Shambling Shimmies L2 Group Vocabulary

SINGLE TURKISH

Classification: Fast

Basic Cue:

Arms in second, wrists lift upwards. Body faces stage left or stage left front corner, right hip lifts up and to the front (of the body).

Variations:

  • Traveling: nod slightly forward as you begin traveling forward with the move, look down slightly as you begin traveling backwards with the move.
  • Turn: cue with head turn – gradual turn – lead passes around formation for timing of move / turn until it returns to original position.

Zills/Timing:

Timing – 2 count move – hip up and forward and wrists up on the downbeat.

Zill Pattern – Gallop (ending) on the downbeat

Zill Pattern / Move Timing Broken Down –

1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &  
R   R L R   R L R   R L R   R L
HIP FRONT   HIP BACK   HIP FRONT   HIP BACK  
WRISTS UP   WRISTS DOWN   WRISTS UP   WRISTS DOWN