West Coast Swing
For free style (not Rounds) at Cubberley Pavilion, see FREE STYLE WCS
HISTORY: Offshoot from the Lindy Hop.
Slot dance: woman dances within a 3 X 6 foot rectangle.
4 beats/measure.
SAMPLE
Song: West Coast Swing from the J.Miller Channel
LEARNING
Teach Demo: SUGAR PUSH
[ignore commercial/promotional ending of clip]
Sugar Push
1234; 1&2
Left open facing (LOD)
M back L (W fwd R), back R, touch L to R, step fwd. Anchor Steo.
Getting started. Teach Demo with Arlene & Bud Gouch. Sept. 27, 2015.
Step instruction: Sugar Push
In "sugar" steps, man stays in the slot. For "whip" steps and "passing" steps, he steps out of the slot.
Learning Exercise
You're Something Special to Me
Review Exercise
You're Something Special to Me
with James & Willie, and Darlyne & Chuck. Cues by Barbara-Lynn
Exhibition
West Coast Swing Demo-- The Garzas at Jubilee 2012. source: Tom Batorsk
WCS 300
WCS 400
Teach Demo: SUGAR TUCK
SELECTED DEFINITIONS
Anchor Step
(Actually, no "steps"-- use weight changes)
1&2
M & W: step back with the trail foot, replace, replace.
M: R/L, R.
W: L/R, L,
Kick Ball Change
1&2
Kick forward/close on ball of that foot, close other foot.
Left Side Pass
123&4; 1&2
Left open facing.
M: 1--Back beginning to turn LF.
2--Back R out of the slot allowing L to pass on M's left side [M facing W at this point].
Triple returning into the slot. Anchor.
W: 1--Fwd.
2--LF turn. Triple, sd R turning LF/XLIF turning, back R. Anchor.
Sugar Push
1234; 1&2
Left open facing (LOD)
M back L (W fwd R), back R, touch L to R, step fwd. Anchor.
Tuck and Spin
1234; 1&2
A SUGAR PUSH with the W spinning RF on final beat of measure 1. Anchor.
Whip Turn
See bottom of this page for video teach of Whip Turn.
Wrapped Whip
123&4; 123&4
Left open facing (LOD)
M: Back step to double handhold (W fwd R), fwd R out of the slot, turn RF (W fwd L).
Sd/cl sd turning RF to RLOD. W fwd/cl, bk (facing RLOD).
Measure 1 completed in wrapped position facing RLOD.
M XIB release trail hands and turning, step side to face W (W bk L, bk R). Anchor (to left open facing).
ADDITIONAL STEPS
Cheek to Cheek from the Mr.Bob2039 Channel
Passing Tuck from the Mr.Bob2039 Channel
-- Passing Tuck to a Hammerlock from the Mr.Bob2039 Channel
--- Passing Tuck to a Hammerlock with Underarm Exit from the Mr.Bob2039 Channel
Tummy Whip from the Mr.Bob2039 Channel
Whip Inside Turn from the Mr.Bob2039 Channel
Whip Turn from the Mr.Bob2039 Channel
SAMPLES
Song West Coast Swing
Ph.5 + 2
Debbie & Paul Taylor
Blue Diamond