Right Vine - Step right foot to your right, step your left foot behind your right foot,

step right foot to your right side, touch or scuff your left foot next to your right foot

 

Left Vine - Step left foot to your left, step your right foot behind your left foot, step

left foot to your left side, touch or scuff your right foot next to your left foot

 

Right Jazz Box - Cross your right foot over in front of your left foot, step slightly

back with your left foot, step small step right with your right foot, step your left foot

next to your right foot

 

Left Jazz Box - Cross your left foot over in front of your right foot, step slightly

back with your right foot, step small step left with your left foot, step your right foot

next to your left foot

 

Shuffle forward - This is like doing a polka.  You are doing 3 steps going forward

keeping which ever foot you used first forward ahead of the other foot.  In other words,

doing a right, left, right forward would mean the right foot is ahead all the time where

the left would only come up close to the heel of the right foot then the right would again

step forward staying ahead of the left.  Doing a left, right, left forward naturally would

mean the left stays out in front.  These are also called triple steps.

 

Right Lindy - You are doing a shuffle to the right side by doing a right, left, right quick

step.  With your weight on your right foot, take your left foot and step slightly back at

an angle to put your left foot behind your right foot taking weight on your left foot,

return your weight forward onto your right foot

 

Left Lindy - You are doing a shuffle to the left side by doing a left, right, left, quick step.

With your weight on your left foot, take your right foot and step slightly back at an angle

to put your right foot behind your left foot taking weight on your right foot, return your

weight forward on to your left foot

 

Right Kick Ball Change - Kick your right foot forward keeping it low to the floor, step

down on the right foot, lift the left foot off the floor then replace the left foot back down.

You should think of it as a kick, step, step.

 

Left Kick Ball Change - Kick your left foot forward keeping it low to the floor, step

down on the left foot, lift the right foot off the floor then replace the right foot back down.

You should think of it as a kick, step, step.

 

Pivot - A pivot consist of stepping forward on one foot and turning in the opposite

direction.  This means if you step forward on your right, you turn to your left.  If you step

forward on your left, you turn to your right.  To make it a pivot, the pivot foot does not

move.  When you step forward on your right, your left is your pivot foot.  When you step

forward on your left, your right is your pivot foot.  This can also be called a military turn.

 

Rock Steps - This is when you step back or forward on a foot and put your weight onto it

then recover your weight onto your opposite foot.  The opposite foot did not move at all in

the move.

 

Turning From A Rock Step - After you do a back rock step, if your dance calls for a

turn,you will turn opposite from your rock step foot.  This means, if you rock back on your

right, you will do your turn to your left and this most of the time is a triple step.

 

Turning From A Rock Step - After you do a forward rock step, if your dance calls for

a turn, you will turn to the same side as your rock step foot.  This means, if your rock

forward on your right, you will do your turn to your right and this most of the time is a

triple step.

 

Monerey Turns - There are 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and full turns.  They are all basically the same

though.  To do a right monerey turn, touch your right toe out to the side, take your right

foot behind your left foot as you turn to your right as far as the dance calls for 1/4, 1/2 etc.

Most will be 1/2 turns.  Then touch your left toe out to the left side then bring your left foot

in an step on it next to your right foot.  The left monerey turn will start by touching the left

toe out to the left side, bring the left behind your right foot as your turn your turn to the left,

touch your right toe out to the right side, step your right foot next to your left.

 

 


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