) |
| Chasse to the right (DC) | 1 2 & 3 |
| Outside Change to Promenade Position (LOD)
(LOD = Line of Dance) | 1 2 3 |
| Chasse from Promenade Position (DW) | 1 2 & 3 |
| Outside Natural Turn (DW) | 1 2 3 |
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| Week 5: | Back Whisk, Weave (double swing), Whisk to left |
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| 4) | Long Side |
| Back Whisk to PP (backing DW) | 1 2 3 |
| Open Weave from PP to PP | 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 |
| Two Open Chasse from PP to PP | 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 |
| Whisk to left from PP (oversway) | 1 2 3 - ( 1 2 3 ) |
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| Week 6: | Twist, Hover and Wing |
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| Twist turn (untwist) | 1 & 2 3 |
| 5) | Short Side |
| Hover to Promenade Position | (1 2) 3 |
| Wing from PP (LOD) | 1 2 3 |
| Outside Chasse to Right | 1 2 & 3 |
| Outside Change to PP | 1 2 3 |
| Closed Chasse from PP | 1 2 & 3 |
| Continue with (underturned) Natural Turns (changing to long side, 1 above) or see below |
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| Week 7: | Special corner step. |
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| Review Everything Above |
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| 6) | Outside Natural Turn (DW) | 1 2 3 |
| Open Impetus to PP (Ending Diagonal to new wall) | 1 2 3 |
| Chair with Lady's Pivot (DW) | 1 2 3 |
| Left foot Closed Chaange | 1 2 3 |
| Continue with 1 above down long wall. | |
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