Routine #12 (Step-December)
	5 - 32 count combinations beginning with the right lead. Try muscle balancing by teaching all right then left at least once throughout your routine.

Routine #1 (Step-December)
118-130  Horizontal

Combination #1
"Grapevine Diagonal" - 32 count

Basic right x 2 (8)
Grapevine Diagonal to the front of the bench, facing the right wall (8)
A step x 2 (8)
Turnstep x 1, hop turn x 1 (8)

Repeat left lead. 

Tip: How would you teach the grapevine diagonal?
Initially place the class in a grapevine pattern with step touches on the floor. Ask the class to watch you and as they perform the movement behind the bench (in place), you would move to the front diagonally, tap up tap down x 2 (same as the step touches on the floor). Then do the same moves to the back where you started from, but perform the step touch on the floor, you should fit in easily with the class. Repeat this method a few times, to allow the class to see what you are doing. Be aggressive in your teaching skills. Teaching the class to use different types of orientations is a great way to increase their intensity level and agility. This also increases confidence. 

Options for Combo #1:

Option for the basic - Perform a Basic Cha, cha, cha:
Counts1- 4: Perform a basic right.
Counts 5-6: turning towards the left, leading right cha, cha, cha towards the back (you will make a complete 360).
Counts 7 – 8: lead left, moving forward cha, cha, cha. Fun Move.

Option for the A Step: Perform a reverse hook.

Combination #2
“Leap n' Tap” - 64 count

V step right, 1/2 L step off the left end x 1 (8)
Leap n' tap x 2 (16)
1/2 L step to the rear x 1, basic left x 1 (8)
Kick x 4 corner to corner r/l/r/l (16)
Revolving door x 2 (8)
Extension r/l corners x 1 (8)

Repeat left lead.

What’s a leap n’ tap?
Leap n’ Tap (Start position: You are at either ends of the bench, with the torso facing the front of the room). You are beginning at one end, exiting at the other end. 
Count 1: right foot placed on top of the bench.
Count 2: left foot placed on top of the bench, right foot swings out to the side like a pendulum.
Count 3: right foot comes to the bench and left foot swings out to the side like a pendulum.
Count 4: left foot comes to the bench, right foot swings out to the side like a pendulum.
Count 5: right foot comes to the floor on the opposite side of the bench, near the end.
Count 6: left foot placed next to the right.
Count 7: left heel placed on top of the bench.
Count 8: left heel comes to the floor, beside the right.

Options For Combo #2:

For the Leap in tap, perform an across the top, with a tap up tap down.
Over the top x 2, for the revolving door. 

Do's & Don'ts -Do use some form of monitoring heart rate while in class. If your class can talk to you (more than a few words), they are exercising at the appropriate intensity. This is referred to as the talk test. -Try playing music prior to class starting…set the mood. -Don't teach at one level; remember you will usually have all fitness levels in class unless it is a specialty class, e.g., Choreographed Step. -Don't forget to smile.

Are we having fun yet? If you are introducing a new move and it may have some tricky spots, show the class prior to class, the tricky movement. This will help alleviate some of the stops that we encounter when introducing new moves.

Combination #3
"L step n' Lunge" - 32 count

L step off the left end, lunge right leg forward x 2 (12)
Tap up, tap down (4)
Across the top x 2 (8)
L step to the rear, V step left x 1 (8)

Repeat left lead.

Options for Combo #3:


Power up the tap up, tap down.
Power V step: Hop up, in, down left, right. 

Combination #4
"Basics w/Lunge n' Hops" - 32 count

Basic right x 3, traveling to the left, on the 3d basic stay on top and lunge left, down left/right, hop x 2 (16)
3 ct grapevine stomp n' walk x 1 (8)
V step right x 1, abduction, traveling toward the left, the abduction should be done near the back left end x 1 (8) 

Repeat left lead.

TIP: Remember the names of those who attend your class. People are impressed when you identify with a person by name on an individual basis. 

What’s a 3 ct stomp? (Tapless Move)
Counts 1-3: Perform a grapevine, in three counts as you would a normal grapevine.
Count 4: left foot stomps on top of the bench, right foot slightly off the floor.
Count 5: right foot comes to the floor, left foot slightly off the bench.
Count 6: Repeat count 4.
Count 7: right foot comes to the floor, left foot slightly off the bench.
Count 8: left foot comes to the floor beside the right. 

Options for Combo #4:

Perform 2 jacks instead of a lunge and hop x 2.
Perform an A step on the bench, which will take you behind the bench near the right end, perform a basic right. 

Hmmm.What else can we do with the double hops in Combo #4?

A heel lift. 

Combination #5
"Jack n' Lunge" - 32 count

Up, up jack on top, lunge right and down x 1 (8)
Mambo on/off the bench x 1; pivot on the bench/floor x 1 (8)
Skate x 1 (8)
Doe Si Do Walk around the bench x 1 (8)

Repeat left lead.

What is a doe si doe?
As described in the above pattern, coming off the bench from the skate. With the left lead, walk side ways around the right end. Once you come to the front of the bench, turn the torso towards the right wall and begin walking backwards around the bench. You should end up behind the bench, near the left end.

Options for Combo #5:

As you come down from the skate to the floor, facing the right wall, around the bench or jog.

Once you have completed teaching all combinations on the right and left leads, perform combinations 1-5 on the right lead. You would have to change the last 4 ct or 8 ct in order to begin each combination with the lead leg.

TIP: Begin early in your teaching career, to watch your class for proper alignment and foot placement. Do they look comfortable? Any changes you see begin to correct your class. They too could be new.

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