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Summer Quickstep (July 2019)
| Week 1: | Basic patterns and Technique; Start routine with Quarter Turns | ||
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| Basic patterns | |||
| [A] Slow - Slow (heel - flat, no rise, may lower on the second slow) | |||
| - Hesitation Step | |||
| [B] Slow - Quick Quick (heel - ball - flat, little to no rise | |||
| - Natural Turn / Reverse Turn (Similar to waltz, but without rise) | |||
| [C] Slow - Quick Quick - Slow (heel - toe toe - flat, Rising through the second quick, lower on second slow | |||
| - Quarter Turns / Chasse Next Week - Lock Step / Tipple Chasse (possibly skipping first slow) and Chasse Ending (skipping first slow) | |||
| Beginnng movement around floor | |||
| Continuous Quarter Turns (Forward diagonal wall and backing diagonal center) Adjusing amount of turn to maintain orientation, even as moving from wall to wall around corners | S Q Q S S Q Q S S Q Q S S Q Q S | ||
| Week 2: | Review and extend technique; Add Lock Step, Natural Turn and Tipple Chasse to routine. | ||
| 1) | 3 Quarter Turns | S Q Q S - S Q Q S - S Q Q S | |
| Chasse to the left | S Q Q S | ||
| 2 Lock Step (outside} | S Q Q S - S Q Q S | ||
| 2) | Natural Turn (outside) | S Q Q (or S S S) | |
| 5 Tipple Chasse (turning 1/4 to 1/2 turn on chasse right) | S - Q Q S - Q Q S - Q Q S - Q Q S - Q Q S | ||
| Optional: Lock ending Forward | Q Q S | ||
| Week 3: | Another Basic pattern, Running Finish and Fish Tail | ||
| Basic patterns | |||
| [D] Slow - Quick Quick - Quick Quick - Slow (heel - ball ball - toe toe - flat) | |||
| - Four Quick Runs, Fish Tail (same action but with change of direction) | |||
| And another [C] step: Running Finish. | |||
| Continuing Short Side (2): | |||
| Forward Lock Step | S Q Q S | ||
| Forward Running Finish | S Q Q (or S S S) | ||
| Back Lock Step} | S Q Q S | ||
| Back Running Finish | S Q Q (or S S S) | ||
| 3) | Forward Lock Step | S Q Q S | |
| Forward Four Quick Runs | S - Q Q - Q Q - S | ||
| Forward Lock Step | S Q Q S | ||
| Fish Tail | S - Q Q - Q Q - S | ||
| Forward Lock Step | S Q Q S | ||
| 4) | Natural Turn | S Q Q | |
| Week 4: | Skips and hops | ||
| More patterns | |||
| Polka Chasses: | |||
| Pendulum Hops: | |||
| Continuing (4), Short Side and Long Side: | |||
| Open Impetus with PP Step | S S S - S | ||
| 3x | Triple Polka Chasses (to R & to L) (LOD) | 3x(S&S&S&S S&S&S&S) | |
| 5) | 3 Single Polka Chasses with Hesitation Ending | S&S S&S S&S SSS | |
| 4 Triple Pendulum Hops (DW) | Q Q S - Q Q S - Q Q S - Q Q S | ||
| $ Single Pendulum Hops and Outside Step | QQQQ (or SSSS) S | ||
| Continue from (1). | |||