Had a go at this as a beginner and got a bit lost with it, today have found a diagram but parts of it may as well be in Chinese . I would appreciate input from someone more knowlegable about the dance on the translating the tricker bits. I've listed the 16 steps shown, sorry it makes a boring post! If I don't post a question mark it means I *think* I understand that step...
1. LOF 2. RIF 3. LOF 4. XF-ROF ?I think that means I crossed the right leg over to get into this glide 5. XB-LIF ??? I can't recall what happened at the end of the last glide, is this a slip, if so which one ? 6. ROF-S-> ? Assume this means swing while gliding on the right 7. LOF 8. RIF-DC ? Maybe this was that tricky slip
Wide step onto left foot
9. LIF-S-> 10. LIF-S-> ?Could this be a typo on my diagram, the curve is drawn to the left, should be RIF? 11. LOF 12. RIF-RC ?I think the short step describes a chasse with the left foot lifted? 13. LOF 14. Xroll LOF s-> ?Swinging cross roll I guess, don't really understand that fully yet 15. LOF 16. RIF-DC ? same chasse as before?
Steve <steve@deletethissjwilliams.com> wrote in news:d33mac$k2o$1@hercules.btinternet.com:
Golden Skaters Waltz - deciphering diagram>
Had a go at this as a beginner and got a bit lost with it, today have> found a diagram but parts of it may as well be in Chinese . I> would appreciate input from someone more knowlegable about the dance> on the translating the tricker bits. I've listed the 16 steps shown,> sorry it makes a boring post! If I don't post a question mark it means> I *think* I understand that step... >
Steve
Hi Steve,
I think the pattern you have is using roller notation rather than ice notation which is probably why it looks a bit confusing. The step list in ice notation is:
1. LFO - 2 beats 2. RFI Progressive - 1 beat 3. LFO - 3 beats 4. XF RFO - 3 beats 5. XB LFI - 3 beats 6. RFO Sr - 6 beats - swing roll, free leg forward on beat 4 7. LFO - 3 beats 8. RFI Slide Chasse - 3 beats 9. Wide Step to LFI - 6 beats - Swing roll free leg forward on beat 4 10. RFI - 6 beats - Swing roll free leg forward on beat 4 11. LFO - 2 beats 12. RFI Chasse - 1 beat 13. LFO - 3 beats 14. CR RFO Sw - 6 beats - Cross roll free leg forward on beat 4 15. LFO - 3 beats 16. RFI Slide Chasse - 3 beats
Think of the opening steps as a quick run followed by a slow run then cross in front, cross behind (this bit would probably make more sense if you could get someone to demonstrate it! but basically, cross your right foot in front of your left, slide your left foot backwards then slide it back into place, still crossed behind your right foot). Swing to the barrier (step 6), followed by a slide chasse. At the end of the slide you step wide onto a LFI edge and do an inside swing towards the barrier followed by another inside swing around the corner. The next step is a normal chasse followed by a crossroll swing and another slip chasse (no wide step this time) to bring you back to the start of the dance.
This is one of the vague areas for me. Could I trouble you or the panel to describe what's supposed to be done at step 8, I'm not quite clear what a slide/slip chasse is!
Steve wrote to rec.sport.skating.ice.recreational on Sat, 9 Apr 2005:
This is one of the vague areas for me. Could I trouble you or the panel to>describe what's supposed to be done at step 8, I'm not quite clear what a>slide/slip chasse is!>
I got to it. When the "site not found" comes up, go up and delete the "-" signs from the URL in the address bar, and click GO at the end of the bar. That will activate Windows Media Player, which will buffer it down. Once the file starts playing, pause WMP, and click on File .. save media, and you will get it. Not bad at all. Wonder if the lady is Samantha? Got her off those clunky inlines
Ah yes, got it working with that! Whoever, it looked very nice... Just wish I could get my head around remembering those steps now, that's as much of a challenge as trying to skate it for me... well that and the XB which seems more than a little difficult currently
Steve
"johns" <johns123xxx@xxxmoscow.com> wrote:>I got to it. When the "site not found" comes up, go>up and delete the "-" signs from the URL in the address>bar, and click GO at the end of the bar. That will>activate Windows Media Player, which will buffer it>down. Once the file starts playing, pause WMP, and>click on File .. save media, and you will get it.>Not bad at all. Wonder if the lady is Samantha? Got>her off those clunky inlines >
challenge as trying to skate it for me... well that and the XB which seems > more> than a little difficult currently
What coach Vickie is teaching me is in the cross strokes, cross rolls, point the move straight down the line of travel, but then hook the roll action itself to the wall. That gives much better balance in the placement of the next step. I seem to be collecting films from several sources now, and what I see they all have in common is the need to hook those rolls more, so that the placement of the next step, makes the next step easier to do. Basically I'm saying to cross up the body, and kick across the line of travel.
