Thank you very much.
Hi, I'm Larry Gould. This is Cheryl.
We're dancers, actually teachers of dance.
Here at Grand Dance Studio, we teach many dances,
modern freestyle, swing, which comes from the old jitterbug, and tango.
This tape is designed to teach you the most social of the dances.
If you were to use it on a large ballroom floor, you'd have foxtrot.
In a small nightclub situation, it would be slow hustle or even just slow social dance.
And if you country fight, it becomes Texas two-step.
These tapes are designed to teach ten steps,
and it'll be in different segments so that you'll be able to learn each one as you go along.
We'll teach the man's part as well as the woman's part.
So you can keep backing off and learning the step over and over again.
We're also going to teach things like lead and follow,
as well as things like foot placement, follow through, balance,
things to help with your poise and grace, and things to watch out for.
So it should be a lot of fun. It's been fun to bring it to you.
So we hope that you enjoy it.
Take your time, and remember that learning is a process.
You don't want to rush through it too quickly.
So let's get started with it.
So then we're going to begin teaching the first step.
The first step we're going to teach is called the basic step.
Each of these steps, as we teach them to you,
will teach you a little bit more about the idea of dance,
and at the same time it'll teach you more about maneuverability or whatever.
This particular step teaches you about follow through.
Follow through is an idea that makes you bring your feet close together
rather than dancing with them apart.
At the same time, you can work on timing.
It also gives you another added benefit.
It doesn't travel a lot, this step, so in a small crowded nightclub floor,
it's very useful for you there at the same time.
So what I'm going to do as I teach a step, I'm going to turn around
so you can follow along with me right from behind,
and I'll explain this step for you.
And then you can follow along and do it with me the second time.
So this first step is called the basic step,
and it starts off with a man moving to his left, taking a small step to the left.
Now the inclination will be to take a large step.
Try not to do that. Try to control it and take a small step.
So we're going to step to our left side, and then we're going to touch.
And what I mean by that is you're going to touch one foot to your other foot
on the floor at the same time.
And then you're going to move back, side, touch,
and then back once again, side, together for the fifth and sixth counts.
And when I say together, that means change your weight.
Stand on that last foot.
So you'd be standing on your right foot, and then you could start all over again.
So try it with me. Let's do this together.
So here we go. Ready?
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
With the weight change, and let's do it again.
We're going side, touch, side, touch, side, together with the weight change.
And once again, we're going one, two, three, four, five, six with the weight change.
Now what we're going to do is have Cheryl join us,
and she'll do the woman's part while I show you the man's part the same way.
So Cheryl is going to do her part, which is exactly the opposite of yours.
So just follow along.
You can guide off of Cheryl, or you can guide off of me, either one.
So it's the same exact step, man's part.
Ready? And one, two, three, four, five, six.
Don't forget the weight change. Keep the steps small.
And one, two, three, four, five. Let's do it again.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
And side, touch, side, touch, side, together in small steps.
And side, touch, and side, change.
And one, two, three, four, five, six. Once more.
Two, three, four, five, six.
And so that's the basic step, the first step, the man's part with the weight change on six.
Remember, we've just tried to concentrate on using follow through,
bringing our feet close together and keeping a rhythm going, a timing going,
so that when we do it to the music, we won't lag or we won't be rushing with it at all.
So now we're going to teach the woman's part to the basic step.
We're going to deal with some of the same ideas using follow through,
which means bringing our feet close together, changing the weight on six
so that you can get that idea down, and learning to meter things out.
And the difference is this time we're going to have Cheryl join us,
and Cheryl's going to have her back turned to you,
and she'll do the woman's part and you can follow along.
She'll demonstrate it once first in six counts.
Remember to use small steps and to change your weight on six.
So ready, and one, two, three, four, five, six.
So the idea is that we take small steps and change our weight on the six count.
Now why don't you follow right along with Cheryl.
Let's all do it together. Ready, and one, two, three, four, five, six.
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
Now let's all do it together.
I'll join in and I'll do the man's part facing you while Cheryl does the woman's part,
and let's all do it together.
We'll try to meter it right out and put no hesitations in between.
So ready, and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, change weight on six.
Two, three, four, five, six.
Great. So that's the woman's part to the basic step.
So now we're going to teach dance, position, and lead and follow.
And one of the first things you have to deal with for lead and follow
is the idea of locking our bodies into position.
What I mean by that is if you were to lock the joints of your arms and your shoulders
so that you're one solid mass, that way when you're dancing with someone,
they can feel what you're doing.
If you don't do that and you're very loose, they can't feel what you're going to do.
They can't react to your step.
And so as an example, if Cheryl and I were to stand hand to hand,
we found this magic point in the middle between us where we hardly have any pressure at all,
it is the point to start really.
And then if I were to push into her territory, she'd resist that to some degree,
or if she were to come into mine, I would.
Then we are working off of each other, so to speak,
and that's how we can lead and follow one another in dance.
So if I were to do a side step and I had slight pressure against her hand, she'd feel that.
She'd know which way I was going to move and she could move along with me.
And so that's important to know.
Now as far as dance position is concerned, we're not going to line up toe to toe,
but indeed we're going to line up slightly offset.
She's going to look past my right shoulder.
And what I'm going to do rather than stand hand to hand
is I'll take her right hand in my left hand
and I'll take my right hand and put it just beneath her shoulder blade
so that now I can lead with both hands.
My left hand will be pretty solid, pretty still, and my right hand will be moving her around.
Cheryl will keep a little pressure against my right shoulder
so that she can feel the movement here.
As she becomes more advanced, she'll roll around behind
and keep a little pressure at the same time.
So now if we were to use these ideas to do the dance step itself,
we would then, thinking about keeping our bodies locked into position,
I'd move her to the side.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
And again we'll try it.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
So looking at that from another angle,
again, one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
And so that's how you lead and follow
and that's how you lock your body into position.
Now we're going to teach you how to dance this to the music,
but before we can do that, we need to teach you about music a little bit.
Firstly, this is all done to four-four timing, four beats to a measure.
So when you're listening to music, when you listen to those beats,
you'll hear an underlying beat and if you just follow along with that,
it's going one, two, three, four.
Now although there are different timings, three, four, two, four, six, eight, etc.,
you don't have to deal with most of that.
Practically any music that you hear when you turn your radio on
will be four-four timing and you can just follow along with it.
But anyway, if you learn to listen for the underlying beat
and you can count it off one, two, three, four.
Although we're doing six things here, musically it would be one, two, three, four, one, two,
but we're going to count it in six for dance, it's simpler.
We're actually doing something to every beat of the music.
We're either stepping or touching or doing one thing or another.
So that's going to be our guide for us as we move along.
So now as we insert the music and you start listening for that
and listening for the underlying beat and I'll help you with it
and then we'll actually do the step to the music.
So if you listen carefully here, you'll hear the beat going one, two, three, four,
one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.
So now if I turn around and I show you the initial step from the very beginning to this music,
we'd go one, two, three, four, five, six.
Why don't you try it with me?
Nice and easy, ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
So let's share when I try it to the music and you can follow along.
So here we go, ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
In case you didn't get started, let's think about it nice and easy.
Listen to the count.
So ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
I'll give you a different angle on that to the music.
Ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Two, three, four, five, six.
So that's how you dance it with a partner and to the music.
That's the basic step.
So now we're going to teach the key step, which is also going to be in six counts.
And it's an important step because it'll teach you to go forward and back and do your side together.
At the same time throughout your dancing life, it'll be useful for you as a connector step,
a step that you can use to connect or fall back on.
So I'm going to turn around and show the man's part to this step and you can watch it first.
And so the man is going to go forward, touch, back, touch, side, together.
And to give you some perspective on this step, I'm going to turn sideways so you can see how it looks.
So I'm going forward, touch, back, touch, side, together.
Now I'm going to turn back around and let you follow along with me.
We did this in six counts and so I'll count it off for you and you can follow with me.
Why don't you join in? So here we go.
We're going one, two, three, four, five, six with a weight change on six.
Now remember when we go forward, we're going to just swing our right foot up to the other foot,
bring it right back where it came from, touch, side, together.
So it's forward, left, touch, back, right, touch, side, together.
In six counts it's one, two, three, four, five, six.
So now we're going to ask Cheryl to join us and she can do the woman's part to the key step
while I do the man's part and you can guide off of either one of us.
And so the key step, man's part, six counts, ready, and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five, six.
We're even going to turn sideways and give you perspective on this step.
You can still guide along with us and do your part.
So let's try it again, ready, and one, two, three, four, five, six.
Forward, left, touch, back, right, touch, side, change.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
So that's the man's part to the key step.
So now we're going to teach the woman's part to the key step
and Cheryl will turn around and give you the footwork.
And in six counts, it's ready, and one, two, three, four, five, six.
And now she'll give you some perspective on the step so you can watch her moving this way.
Ready, and one, two, three, four, five, six.
With a weight change on six.
Okay, now Cheryl will turn around and you can do this with her.
Follow right along with Cheryl and my count.
So ready, and it's back, touch, forward, touch, side, together.
Now remember she goes back and then just swings her foot back and touches
and right back to the same place with a touch and a side together in six counts.
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
And now I'll join Cheryl and I'll do the man's part while she does the woman's part
and you can go right along with us.
So here we go, ready, and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
And we'll turn around and give you perspective on this also so you can see how it looks this way.
So ready, and we're going forward, touch, back, touch, side, together.
Women are going back, touch, forward, touch, side, together.
It's in one, two, three, four, five, six counts.
And so that's the woman's part to the key step.
We talked about lead and follow for the basic step
and now we're going to deal with lead and follow for the key step.
Now before when we did the basic step we had pressure on our hands
so that our partners could feel us moving back and forth.
Now we're going to move forward and backward
and so again we need to lock our bodies into position.
So as I step straight into my partner and away
she'll be able to feel that movement back and forth.
And even if I were to combine the two ideas and move from a basic step
which was side, touch, side, touch, side, together and then move forward and back
she would feel that movement because we've locked our bodies into position.
Now if we do it in dance position it's the same idea
only I have a little more control even because my right hand's on her back.
And so going right into the key step we're moving into one, two, three, four, five, six.
So let's try it again, one, two, three, four, five, six
and combining both ideas, side, touch, side, touch, side, together
and forward, touch, back, touch, side, together.
So that's lead and follow for the key step.
The key step is in six counts like the basic step
and as we add the music to it, remember it's going one, two, three, four, five, six.
There's something going on on every single beat of the music.
So as the music comes up when we listen to it
we're hearing the beat going one, two, three, four, five, six.
So now as we add the step to the beat itself it'll be like this.
Listen to the music, it's going one, two, three, four, five, six.
So ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
So now if we add the basic step and do both of these together to the music
first the basic and then the key.
So it's ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, and again side touch, side touch, and forward touch, back touch.
And again it's side touch, side touch, side together, forward, back, side together.
That's the key step and the basic step to music.
Moving ahead to the next step we're now going to deal with the two steps
and this will be two steps forward, side together, and two steps back.
It's going to become a real useful step for you
because as time goes by you'll learn to move it ahead two counts
and then again two counts and you can travel around the room with it.
So it becomes real useful.
We're still going to deal with our weight change on six.
I'll show you how it looks, I'll turn around for you.
So if you want to watch this for a moment as I step forward
on my left foot for the man's part on the one count,
two will be as the right foot's passing the left,
three when it hits the floor on the forward count,
then we're going to do our touch and our side together with our weight change
and then it's moving straight back on the one, two, three, four, five, and six with a weight change.
So I'm going to turn around and give you some perspective on this step
and again the man's moving forward one, two, three, four, five, six,
and back one, two, three, four, five, six with a weight change.
So now if you want to follow along with me I'll do this step moving forward
and you can do it with me and I'll help you through it.
So anyway our first count is straight forward on the one,
then we're going to pass through with our right foot,
step forward for the next step, touch, side, together,
and then moving back on the left foot, do your weight change,
one, two, three, four, five, six.
Why don't you follow along with me and we'll do it again.
Ready and one, two, three, four, five, six,
and one, two, three, four, five, six with a weight change once more.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
So now we'll have Cheryl join us and she can do the woman's part to the two step
while I do the man's part to the two step and you can guide off of either one of us.
And so here we go, ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Man's going forward and then the woman's coming forward.
So the woman's going back and the man's going back.
So now we'll turn around and give you some perspective on this step.
So as we do the two step again, now the man's taking two steps forward
while the woman goes back and the woman's coming two steps forward
while the man goes back, but we're counting it in six because we're counting the touches as well.
We're counting it one, two, three, four, five, six.
So musically we're doing something to every count of the music.
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
And that's the man's part to the two step.
Now Cheryl will show you the woman's part to the two step.
So if you can key off of Cheryl here a minute,
she's going to turn around and show you the footwork for the two step.
The woman's part, so ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
And forward and forward touch side together.
Now Cheryl will turn around and give you some perspective on this so you can see how it should look.
She starts going back and one, two, three, four, five, six.
And then forward, brushes by, touches and side together.
Okay, now Cheryl will turn back and you can now get ready to do this with her.
So nice and relaxed, follow along with Cheryl, go with my count.
So ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
Remember to do your weight change on six, push right through and brush by.
Ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
I'll join Cheryl and I'll do the man's part while Cheryl does the woman's part and we'll all do it together.
Join in, ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
And we'll turn so you can see this from this angle, so ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
I go back, she comes forward.
Now I'm stepping straight forward while she goes back.
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
And that's the woman's part to the two-step.
As we add lead and follow to the two-step, remember we use the idea of hands being firm against one another.
And as the man steps into this step, he must really step straight through the step, straight at the female.
Because if he doesn't, he's going to lose her or he's going to step on her.
What he'll be inclined to do is either sneak into it again because he's unsure and he'll get her that way,
or otherwise he thinks he's going to step on her and he'll start dancing around her instead.
And that will look awful.
And so the whole idea is we must lock into position so he can step straight through the step.
So now if we did that in dance position, he would step straight toward her.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
And if he added the other two steps to the two-step, he'd have side touch for his basic.
Key step is forward, touch, back, touch, side together.
And then the two-step, two steps forward and then two steps back.
And that's the lead and follow for the two-step.
As we add music to the two-step, remember that we're still dealing with six counts and four-four timing.
We'll be doing something to every count of the music.
So if we listen to the music a little, we will hear one, two, three, four.
Notice the music is a little different than the other music we use.
It just points out that this is danceable to practically anything that you hear as long as it's in four-four timing.
So again, Cheryl and I will dance this for you and you can see how it works to the music.
So it's ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
So that's dancing the two-step together and to music.
Let's talk about one of the details.
The first detail we're going to deal with is called ball heel and the purpose is to soften the blow of the step.
It's to get away from the idea that you're probably currently doing of taking large steps with flat feet and straight knees.
And so to eliminate that idea, we'll learn to lift our knees more for one thing
and then to use the ball heel idea to lower ourselves slowly to the floor.
So I'll turn around and show you that.
Taking a side step using the ball heel idea then, you would push off using the ball
and then dropping to the heel, coming together and doing the same going back the other way.
Idea is to use the strength in our leg to slowly lower ourselves.
And as we take a forward step, the same idea occurs here, lowering ourselves carefully and backward the same way.
And this softens the blow of the step.
On the closing step, the five-six, try not to lower too soon so that you can step the other foot over and lower together.
So that's using the ball heel technique in dance.
You've noticed in the three steps we've learned so far that if you're a man, these steps carry you to your left always.
And if you're a woman, they carry you to your right.
And so now we need to add some variety to our step so we can begin turning.
And we're going to teach a step now that's called a turning key step.
And the footwork will be very similar to the key step only becomes a turn.
And it's going to be critical so that you do have maneuverability and it'll serve as a hook between other steps.
You rely on it a lot in your dancing.
So before we get into the step, we need to collaborate a little bit here on some reference points.
In dance, we use the four walls and the corners as reference points.
So if we were talking about a quarter of a turn, we would be dealing with a wall either to our left or our right.
And if we deal with eighth turns, we can deal with the corners instead, only turning an eighth.
So now I'm going to turn around and demonstrate the step for you.
So like a key step, we're stepping straight ahead.
But in a turning key step, as we step forward at the last moment, we toe out an eighth toward the corner to our left.
And so we push with our trailing foot to complete the turn.
Now we merely step straight back like in the key, touch, side, together.
If we did that again, we're stepping straight forward.
Now I'm toeing toward the wall to my left, completing another eighth turn with a little push, touch, side, together.
So why don't you try it with me? Let's all try it together.
So like starting a key step, only don't step straight to the side.
Step straight forward, toe out at the last minute, push off to complete your turn, step straight back, touch, side, together.
And if we did another one, step and back, touch, side, together.
We'll have Cheryl join us, and she can do the woman's part to the turning key step while I do the man's part.
And you can go right along with us here.
So let's all get ready. And for the turning key step, ready.
And one, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five, six. And again, turn three, four, five, six.
And one, two, three, four, five, six. And that's the man's part to the turning key step.
We're going to teach the woman's part to the turning key step. All steps aren't exact opposites, and this one isn't.
But Cheryl's going to show us the footwork to the woman's turning key, and we'll show you what we mean.
So Cheryl will start going straight back rather than toeing in or out.
And she'll pick up her turn on the forward step and then touch, side, together.
So she's going, and one, two, and turning on three, four, five, six, and catching up with her turn there.
So why don't you follow along with Cheryl, and we'll do the woman's part to the turning key.
So ready. And one, two, three, four, five, six. And one, two, three, four, five, six.
I'll join in, and I'll do the man's part while Cheryl does the woman's part, and we'll do the turning key step.
Ready. And one, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five, six.
And that's the woman's part to the turning key step.
Okay, so we're going to add the idea of lead and follow to the turning key step.
And remember when we are doing this hand-to-hand with our bodies locked up, that's how we're going to give the lead.
So as the man steps into a step, he needs to turn his entire body so that she picks that idea up.
Sometimes she'll pick it up right away. She'll know he's turning into the step here, and she can turn. That's okay.
And other times she won't. She won't know that that's going on, and she won't pick it up until she comes forward on the step at that point.
But either way, the idea is that the man must lock his body into position so that she knows she can feel that lead,
and also he knows that she's picked it up because she's locked up also.
So if we use that idea in dance position then, so man steps straight into her body, turns, steps straight back, touch, side, together,
repeats it again here, back, touch, side, together.
So that's the lead and follow and dance position for the turning key step.
Okay, so let's add the music now to the turning key step.
Remember that the step is in six counts, changing the weight on six, and we're still dealing with four-four timing in music.
Now let's listen to the music a minute.
Two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
So now let's dance that. So ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
Two, three, four, five, six.
So now you notice we can do this step and stay in our same spot.
Three, four, five, six. So we're turning around, staying in our spot.
And now if we add our other steps to this, now we add a basic.
One, two, three, four, five, six. A key step.
And now a two-step. One, two, three, four, five, six.
Back part of the two-step. Back to the turning key.
And again a turning key. And a basic.
Key step. Two-step.
And now we can go back into a turning key again.
Not that we have to do these sequentially, but in the beginning you don't have to think about what step comes next, and you learn to link them together.
So we're turning and adding these steps.
Now we could do a basic step and we could do a turning key step.
We could do a two-step or just half of it in a turning key step.
We could do a straight key step in the basic.
A turning key step.
Now we could increase our turning key, crank it a little bit.
And so that's the turning key step to music.
I'd like to take a few minutes and review a few ideas about follow-through and the like, but first I'd like to remind you that
remember learning is a process and it's an intellectual thing that you deal with first and then you must teach your body to do these things.
It's not an automatic, and don't be disappointed with yourself if you don't do it quickly.
Learning takes practice, this kind of learning.
So first your mind learns it and then you teach your body to do it, and that'll take a little while.
And so you should spend some time practicing this so you aren't disappointed in not learning it quickly.
And then as far as the follow-through thing is concerned, in the beginning we emphasize this idea of bringing your feet close together.
And we must emphasize that in the beginning very much, but as time goes by you will drop some of that.
In the beginning you're probably not metering things out.
You are probably doing this, going one, two, and stopping on the two.
And what we need to do is let our feet pass by, meter that idea out by going one, two, three.
In other words, a two is happening as it's passing, but we're not stopping to make that happen so that it takes time.
You're using up all the musical time to make these steps, and that musical count is happening as that foot is stepping by.
It'll work great for you.
And remember, if you're also using time to ball-heel, softening the blow by lowering yourself carefully from the ball to the heel, that'll take more musical time.
If you think about centering your body weight in the center, opposed to stepping and pulling yourself up over a foot,
but instead you were to keep your body centered so that when you step you push yourself with your trailing foot and you'll always have body control.
So some of those things will help you long-term in your dancing.
In the beginning you can't concentrate on those things because you're dealing with the steps.
And of course not, you can't split your mind.
But as time goes by and you get to the point where you don't think about the steps, you can begin to concentrate more on those lead ideas and the follow ideas.
And speaking of follow, the woman must learn not to anticipate.
There's a real tendency to want to do that, but she just learns to lag the man a little bit and she'll be fine.
And remember, three things happen.
The musical beat happens, the man's foot hits the floor, and then the woman's foot hits the floor.
So there are really three things that go on.
It's not instantaneous. It's not simultaneous.
It doesn't go on at the same time. Three things happen.
So if you bear those things in mind, it'll help.
When I say lock your body into position, it's because otherwise you'll want to do this and you can't lead and follow being like this.
It isn't rigid. It's just locked up. It's very relaxed. It keeps your spine nice and straight.
And if you lift a little here and keep your head up, you can dance a long time without tiring.
The next step that we're going to learn is a stroll.
And it will teach you a direction change. You'll still do it in six counts.
And we need to think about line of direction wall so we understand this step.
And what I mean by that is the wall that you're facing, think of as your line of direction wall.
And then you'll be moving off to the wall to your left from there.
So we're going to start with the man's part for the step called the stroll.
I'm going to turn around and show it to you first.
And then later you can follow along with me.
So the stroll, I'm now facing my line of direction wall.
And to do the stroll, I step off to the wall to my left for the one count.
On the two count, my right foot will be passing my left.
And for the third count, my foot will hit the floor but begin to toe back out toward my original line of direction wall.
I need to push to get turned.
For the four, five and six will be a side together with a weight change.
And so again, I'm going one, two, three, four, five, six with a weight change.
So let's go back and do that together again.
Go back to our wall here and you can follow along with me.
And we're going to start off facing our line of direction wall.
And we're stepping off to the wall to our left for the count of one.
Two as our foot passes by.
Three it hits the floor, starting to toe out toward our original wall.
Four we push and turn.
Five and six.
Let's try it again.
Ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
Cheryl will do the woman's part while I do the man's.
And you can follow along with us in the stroll in six counts.
Ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
And that's the man's part to the stroll.
Now we're going to teach the woman's part to the stroll.
Cheryl will show us the footwork.
She's going to line up with her original line of direction wall.
And she'll start off to the wall to her right.
Taking her count of one.
Two as the foot passes by.
Three when it hits the floor and she's toeing out back toward her original wall.
Touch, side, together.
And then again and one, two, three, four, five, six.
Now why don't you join in with Cheryl.
Follow along with her and she'll do the stroll.
Ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
And again one, two, three, four, five, six.
I'm going to join with Cheryl now and do the man's part to the stroll while she does the woman's part.
And you can follow right along with us.
So this is our line of direction wall.
Man stepping off to the wall to his left and the woman to her right.
So ready and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
And one, two, three, four, five, six.
And that's the woman's part to the stroll.
Let's talk about lead and follow for the stroll.
Now the man, if he locks his body up again so that she can get the proper messages
and she locks up so that he knows she's getting those messages.
Now the man will be inclined to push too hard on this hand.
He doesn't want to do that.
This should stay in its regular position here, but it must be firm.
The real lead comes from the right hand.
He's going to turn her body open with his right hand.
Now if while doing that he at the same time turns his head and steps into the step all at the same time,
she'll get that message.
She'll know what's going on.
So let's try it once.
We're going to think about locking our bodies into position,
keeping our hand firm but not extending our arm and turning with the right hand
and then stepping right into the step with a head turn.
So ready, and one, two, three, turn her back, four, five, six.
So he turns her into the step, then he turns her back out of it on the step of four
when he's turning back toward his original line of direction.
So that's lead and follow for the stroll.
Now we're going to do the stroll to the music, four, four timing and six counts.
Ready, and one, two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Now a turning key step.
And another one.
Now if we did that back this way and a turning key step,
we could do a basic step.
And a turning key and a stroll.
Or a two-step.
And a turning key and a stroll.
And another one and a two-step.
Turning key and a stroll.
And that's dancing the stroll to the music.
Well we hope you've enjoyed the learning as much as we've enjoyed the teaching.
Now don't be afraid to go out and use your dancing.
It's a lot of fun and you'll find if you do that,
you'll probably be one of the best dancers on the floor.
Thank you.