Dabrien 'Dabe' Murphy Swing Dance DJ and Instruction

Location: Nick's Nightclub, Alexandria, VA
Date: Wednesdays, May 12th - June 30th, 2010

Series Recap

Traveling Charleston

• Basic
  • From Front-To-Back; Leaders: "Reach" on Five, Back to Cape
  • Remember to Lead the HAND First, Then The Kicks
• Variation One: Straight Forward to "Nine O'Clock"
  • When Facing Nine O'Clock (Left) Continue Straight with "Kick-Step, Kick-Step"
• Variation Two: "Boy" Double-Kick to Three O'Clock
  • When Facing Three O'Clock (Right) Pause and do "Boy Footwork" Five-Six-Seven-Eight, Rock-Step

"Bread and Butter" Six-Count Moves

• Lift-the-Hand, Turn-the-Lady
• Pass-By
• Gut-Rubber (to Cross-Hand)
• Over-the-Head, Behind-the-Back
• She-Goes, He-Goes
• Pass-By (to Cross-Hand)
• Over BOTH Heads, Down the Arm

Reverse-Lead Footwork Charleston

• Leader switches to Rock-Step on Right
• On "7, 8" of Charleston, do "Toe-Together" then ROCK on Right
• To exit, repeat on Left foot

The "Dabe Step"

• Using "Reverse-Lead Footwork" Technique Above...
• Rock on Right BEHIND Girl ("4 O'Clock")
• Rock-Step, Kick, Cross; Left-Step, Kick, Cross
• To exit: On Left – Rock-Step, Kick-Step, Kick-Step, Five-Six-SWITCH-Step to Boy Footwork
• Alternate Ending: 10-Count Kick-Step, Kick-Step, Five-Six-Seven-Eight
• Alternate Rocking Like A Boy, and Rocking Like A Girl; Exit on GIRL'S Footwork

"Monkee Walks" with Struts

• Rock-Step (kick), WALK, WALK, WALK, Kick, Back
• Small Exit: Rock-Step, Lift-the-Hand, Turn-the-Lady...
• Medium Exit: BACK, BACK, BACK, Rock-Step, etc.
• Large Exit: BACK, BACK, BACK, "Stretch-Step"
  Strut(R), Strut(L), Strut(R) Twice (and) Rock-Step...

Finally, we put it all together with music:

Reminder

The next series at Nick's starts on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010;
McGinty's in Silver Spring, MD starts Sunday, July 25th, 2010.
As always, be sure to Register online at Gottaswing.com. See you there!! :-D

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