Easy Quad Step Favorite
This is a
Quad Step pattern from
www.turnstep.com.
(pattern 5069)
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
H-HOME R-RED
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
J-JAIL G-GREEN
This is one full combo, I'll break it down into sections.
Start with a right lead on Home.
Glossary of the terms I use:
Volley - alternate move from side to side, as in Home to Red
Ping-Pong - alternate move from front to back, as in Home to Jail
Horseshoe - turn-straddle-turn
Crazy 8 - (right lead from Home or Left lead from Red) Turn on
Home, step knee on Jail, turn on Red, step knee on Green (or
reverse if going from Red first)
2 Travel - repeat the move on the next step over
/ means you can teach this part alone in a breakdown of the combo
Each section picks up on the lead leg the previous section
left you on.
Section #1
- Home-Red: Horseshoe 2 travel / (16)
- Home-Red: Repeater knee volley / (16)
- Home-Jail-Red-Green: Crazy 8 / (16)
- Home-Jail-Home: step knee on Home, go to Jail and turnstep
ping-pong from Jail to Home, 1/2 hop on Home to opposite
corner (now facing right side of room) / (16)
**As a breakdown, substitute the 1/2 hop on Home by traveling to
Red (using the footwork for a double turn) and do a step kick
- you will then be ready to start from the top with a left
lead on Red
Section #2
- Home-Jail-Green: Over the top 2 travel (to Jail), walk
forward 4 steps to Green, 2 jacks on floor with 180 degree
turn on second jack (now facing left side of the room) (16)
- Green-Red-Home: Over the top 2 travel (to Red), walk
forward 4 steps to Home, 2 jacks on floor with no turn / (16)
**To teach these 2 sets (Home-Jail-Green, Green-Red-Home) as a
breakdown, go ahead and do the 180 degree turn until you are
ready to move on, then cue the second set of jacks without the
turn. You can also pyramid-teach this with Section #1 by
substituting a 1/2 hop on Red and two jacks instead of the walk
from Red to Home with 2 jacks. This will once again leave you
with a left lead to start from the top of Section #1 on Red.
Section #3
- Home-Jail-Green-Red: Knee-straddle around the world (on
Home, knee-straddle-knee, travel to Jail,
knee-straddle-knee, walk-out to Green, knee-straddle-knee,
travel to Red, knee-straddle-knee) (32)
**As a breakdown by itself, continue to go around the world as
long as you want. When you are ready to add it to Sections #1
and #2, end on Red by finishing the last knee-straddle with one
more straddle (so, coming from Green, go to Red and
knee-straddle-knee-straddle). This will leave you with the left
lead to put all three sections together and teach the combo
starting from Red.
Total of 32 counts of 8 for entire combo, working both sides.
The only caution I'd make in cueing the combo to start from Red
is that my class needs me to remind them well in advance that
they need to finish the straddle on Red and immediately start
with the left lead for the Horseshoe 2 travel - it comes
quickly! Practice it quite a bit yourself first.
If you have any questions or can't figure something out, email
and ask me. It's hard, as you know, to put in print exactly
how you break your combos down. Enjoy!
Added by
Deborah LaPorta
at 2:53 PM on Wednesday, July 7, 1999 EDT.
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