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Beginner Swing - Practice Video

Syllabus for Single-time East Coast Swing

Tricia Schwietz & Troy Lerum demonstrate the first set of basics steps:

1. Basic Step 

2. Lady’s Outside Turn (horizontal to her right) 

3. Lady’s Inside Turn (horizontal to her left) 

4. Outside Turn (Leader & Follower - change of places) 

5. Inside Turn (Leader & Follower - change of places) 

6. Man’s Behind the Back Turn, with Lady’s Reverse Turn  

7. Hammerlock (in-and-out) 

8. Hammerlock with Pretzel 

9. Over-the-head, to R-to-R handshake hold 

10. Ending option 1: Reverse Turn (with Leader’s change of hands) 

...This is as far as our class has gotten in the first 7 weeks!  More to come... Happy Practicing!

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