Syllabus for Balboa Park Dancers, March '08 Advanced Salsa Lesson

Basic QQS, QQS (1,2, 3 hold 4; 5,6, 7 hold 8)
Woman's - 3 turns (woman outside turn; man's hand on lower back while woman and man change postions; woman outside turn)
½ Basic, QQS, to Cross Body Lead, QQS
Open Break, QQS, to SweetHeart Position (man syncopates, QQS)
5th position back breaks (4 Measures), release to closed handshake position at end of 4th measure (above)
½ basic to 'half moons', x's 2 (half moon = cross body lead to crossover break)
Woman outside turn (after 2nd crossover break) to woman head loop
Cross body lead with woman inside turn, QQS,QQS
½ basic with man's head loop
To crossbody lead to closed dance position
Peekaboo (x's 2) or Open break to 5th position breaks (man and woman change positions but continue facing each other; woman underarm turns)
Open break to woman inside spin turns while man picks her up to closed dance position and back spot turns (x's 2)
Open break to man's back spot turn, x's 3 (woman's outside turn on 2nd measure of back spot turns)
Open break to woman's underarm outside turn
Pick up to closed dance position to open 5th position back break
promenade walk to reverse promenade to back break (with inside foot) to hand check (x's 3)
spot or switch turn
open break to whip QQS, QQS
man CW walk around to closed cross hand position (right hand on top)
2 hand CW turn for woman (finish with left hand on top)
woman backs in to man (copa position), send out with CCW turn
cross body lead with man head loop

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