Five 64-count Combos -- August 2005

Combo #1 (64-count self-reversing combo starting on right lead)

• Scissor over (step right, left hip extension, down left/right) in front of bench to left wall (4)
• Walk x2 left/right around the left corner of the bench to face right wall (2)
• Shuffle (aka chasse) (left on bench, right on floor, left on bench) (2)
• "Skip" option: shuffle on the bench left-right-left
• Walk x3 right/left/right around the right end of bench to left wall (3)
• Option: turn 180 degrees clockwise
• Shuffle (aka chasse) (left on bench, right on floor, left on bench) (2)
• "Skip" option: shuffle on the bench left-right-left
• Walk x3 right/left/right around the right end of bench to left wall (3)
• Option: turn 180 degrees clockwise

Easy substitution for self-reversing 16-count combo above: scissor over, walk x4 around the end of bench, shuffle-turn x2

• Diagonal over up left/right down left/right to front of bench toward right-front corner of room (4)
• Mambo cha-cha left/right left-right-left turning 180 degress to face left-rear corner of room (4)
• Diagonal over up right/left down right/left to front of bench toward left-rear corner of room (4)
• Mambo cha-cha right/left right-left-right turning 180 degress to face right-front corner of room (4)

Possible replacement for 16-count combo above: walkaway Joe x2

• Knee repeater x2 (16)
• Option #1: knee-repeater-straddle X2
• Option #2: knee-repeater-straddle with speed lunges on counts 4 and 5) x2
• Option #3: (1) step left facing the front-right corner of the room
  (2) knee right
  (3) touch right behind bench facing right wall
  (4) switch, now touching left in front of bench facing right wall
  (5) Switch, now touching right in front of bench facing left wall
  (6) knee right
  (7-8) straddle down right/left

Repeat (right lead facing left wall) returning to face right wall in a straddle on left lead

• Alternating hams x4 corner to corner (16)
• Option #1: hams x4 around the world
• Option #2: ham on bench, ham on floor, ham x2 corner to corner

Combo #2 (64-count self-reversing combo starting on left lead)

• Turn-straddle left/right/left/right to left wall (4)
• Double-abductor-straddle x2 (12)
• Option: double-abductor-straddle "tic-toc" (i.e., with pendulum on count 3 and 4) x2

• Hop-straddle x2 (8)
• Easy option: straddle x2
• Option: reverse-hop-straddle x2
• 1/4 Hopturn off the back of the bench, basic right/left/right/left (8)

• Step-V-leap x4 (16) (= up right, leap up with left foot wide and taking right foot wide into V on bench, down right/left)
• Low-impact options: basics or V-steps

• Superwoman x2 (8) (= up right, 1/2 hopturn with hip extension and superwoman armline down down)
• Low-impact option: alternating hip extensions x2 in center of bench

• Jump shots corner to corner x2 (8)

Combo #3 (64-count self-reversing combo starting on right lead)

• Knee-straddle (step right, knee left, down left/right), jazz square left/right/left/right turning to face right wall (8)
• Easy option: repeater
• Hip extensions x2 corner to corner (8)

• Rocking horse x2 (16)
• "Pony" Option: (1) step left
  (2) swing right ham over bench
  (3) Step right on floor in front of bench
  (4) knee left
  (5) step left on bench
  (6) swing right ham over bench
  (7-8) down right/left turning to face left corner of bench

• Charleston (4)
• Scissor-jacks x4 (4)
• Option: ironwoman-jacks (= long lunges at half tempo) x2
• Over the top (revolving) x2 (8)
• Option#1: step overs (= step over the bench, ham on floor) x4
• Option#2: two-footed hops with pulse-pulse hesitation over the bench x2
• Option#3: two-footed 1/2 hopturns with pulse-pulse hesitation x2

• Charleston (4)
• Scissor-jacks x4 (4)
• Option: ironwoman-jacks (= long lunges at half tempo) x2
• Over the top (revolving) x2 (8)
• Option#1: step overs (= step over the bench, ham on floor) x4
• Option#2: two-footed hops with pulse-pulse hesitation over the bench x2
• Option#3: two-footed 1/2 hopturns with pulse-pulse hesitation x2

Combo #4 (64-count self-reversing combo starting on left lead)

• Stomp (aka "mini-mambo") x4 (12) (=rock step on bench with slight lift of other foot, down down facing other side of bench)
• Option: stomp x4 around the world
• Kick right (4)

• Chug (aka "peg leg") right/left/right/left x2 (4) (=rock step on bench with slight lift of other foot, rock step on floor with slight lift of other foot)
• Option #1: go around left corner of bench
• Option #2: pump the chug around
• Knee (step right on front of bench, knee left, down left/right turning to face left corner (4)
• Option: scissor over

• Chug x2 (4)
• Option#1: go around left corner of bench
• Option#2: pump the chug around
• Knee (step left on back of bench, knee right, down right/left turning to face left corner (4)
• Option: scissor over

• V-step right/left/right/left x2 (8)
• Run V-step right/left/right/left x2 (8)
• Fancy V-step x2 (16) [=Hop V up (count 1), in-out-in-out-in (counts 2-6), down (counts 7-8)]

Combo #5 (64-count self-reversing combo starting on right lead)

• Up up right/left, double-lunge x3, down left/right (16)
• Option: (1-2) up right/left turning to left wall
  (3-6) lunge right off front, up right, lunge right off front, up right with a small hop to face right wall
  (7-10) lunge left off front, up left, lunge left off front, up left with a small hop to left wall
  (11-14) lunge right off back, up right, lunge right off back, up right with a small hop to face front
  (15-16) down left/right

• Basic left/right/left/right x2 (8)
• Double-tempo basic x4 (8)
• Option: double-tempo revolving door on the first two

• Hop squat x2 (32) = (1-4) step on corner of bench, knee, step off corner, squat
  (5-8) walk across x2, step off other corner, squat
  (9-12) walk across x2, step off corner, squat
  (13-16) step on corner of bench, knee, step down down behind bench
• Easy "tapping" substitution: 1/2 L-step, across the top x2, 1/2 L-step off

REPEAT ALL ABOVE beginning on left lead

Thanks to Rob, P-step, and Susan S !

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