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Beginners Paradise Videos
These four short videos are intended mostly for beginners and those new to Line dancing. They are focused on learning the most popular 17 steps in which two or more are used in 100% of all Line dances. However, many with some experience may find they can learn a little as well. If you make it a point to learn and memorize these 17 steps and how to count them and the dances , and get them down well, AND heed the tips below, you can become an intermediate Line dancer in 90 days or less with appropriate practice time.
Important tips you should know: 1. Memorize the names of the steps and how to count them and how do them well, and which foot starts with your weight on it and which foot ends with your weight on it. All covered in the four videos. 2. When learning a dance, focus on memorizing the pattern, at least where it begins and ends. Also, when learning a new dance you like, do a quick walk through of the pattern when you get home and maybe one more time in 2-3 days to keep the pattern fresh in your mind. Otherwise you will most likely forget it. 3. Almost all steps are danced on the balls of your feet and loose in the knees. 4. Take small steps which makes dancing easier and easier to recover from a mistake. You can’t fix a mistake, just pick up where the pattern is and try to get it right next time.
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BP Lesson #1 STEPS: Kick Ball Change, Step Pivot Turn, Cha Cha Cha or Triple Step or Shuffle Step, Jazz Box, Monterrey Turn. The dance Black Velvet is taught and should be used to practice these steps until you have it down well.
BP Lesson #2 STEPS: Grapevine, Lindy Step, Step Lock, Step Scuff. The dance Fandango is taught and should be used to practice these steps until you have it down well.
BP Lesson #3 STEPS: Charleston Step, Toe Touch, Sailor Shuffle. The dance Cowboy Charleston is taught and should be used to practice these steps until you have it down well.
BP Lesson #4 STEPS: out out In in, K Step, Mambo Step, Rock Step, Coaster Step, Heel Hook and Heel Stomp. The dance Beginners Paradise Practice Dance is taught and should be used to practice these steps until you have it down well. Note: This dance is not done anywhere and was choreographed to include the remaining steps of the 17. So learning these steps are important while the dance itself is not.