Basket Fling (8 counts ; 16 musical beats) : Brief Description

Steps

1–4

The Basket Fling starts like steps 1–4 of the Basket.

5: ()

The man leads the lady to rotate 270^o clockwise (with weight on her right leg) so that she unwinds — by pulling her left hand slightly with his right hand keeping it at waist height and releasing the lady's right hand from his left hand — as he rotates slightly anticlockwise (with weight on his left leg).

6: ()

The man leads the lady to move backwards-right and turn 360+^o clockwise (with weight on her right leg) under his right hand (and the lady's left hand) — by pulling her left hand slightly with his right hand and raising his right hand (and the lady's left hand) from waist height to his right — as he moves backwards-left and rotates slightly anticlockwise (with weight on his left leg).

7–9

The Basket Fling ends like steps 4–6 of the Wurlitzer.