Mum's Basic Pinwheel Step

I taught this for the first time today. We had never tried pinwheel but it was lots of fun! See Clara Dixon's pinwheel pattern (#15054) for a good description of how it works.

Right leg lead moving counterclockwise

Combo #1

• Basic right 2X
• L-step 2X
• Up, jack, down (off front) jack

Switch to next bench

Combo #2

• Travel kicks 4X
• Charleston kick 2X
• Knee straddle knee exit right

Switch to next bench

Combo #3

• 1/2 L
• Across the top 2X
• 1/2 L
• Ham travel 3X
• Over the top

Switch

Combo #4

• Double knee march behind bench (8)
• Double knee march behind (8)
• Shuffle turn 2X (8)
• Horseshoe (8)

You should now be back to your home bench

Transition combo to reverse lead legs (stolen from Clara)

• V-step 3X
• 1 Knee lift
• 1/2 Revolving door
• Basic 1X
• Up and lunge 2X

Do combos 1-4 on a left lead

For combos that are a bit harder:

Combo #5

• Up and lunge side 6X
• Straddle
• Over the top 3X or quick over rock back 3X (12)
• Step knee switch to next bench

#6 (based on a combo from Lethal Leslie)

• V slide (4)
• Mambo cha cha cha on floor (4)
• 3 Knee repeater
• March on top for 3 exit stomp left (8)
• Over the top (4)
• 2 Jacks moving to next bench (4)

Combo #7

• Side leg repeater 2X
• Stomp right,left march 4 (8)
• Up right,left double side lunge exit off front move to next bench

Combo #8

• Basic right (or revolving door) 2X
• V-step right 2X (or v jack)
• Travel knees 3X
• Hop turn moving to next bench

Transition combo (stolen from some CIA video years ago)

• Stomp straddle 4X (16)
• Step knee lift 3X moving back (12) *Left knee comes up each time. There's an evil tap in there!
• Grapevine right (4)

*This is a great "brain break". You can stay on the same bench for awhile and do some anaerobic work. The stomp straddle can be done double time.

You are now on a left foot lead ready to do combos 5-8 on a left foot lead. I hope this makes sense! I didn't do any moves that the class didn't already know really well. I also would break down the combo a little bit at each bench.

Example combo 6

• Bench 1: V-step 3X, mambo cha cha cha, 3 knee repeater, over the top, 2 jacks to next bench
• Bench 2: V-step 2X, V-slide, mambo cha cha, 3 knee repeater, over the top, 2 jacks
• Bench 3: V-slide, mambo cha cha, 3 knee repeater, 2 basic, over the top, 2 jacks
• Bench 4: Final combo

This is sounding more confusing than it actually was! Depending on the level of your class you could do a different combo as you switch to each bench, or simply repeat the same combo all the way around, do your transition combo and repeat around on a left lead.

One other idea: you could teach the first half of the class as regular step, going through each combo. Once they are familiar with them put them in a pinwheel formation.

Email with questions!

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