Four from Maggie

Bench is horizontal for all combos.

Combo I changes lead leg. 64 counts

• Step kick/mambo chasse x 2 (16)
• Turnstep 2 (8)
• Over the top (4)
• Walk around (4)
• Abduct 2 (8)
• Hop-turn over 2 (8)
• Curb step x 2 (16)

Combo II maintains lead leg, but changes orientation from front of the room to the back. 32 counts

• Shuffle turn x 2 (8)
• Ping-pong or rock/step kick/scissors (8)
• Over the top 2 (8)
• AZ walk with straddle down (8)

Combo III maintains orientation and lead leg. 32 counts

• L-step (4)
• Abduct (4)
• 6 Across (tick tock for higher impact) (8)
• Hop-straddle x 2 (8)
• Big T (8)

Combo IV maintains lead leg, but changes orientation from front of the room to the back. 32 counts (I may have submitted this one before, but a long time ago.)

• 6 Point turn (or 2 turns) (8)
• Diagonal over (4)
• March back on the floor (4)
• Turn-straddle-turn (8)
• Little T with hop-turn at the end (8)

Performance notes:

Combo I:
Step kick/mambo chasse. Begin teaching as step kick corner to corner. First step kick (1-4) remains on bench, second becomes a mambo (5-6) with a shuffle on 7-8. Assume a right lead:

• 1 Right foot up
• 2 Left leg kicks
• 3 Left foot on floor
• 4 Right foot on floor crossing toward center
• 5 Left foot crosses on floor
• 6 Right foot stays in place
• 7-8 Shuffle left-right-left to repeat entire 8 counts

Curb step has many names; a.k.a. mambo combo, high/low are just two aliases. Start with a 4 count mambo, establish a rocking pattern. Assume a right lead:

• 1 Right foot up
• 2 Left foot on floor
• 3 Right foot on the floor, opposite side of bench
• 4 Left foot stays in place
• 5 Right foot up
• 6 Left foot stays in place
• 7 Right foot crosses behind
• 8 Left foot stays in place

Combo II:

Shuffle turn is a variation of turnstep x 2. Assume a right lead:

• 1 Right foot up, you are looking toward the left side of the room
• 1 & Left foot on the floor
• 2 Right foot up
• 3 Left foot begins a turn on the floor
• 4 Right foot completes turn on the floor
• 5-8 same as 1-4 with opposite lead.

Ping-pong is a variation of abduct x 2, borrowed from 4-square step. Imagine you are sandwiched between two benches and perform a second abduction on the second bench.

Rock/step kick/scissors is another variation of abduct x 2, or abduct 3 repeater. Begin teaching as 3 repeater, then show as 2 repeater, touch back on 5-6-7-8, then 2 repeater w/higher impact scissors, then a rock (a.k.a. chug) in place of the first kick. Again, assume right lead:

• 1 Right foot up (rock)
• 2 Left foot on floor
• 3 Right foot up
• 4 Left leg kicks
• 5 Left foot on the floor
• 6-8 Scissors, think cross country position for the feet, changing on each beat.

AZ (that's Arizona) walk is one of my favorite moves. Combination between a hustle and a pivot turn is the best way to describe it. It's just 4 counts long but the 4 counts that follow really determine how the move will end. This time I use a straddle to complete. Right lead again, you are looking toward the left wall.

• 1 Right foot walks forward (on floor)
• 2 Left foot continues walking toward that left wall (parallel with bench)
• 3 Still on floor, right foot forward, begin a pivot turn that will take you to your left and the back of the room
• 4 Pivot back to left foot, you should be at the end of the bench ready to step up and do basic, straddle, etc.
• 5-8 Straddle down right lead.

Combo III:

L-step begins like a basic, but taps off the side. For our purposes here, assume that right lead again!

• 1 Right foot up (like basic)
• 2 Left foot up but we'll tap
• 3 Left foot off the left side
• 4 Right foot taps down

6 across is the low impact version of a "tick-tock" or pendulum. You may even know it by another name. You have completed the L-step and one abduction. With the end of the bench at your right, move to your right and march on top for 6 beats, come off the right end (still facing front, bench to your left) on 7-8.

• 1 Right foot moves laterally to the top of the bench
• 2 Left foot also up and march
• 3 Right
• 4 Left
• 5 Right
• 6 Left
• 7 Right foot exits to the right
• 8 Left foot taps down

Hop-straddle vs. hop-turn over...There is a difference but it doesn't matter in terms of the combination turning out right. I make a distinction only to keep the combos a little different from one another.

Big T is really 16 counts but I only use half of it here. Begin at the center, exiting on the end briefly and returning to the center. In this case, left lead:

• 1 Left foot up
• 2 Right knee up
• 3 Right foot exits to the right
• 4 Left knee up
• 5 Left foot on bench
• 6 Right knee up, prepare to move toward center of bench
• 7 Right foot down
• 8 Left foot down

Combo IV:

6 point turn is a syncopated move and a variation of turnstep x 2. If you haven't taught using syncopations, it's helpful to illustrate what a syncopation is. Traditional phrasing of aerobics music is:
1-2-3-4 5-6-7-8
Syncopated patterns often are:
1-2-3 4-5-6 7-8
6 point turn w/right lead:

• 1 Right foot up
• 2 Left foot up, turning slightly
• 3 Right foot down
• 4 Left foot UP
• 5 Right foot up, turning slightly
• 6 Left foot down
• 7 Right crosses behind left
• 8 Left foot stays in place

Turn-straddle turn (a.k.a. U-turn or horseshoe, maybe even more names are out there). In 8 counts, you are on the opposite side of the bench with opposite lead. Let's assume a left lead:

• 1 Left foot up
• 2 Right foot up and turns
• 3 Left foot straddles down
• 4 Right foot straddles down
• 5 Left foot up
• 6 Right foot up and turn some more
• 7 Left foot exits, on the floor
• 8 Right foot taps down

Little T... With the bench facing front and to your right with you looking toward the left wall, right lead:

• 1 Right foot up
• 2 Left knee up
• 3 Left foot down off the END
• 4 Right foot down off the end
• 5 Left foot up
• 6 Right knee up
• 7 Right foot down off the SIDE
• 8 Left foot taps down

I hope this gives you some food for thought, but not a case of indigestion!!! :) Please email me with any questions...I check my email every month or so!

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