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Transcript The wrap in, wrap out in East Coast Swing starts from an open position. What’s going to happen is your left hand is going to go up, your right hand is going to go down. So we’ll show it to you first. We’re going to go, triple, triple step, rock step, wrap her up, …
Transcript Getting lady to the sweetheart position in East Coast Swing. So we’re going to take this, you’re going to have to end up right to right. We’re going to take it from an under arm turn with a hand change, but somehow you’re going to have to get right to right. So as we …
Transcript The elbow turn in East Coast Swing comes from a closed position. It looks like this. Triple step, triple step, rock step, grab the elbow, turn around, rock step, grab the elbow, turn around, rock step, and you’re back into closed position. What we’re doing here is a type of tuck turn. We’re going …
Transcript The east coast swing barrel role; It is going to come off of your underarm turn with a hand change. So, we are going to go, triple step, triple step, rock step. You are going to end up right to right. You are going to do some kind of underarm with a hand change, …
Transcript The Bowtie, or also known as the cross arm slide in East Coast Swing looks like this. Triple step, triple step, rock step, triple, triple step, rock step, triple step, triple step, rock step. So what you’re going to do is take your basic triple step, triple step, rock step. You’re going to lift …
Transcript The East Coast Swing under arm turn with a hand change comes from open position, looks like this. Triple step, triple step, rock step, triple step, triple step, rock step. So what we’ve done is a basic under arm turn from the open position. We’ve gone triple step, triple step, rock step. Same prep …
Transcript East Coast Swing, one of the first styles of swing taught at ballroom studios here in America. What we’re going to start off with is your triple steps. I’m going to start left, Nicola is going to start right. We’re going to go step, together, step, then to the other side, step, together, step. …
Transcript The she-he turn, or she turns, he turns for East Coast Swing. We start from the open position, much like you would do for an under arm turn. We’re going to go triple step, triple step, same step on the rock step that you would do for the under arm turn, rock step. She …
Transcript The under arm turn in East Coast Swing. So, it looks like this. We’re going to start from what we call an open position. That’s a two hand hold. We’re going to go triple step, triple step, rock step, triple step, triple step, rock step. So what you’re going to do is take your …
Transcript The left side pass in East Coast Swing. We call it a left side pass because she passes by my left side, but she does not go underneath an arm. You can do this from closed position or you can do it from open position. We’ll show you both, but first from open. We …
