Recent Christmas routines

We'll be learning something similar to this Feliz Navidad routine during December:

Janna's Step Routine

Here's the video for the routine Janna's been teaching lately.  Step-by-step instructions are below. This video shows both right and left sides.

Here are the step-by-step instructions for the routine above.  The instructions below start at 7 seconds if you're following the video above.

Right side lead:

R basic x 2 (8 counts)

V-step x 2 (8)

R basic x 2 (8)

R-L alternating knees (8)

Bow-and-arrow off the Left side of bench, return to home with L knee up and off back, tap (8)

Tap up and down x 2 (step up with right foot, tap up with left x2) (8)

Turn step x 4 R-L-R-L (16)

Right A-step over bench and back (8)

R K-step tapping up and down (8)

Around the world with a jump rope motion (16)

Alternating knee,s step R-L with clap (8)

Alternating knees, step R-L elbow to knee (8)

Alternating legs behind, step R-L (8)

Alternating leg to the side, step R-L (8)

R basic x 2 (8)

Step R, hamstring on corner, turn to back, hamstring at back, walk back to bench (8)

Step R, hamstring on corner, grapevine to the side, walk back to bench (8)

Step R, swing L leg around and straddle the bench, R knee up, exit to back of bench (8)

Turn so R side is next to bench , step R, L knee up (1-2), squat down and hold(3-4), over the bench (5), R knee up (6), exit to the back (7-8)

Lunge box around bench (16)

Step R on corner, knee-kick-knee-kick-knee (12)

L basic in middle of bench (4)

Step L on corner, knee-kick-knee-kick-knee (12)

R basic in middle (4)

3-repeater on corner, step R, knee up, pull forward, knee up, exit back (8)

Repeat, stepping L, knee, pull forward, knee, exit back (8)

Repeat, stepping R, knee, pull forward, knee, exit back (8)

START FROM THE BEGINNING ON THE LEFT SIDE (about 1:58 on the video above)

Amy's Monday, November 8th Step Routine

Here's Amy's routine that we've been working on for the past few weeks. The step-by-step instructions and counts are included below.We usually learn each routine in sections of 32 counts, and each section starts on an alternating foot. 

Right Side Lead:

Right basic, Right V-step (8 counts)
Step right, left knee up, straddle your bench (4)
Step left, right knee up, straddle your bench (4)
Revlove (Step up on the bench R-L, step down on the floor R-L) (4)
Step right on bench, left knee up, straddle your bench (4)
Step left on bench, Right knee up x 3 (3-knee repeater) (8)
TAP DOWN

Left side walking V-step, 1 kick (8)
4 jumping jacks (8)
Right side walking V-step, kick, tap down (8)
Knee, side, ham curl (8)
TAP DOWN

Right side grapevine to side (step on bench for 1, grapevine behind 2-3-4,
rock right on 5, rock back on 6, cha-cha-cha back to bench (7-and-8)
L-step to side of bench (step Left),  2 jumping jacks at right side of bench (8)
Over the top, 2 jumping jacks at left side of bench( 8)
 L-step to home, 1 basic left side (8)

Left figure 8.  (Up and over bench, step touch R, step touch L) to home (8)
Right figure 8 (up and over bench R, step touch L, step touch R) to home (8)
Left turn step, tap, ham curl R (8)
3 repeater bum-lifts (step left) (8)

Right side basic, swim over top of bench (8)
Chopstick (step L on bench, R knee up, walk R L, pivot R, walk R L.  Then step R on bench, L knee up, walk L R, pivot L, walk L R). (16)
Step L on bench, swim over, right basic (8)

TAP DOWN TO START ENTIRE ROUTINE ON LEFT SIDE.

Amazing that the whole routine only takes us a minute and twenty seconds.  And that we can think with all the craziness and piano playing going on.  :)  We love it!