James Hill

Improvers Class

Inside Turn
Outside turn to backhammer position
Take out of backhammer, then spin once more
Hold both hands, then do a back roll

Intermediates Class

Inside turn for the lady, same for the man
Inside turn for the lady, same for the man
Give the lady opportunity to style
Swap to holding ladies left hand with man’s right, pull her around 180, and man spin 180 so he is facing her with right arm behind back
Turn out and under, then partially around, but back to the same position again.
Wait 1 bar, then spin out to the left
Grasp ladies right with the mans right, push back, then spin lady forwards to her left.  Man spins to his left, and partners swap positions
Hold lady’s right with man’s left down low, and vise versa.  Pull lady back, end with her behind you.  a few bars worth
Pul lady behind the man.  Push her to the right, to the left, then spin her out to the right

This is the routine we learned for our New York Crossbody salsa class on one last Thursday.

Male does a double right turn
Cross body
Inside Turn
Outside turn
Pull the girl behind and turn her, then turn yourself
Crossbody to finish.

Nice and simple.

It was the first class in the new venue - Loaf.  We had to move from Copacobana as it was closing on a Thursday, I guess we didn’t buy enough drinks for them.  Parking was OK, but I’m not sure about the venue yet.  I hope it improves as Fraklyn is an excellent teacher, and I really enjoy the classes.