Titahi Bay Thursday Afternoon Basic Beginner
Dances done 06/08/2026
The dances written in purple are the ones we did in class this week.
| Dance Name | Choreographer | Step Sheet/Video |
| Arlesey Stomp | Alison & Peter Metelnick | click here |
| Before I Met You | Christine Stewart | click here |
| Homecoming AB | Dee Palmer | click here |
| Little Flowers | Carrie Ann Earl | click here |
| Mamma Maria | Frank Trace | click here |
| Miles On It | Christine Stewart | click here |
| Rocket to the Sun | Maddison Glover | click here |
| Shirts and Skirts | Jamie Barnfield | click here |
| Stomp 2,3,4 AB danced twice | Dee Palmer | click here |
| **Sugar Sugar** | Gordon Elliott | click here |
| That Honky Tonk Highway | Maggie Shipley | click here |
| Who Needs To Know taught today danced twice | Joshua Talbot | click here |
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**Sugar Sugar** I use the dance “Sugar Sugar” as a split floor dance to the Intermediate dance “Patient Heart”. I don’t use the music that “Sugar Sugar” was choreographed to!!
Here’s the music I use for “Sugar Sugar”
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Videos showing how to do:
Heel Struts
Heel Struts were taught on Thursday 06/07/2026 in the dance “Who Needs To Know”
Jazz Box 1/4 Turn Right
Jazz Box 1/4 turn right was taught on Thursday 06/07/2026 in the dance “Who Needs To Know”
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Side Shuffle, Rock Back, Recover Forward
Side Shuffle, Rock Back, Recover Forward was taught on Thursday 25/06/2026 in the dance “Homecoming AB”
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1/4 Pivot Turn Left
1/4 Pivot Turn Left was taught on Tuesday 25/06/2026 in the dance “Homecoming AB”
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Rumba Box
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Rumba Box was taught on Thursday 18/06/2025 in the dance “Little Flowers”
Please note: In this video the right Rumba Forward doesn’t end with a touch of the Left foot beside the Right. How each part of the Rumba Box ends is up to the choreographer of the dance.
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Jazz Box (Jazz Square)
Jazz Box was taught on Thursday 28/05/2025 in the dance “Arlesey Stomp”
The above video also shows how to do a Jazz Box starting with the Left Foot and how to do a Jazz Box Turn but,
for the purpose of Arlesey Stomp only focus on the standard Jazz Box leading with the Right Foot
Here’s another video showing how to do a Jazz Box
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K Step
K Step was taught on Thursday 23/04/2026 in the dance “Sugar Sugar”
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Rocking Chair
Rocking Chair was taught on Thursday 12/03/2026 in the dance “Before I Met You”
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Walk Forward
Walk Forward was taught on Thursday 05/03/2026 in the dance “Rocket to the Sun”
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Grapevine (Vine)
Vine With A Touch was taught on Thursday 05/03/2026 in the dance “Rocket to the Sun”
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V Step
The “V” Step was taught on Thursday 05/03/2026 in the dance “Rocket to the Sun”
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Step Touch
Step Touch was taught on Thursday 05/03/2026 in the dance “Rocket to the Sun”
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Vine 1/4 turn
Vine with a 1/4 turn was taught on Thursday 05/03/2026 in the dance “Mamma Maria”