Double-Handed Swizzlestick (4 counts ; 8 musical beats)
Introduction
The Double-Handed Swizzlestick is a very quick Basket type move, with an immediate exit — with the lady turning in front of the man.
Steps
- 1: (Step back)
The lady faces south directly in front of the man, who faces north.
The man holds the lady's right hand in his left hand.
The man leads the lady to move backwards (stepping back on her right foot in preparation for an anticlockwise rotation) — by pushing her right hand slightly with his left hand — as he moves backwards and offers his right hand for the lady to take his right hand in her left hand.
- 2: ()
The lady faces south stepped away directly in front of the man, who faces north.
The man holds the lady's right hand in his left hand and holds the lady's left hand in his right hand.
The man leads the lady to move forwards and turn 270o anticlockwise (with weight on her left leg) under his left hand (and the lady's right hand) — by raising his left hand (and the lady's right hand) from waist height to above her head — as he moves forwards and prevents her turning further by locking her hip with his right arm (and her left arm) as it tightens around her waist.
- 3: ()
The lady faces west close to directly in front of the man, who faces north.
The man holds the lady's right hand in his left hand and holds the lady's left hand in his right hand — the man's left hand is at head height — the man's right hand is near to the lady's right hip.
The man leads the lady to move right and turn 630o clockwise (with weight on her right leg) under his left hand (and the lady's right hand) — by releasing her right hip after pulling it slightly with his right hand to unwind her.
- 4: (Step back)
The lady faces south directly in front of the man, who faces north.
The man holds the lady's right hand in his left hand and holds the lady's left hand in his right hand.
The man leads the lady to finish the turn (placing weight onto her left foot as a brake and then stepping back on her right leg) — by pushing her right hand slightly with his left hand and pushing her left hand slightly with his right hand — as he lowers his left hand (and the lady's right hand) and lowers his right hand (and the lady's left hand) to waist height and moves backwards.
- 5: (Finish)
The lady faces south stepped away directly in front of the man, who faces north.
The man holds the lady's right hand in his left hand and holds the lady's left hand in his right hand.
Notes
Variations
Can be preceded by an Arm Jive.
Links
- Double handed Swizzlestick at Bath Leroc. Hosted at The Internet Archive.
- Spinster at Bath Leroc. Hosted at The Internet Archive.
Videos
- Swizzle-stick in How To Jive With Jive Bunny. Christine Keeble. Castle Music Pictures, How To Jive, Ravenbridge House, Camp End Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0NR, UK, 1990.
- Swizzle-stick in How To Jive — Featuring Music By The Firebirds.