White Rectangle

A

ALEXANDER (BROADWAY, SHIRLEYTEMPLE)      

     Alexander Clunk

B

BACK ESSENCE

     Double Back Essence

BOMBERSHAY

     Bombershay Broadway

     Bombershay Toe

     Brittanyshay  

     Drawbershay

     Jackhammer

     Jinnyshay

     Shayberbom

     Shay Roll

     Toe Dig Bombershay

BROADWAY (SEE ALEXANDER)

BRUSH

     Brush Back (See Spank)

BUFFALO  

     Buffalo Pullback

     Buffalo Scuffle

     Buffalo Turn

     Buffalo Wing

     Click Buffalo

     Double Buffalo

     Double Buffalo Toe

     Double Buffalo Toe Pullback

     Double Toe Buffalo

     Faluffalo - BONUS STEP

     Maddalo - BONUS STEP


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C

CHUG

CINCINNATI

     Cincinnati Flam

     Double Cincinnati

CLICK (TOE & HEEL)

     Clickety Clank

    Jump Click

CLUNK

     Clunker   

CRAMP ROLL

     Alternating (Around the World, Trading Cramp Roll) Cramp Roll

     Backwards Cramp Roll

     Cramprolet

     Criss Cross Cramp Roll

     Double Cramp Roll (Flap Cramp Roll)

     Double Flap Cramp Roll

     Frap Cramp Roll (NOT flap)

     Lopsided Cramp Roll

     Megamines Cramp Roll

     Riffle Cramp Roll  

     Rod Roll

     Stamp Cramp Roll Turn

     Stamp Roll

     Triple Cramp Roll (Shuffle Cramp Roll)

     Triple Double Cramp Roll


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D

DIG (HEEL)

     Ditto

     Double Heel Stand

     Dub Dub Dig Toe

     Farmer

     Sloppy Joe

DIG TOE (HEEL TOE)

DIG TOE STEP HEEL


DOUBLE ANYTHING... - find the root step and look below it (for double irish, find irish and look below it)


DRAWBACK

     Crossing Drawback

     Double Drawback   

     Drawback Flam     

     Drawback Heel

     Drawman

     Frapback

     Spiel  

     Stephunky

     Swiffle (Tessa Backdraw)

     Triple Drawback


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F

FLAP

     Double Flap

     Flabbergast

     Flap Ball Change

     Flap Step Ball Change

     Flap Heel

     Flap Heel Heel

     Flap Heel Turn

     Frap

     Scap


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G

GRAB OFF (SEE PULLBACKS)


H

HEEL

     Heel-Flam

     Heelo

HEEL STAND

     Heel Stand Turn

     Single Heel Stand

     Single Heel Stand Turn

HOP

     Hop Riffle

     Hop Scuffle

     Hop Shuffle

     Hop Shuffle Hop Scuffle Hop Riffle Hop Stomp Spank

     Twister


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I

IRISH  

     Double Irish (version 1)   

     Double Irish (version 2)

     Irish Flap

     Irish Pullback

     Irish Pullback Heel Flap Heel

     Irish Pullback Flap

     Irish Pullback Flap Heel  

     Irish Pullback Toe Flap

     Irish Shiggy Bop (Irish Shovel)

     Irish Wing

     Step Irish Turn


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J

JUMP

     Jumper

     Jump Flam

     Tori


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L

LEAP

     Leap Heel


M

MAXIE FORD

     Double Maxie Ford

     Double Maxie Ford Pullback

     Double Maxie Ford Toe

     Double Maxie Ford Toe Pullback

     Double Toe Maxie Ford  

     Hot Toe

     Maxie Ford Clunk

     Maxie Ford Pullback

     Maxie Ford Toe

     Maxie Ford Turn

     Maxie Ford Wing


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N

NERVE TAPS


O

OVER THE TOP


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P

PADDLES (SEE SCUFFLE STEP)

PADDLE & ROLL (SEE SCUFFLE STEP HEEL)

PADDLE TURN

PARADIDDLE (SEE SCUFFLE STEP HEEL)

PULLBACK (PULL, GRAB OFF, PICK-UP)  

     3 Sound Pullback

     Clapull

     Click Pullback - BONUS STEP

     Crossing Pullback

     In and Out Pullback

     Pullback Dig Toe

     Pullback Shuffle Step

     Pullback Toe

     DOUBLE PULLBACK

         Baloney

         Double Pullback Toe

         Joe Toe Pull

         Jordan Pullback

         Teeler - BONUS STEP

     SINGLE PULLBACK (One-Foot Pullback)

         Rise

         Single Pullback Opposite Toe

         Single Pullback Toe

         Skipping Pullback

     SWITCHING PULLBACK (Swapping, Alternating Pullback)

         Maddie Mill

         Switching Pullback Flap   

         Switching Pullback Flap Heel Toe  

         Switching Pullback Toe  

         Switching Toe Pullback  

         Treadmill

         Treadmill Heel


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R

RIFF

     3-Beat Riff Walk (Slam, Flam, Slurp, Third)

     4-Beat Riff Walk

     5-Beat Riff Walk

     6-Beat Riff Walk

     7-Beat Riff Walk

     8-100 Beat Riff Walk

     Annalisa's 8-beat Riff Walk

     Hines Riff (Split Riff)

     Nicaela Quick

     Stamp Step Riff Heel Turn

     Step Riff Brush Heel

     Step Riff Heel (Hop Riff Heel, Leap Riff Heel)


RIFFLE

     Broken Riff

     Pendulum Riffle

     Riffle Dig Toe

     Riffle Step

     Riffle Step Heel

     Riff Raff

     Ruffle


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SCUFF   

     Bam Bam

     Double Scuff Front

     Radiohead

     Scuff Dig Ball Change

     Scuff Dig Toe

     Scuff Front

     Scuff Heel Step

     Shiggy Bop (Shovel, Heel Slide)

     Skunk

     Steel

SCUFFLE (PADDLE, DIG BRUSH)

     Double Scuffle

     Double Scuffle Step Heel  

     Scopper

     Scout

     Scuffaloeo

     Scuffle Ball Change

     Scuffle Dig Toe

     Scuffle Pullback

     Scuffle Step (Paddles, Dig Brush Step)

     Scuffle Step Heel (Dig Brush Toe Heel, Paddle and Roll, Paradiddle)

     Scuffle Step Turn

     Scuffle Toe Slap Heel

     Scuffit

     Scuffout

     Squiggly Wiggly  


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SHIM SHAM   

SHIRLEY TEMPLE (SEE ALEXANDER)

SHUFFLE   

     Blur

     Double Shuffle

     Hoofer’s Shuffle

     Hop Shuffle

     Pendulum Shuffle

     Rooster

     Sh-sh-sh-shuffle - BONUS STEP

     Shuffle Heel

     Traveling Pendulum Shuffle

     SHUFFLE BALL CHANGE

         Shuffle Ball Change Heel

         Shuffle Dig Step Shuffle Toe Step

         Shuffle Pullback Ball Change

         Shuffle Toe Pullback Ball Change

     SHUFFLE STEP (Running Shuffle, Leap Shuffles, Jogging Shuffles)

         Penguin

         Shuffle Dig Toe

         Shuffle Flap

         Shuffle Heel Step

         Shuffle Heel Step Heel

         Shuffle Pullback

         Shuffle Pullback Heel

         Shuffle Step Heel

         Shuffle Toe Step     

         Shuffle Toe Toe Step         

         Shunk

         Toe Stand Shuffle Step

         Tucker


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SLAM

SLAP

SLIDE

     Dig Slide

     Jimmy

SMACK

SPANK (BRUSH, DRAW, PULL)  

     Spackle

     Spat

     Spots

     Sugar Bop

    SPANK STEP (Back Flap)

     Boomerang

     Paddle Turn

     Spank Step Ball Change

     Spank Step Heel

     Spank Toe Step

STAMP

     Stamp Step Toe Heel Turn

STEP   

     Hit

STEP HEEL

     Flam

     Step Heel Heel

     Step Heel Turn

STEP TOE HOP TURN

STOMP

     Toro


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T

TIME STEPS

     Cramp Roll Time Step

TRADITIONAL SINGLE TIME STEP  

     Traditional Double Time Step

     Traditional Triple Time Step

     Traditional Quadruple Time Step

     Buck Single Time Step

        Buck Double Time Step

        Buck Triple Time Step

        Buck Quadruple Time Step

     Single Traveling Time Step

        Double Traveling Time Step

        Triple Traveling Time Step

        Quadruple Traveling Time Step

     Heel Grind Time Step


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TOE (flat)

    Toe Toe Heel Heel

TOE (Tip)

     Dodo

     Rorymeister

     Spear

     Toto

TOE STAND

     Double Toe Stand

     Single Toe Stand (One Foot Toe Stand)

     Single Toe Stand Turn

     Toe Stand Turn

TOUCH

TRAVEL STEP

TRENCHES


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W

WALTZ CLOG

     Double Waltz Clog

     Double Waltz Clog Pullback

     Double Waltz Clog Toe Pullback

     Double Waltz Clog Wing

     Waltz Clog Pullback

     Waltz Clog Scuffle

WING

     Backwards Wing  

     Click Wing

     Crossing Wing

     Double Wing (Separated, Staggered, Alternating)

      Five Count Wing

      Same Side Wing

      Scissor Wing

      Toe Stand Wing

      Wing Toe

      SINGLE WING (One Foot Wing)

        Dwing - 1e& - dig/WING

        Five Count Single Wing - BONUS STEP

        Single Wing Heel Toe

        Single Wing Toe

        Swing

        Twing

    SWITCHING WING

        Switching Wing Toe


THIS is why you don’t lean forward for a pullback (pick-up, grab-off)


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