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  • All right, we start our first step in Bronze 2 call the Basic Weave.

  • Were going to show you moving down this directionthe line of dance.

  • Basic Weave - starting with a Reserve Turn;

  • Basic Weave and Natural Turn.

  • The man stepdancing the left turn,

  • one quarter turn to the left 1, 2, 3.

  • I’m now facing diagonal centre. I start the Basic Weave by going

  • back right foot 1; forward left foot 2;

  • as I go forward, I’m going up and turning,

  • side right foot come down soft landing 3.

  • Then I do back left, back right going up to the toe,

  • turning side left; and this is just the right turn.

  • So I have 1, 2, 3; 1, 2, 3,

  • 4, 5, 6. Six steps of the Basic Weave

  • and a Natural Turn. The lady step

  • she begins by backing diagonal wall dancing the 3 steps of the left turn,

  • turning one quarter to her left. Starts Basic Weave by coming forward

  • ball (1:45) flat left foot 1; goes back to the right foot

  • and going up to the toe 2; keep turning land side step left foot 3;

  • right foot steps across in front of left foot 4;

  • going forward and up left foot turning,

  • right foot side come down the right foot. And then the Natural Turn continue

  • 1, 2, 3. So she will do that again,

  • I will count the steps, she will show you the movement.

  • And 1, 2, 3; 1, 2, 3,

  • 4, 5, 6. And right turn

  • 1, 2, 3. The lead for this is fairly obvious

  • the man places himself in this position bring the lady forward

  • and changes the direction. That’s not the hard part,

  • the hard part is learning the direction meaning if you turn too much, is no good.

  • If you don’t turn enough, is no good. Turning the right amount give you

  • the optimum movement and the optimum ease of movement.

  • In another word, the easiest way to dance and the most enjoyable.

  • So, learn the direction properly give you the most fun

  • and the easiest lead and follow. 1, 2, 3;

  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  • 1, 2, 3. I’ll show that to you with music.

All right, we start our first step in Bronze 2 call the Basic Weave.

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