Swing Rueda

This is a fun 'flirtation' dance using Lindy Hop basics.

As a reminder to those that have learned it, the figures we use are:

Basic Send-out (with a forward step)
Swing Out
Dame
Dame Dos (even Tres!)
Swing Out with inside turn
Swing Out with outside turn
Texas Tommy
Texas Tommy with break
Coca Cola
Coca Cola with cherry
Boing Boing
Kick the Can
Chill
Amoeba
Right Foot Stomp
Girls In
Both In
Trunke

Anyone want to learn to be a Rueda caller? Contact Glenn.

 

Shim Sham Shimmy

This is a fun 'jazz' routine from a 1927 Tap dance by Leonard Reed and Willie Bryant.

Remember to start on count 8!
Sequence: Figures 1-4; repeat (freeze on shim-sham-breaks); Figures 5-6.

Fig.1	| Right Shim Sham	| Left Shim Sham	| Right Shim Sham	| Shim Sham Break
Fig.2	| Crossover Right	| Crossover Left	| Crossover Right	| Double Cross
Fig.3	| Tack Annie	| Tack Annie	| Tack Annie	| Shim Sham Break
Fig.4	| Half Breaks	| Shim Sham Break	| Half Breaks	| Shim Sham Break
Fig.5	| Boogie Back	| Boogie Forward	| Boogie Back	| Boogie Forward
Fig.6	| Boogie Back	| Shorty George	| Boogie Back	| Shorty George
	| Dance...

SHIM SHAM (for RHS, reverse for LHS)
stomp&drag (R) stomp&drag (L) stomp&drag (R) stomp&drag (R)

SHIM SHAM BREAK
step R tap L step L tap R step R step L step R step L

CROSSOVERS
push R weight L push R weight L step R hop-kick cross L step R
push L weight R push L weight R step L hop-kick cross R step L
push R weight L push R weight L step R hop-kick cross L step R
step L hop-kick cross R step L step R hop-kick cross L step R

TACK ANNIE (tap behind)
Step L tap R Step R tap L Step L tap R Step R Step Step
Step L tap R Step R tap L Step L tap R Step R Step Step
Step L tap R Step R tap L Step L tap R Step R Step L

HALF BREAK
drop R step L kick-ball-change drop R step L kick-ball-change

BOOGIE BACK
On 8 , clap hands kick R forward & (R) change (L)

BOOGIE FORWARD (use hip)
On 8 , sweep R forward; on 2 , sweep L forward... R, L

SHORTY GEORGE ( feet parallel, knees together)
Kick-ball-change entry
Small step forward L, knees to L ; Small step forward R, knees to R ...