June 2005 Advanced-Beginner Class
Techniques
- XB:WLT (Cross Body Lead with Woman's Left (Inside) Turn)
- Sweetheart (which is XB:WLT but stopping woman 1/2 turn before
she finished turning, checking her, and making her spin the other way)
- XB:WLT right into XB (without WLT)
- It's important to realize that if you have R-R hands on top and
L-L hands on bottom, then doing WRT will reverse which hands are on
top. More specifically:
- from R-R, L-L hands: can do WRT, but not WLT
- from L-L, R-R hands: can do WLT, but not WRT
- from R-R, L-L hands: do WRT and then you will have L-L, R-R
hands
- from L-L, R-R hands: do WRT and then you will have R-R, L-L
hands
Mini-Routines
Each of the following routines follows the pattern:
- XB
- XB:WLT (with hands going over woman's head)
- Sweetheart, right into: check, and unwind and WRT
But each routine will look very different. This is important for the
leads to learn how to use moves that are similiar but look very
different.
- Mini-Routine: #1 : using R-R hands
- start R-R hands and XB
- XB:WLT
- Sweetheart stopping her by placing M's Lhand on W's
Lshoulder on7
- check, unwind and WRT
- optional head comb
- Mini-Routine: #2 : using L-L hands
- start L-L hands and XB
- XB:WLT by placing M's Rhand on woman's back to help lead
- Sweetheart stopping her by placing M's Rhand on front of
W's Rshoulder on7
- check, unwind and WRT (assisted by MRhand pushing on
front of W's Rshoulder)
- optional M head comb
- Mini-Routine: #3 : using L-L, R-R hands
- start R-R, L-L hands and WRT (now you have R-R, L-L hands)
- XB
- XB:WLT
- bring all four hands up, and Man passes under them doing 3/4MRT
and then can repeat previous move, or, instead:
- Sweetheart stopping her by placing R-R hands on W's
Rshoulder on7
- check, unwind and WRT letting go of either hand to
complete turn
- Mini-Routine: #4 : using non-crossed hands (L-R, R-L)
- start regular open position and XB
- XB:WLT
- bring all four hands up, and Man passes under them doing
3/4MRT and then can repeat previous move, or, instead:
- Sweetheart Wrap: this is by having L-R going over W's
head, and R-L hand staying low and wrapping around W
- check, unwind and WRT letting go of either hand to
complete turn, or, having all four hands go over W's head
- from here, you can do XB:WLT to unwind back to non-crossed
hands (nornal open position) or do cool move with M winding through
arms while doing 2MLT
- Mini-Routine: #5 : using R-L with released turns
- released XB:WLT
- pick up R-L hands again and do another XB:WLT, but make it a Sweetheart
by catching woman on 7 with MLhand on WLshoulder and MRhand on WRshoulder
- check, unwind and released WRT
Routine for June 2005
- XB, switching to R-R on7
- WRT w/R-R hands
- pick up L-L hands below on3 and WRT
- XB:WLT with all hands going over W's head
- M turns 3/4 to R going under R-R hands (letting go of L-L hands)
and
right into sweetheart
- check, and unwind and WRT
- W head combs (comb w/R-R hands on1, catch R-R below on3, comb
w/L-L
hands on5, catch L-L below on7)
- repeat above (optional)
- W head comb on1 (R-R), move Rhand to W's back and XB:WLT with L-L
going
over W's head and then place Rhand on W's back on7
- M head comb on 3, and XB into closed position