New Moves for a New Season
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01 Mar 2010
A big, big,
thank-you to Sarah J who filled in for Suzy this week! It’s always great having different guests
come play with us.
With the
changing season, we’ll be changing our footwork patterns at Bentleigh, with the
Level 1 class starting with some 6-beat swing.
It’s a bit different (and a bit easier) than the charleston we’ve been
working on over the past few weeks, but it’s a major part of our lindy hop
repertoire.
Don’t
forget, there’s heaps of dancing on about town each week – there’s Blues night
at The Bendigo Hotel on Sunday, which will be a perfect primer for our massive
Melbourne blues-fest, Blues Before Sunrise the weekend after.
See you
next week!
Suzy &
Keith
Recap
Level 1 (6:30pm)
- Side by
side charleston
- Layout
(normal to 4, then leads push out on 5 to face each other. Follows kick to the side, leads kick
backwards on 1)
- Drag slide
(normal to 4, then big swing kick on 5 before dragging back and sliding for the
rest of the eight.
Level 2 (7:30pm)
- Eight beat
lindy hop
- Using
levels in our dancing – move up, move down, especially on 7-8-1-2
- Taking
out/adding footwork to our dancing when the music is right
