The Base Move Is... A Double/Single Stomp

I've been working on this for quite a while now, and finally got the time and inclination to make this video. I've had a lot of fun in my classes coming up with new ways to modify the Double Stomp/Single Stomp, and I thought that this might give some folks some inspiration to do some creating, too.

The video is a long one -- I had to edit it down just to make it fit into the 10-minute time limit, so what is shown in the video is not every move that I could come up with as a variation on this Base Move.

Essentially, what I figured out is that if you take a 5-count lead changing move and combine it with a 3-count lead changing move, you can use a Double Stomp/Single Stomp as the Base move, since it also has the same configuration.

I attempted to put the following information into the video, but it was in table format and it just wasn't legible on the video. So, I'm listing as many 5-count lead changers as I could think of (most are in the video if reading them doesn't make sense) and 3-count lead changers. Simply take any two moves and put them together. Hey, you can even put the 3-count move first for something different!! Just be sure that the final move doesn't change lead legs, or else your Base Move won't be a Double Stomp/Single Stomp.


5-Count Lead Changers

1. Double Stomp, exit
2. Rock on Top, exit
3. Tick-Tock, exit
4. Flick-kick, exit
5. Stomp Over, on Top, exit
6. Any of the above moves with a straddle exit
7. Stomp Wide and Spin over to the front
8. Stomp Wide and Spin into a straddle
9. Stomp off the end & go Across, step down
10. Chasse over, Chasse over & exit
11. Add Syncopation (hold one step longer and then double-time 2 other steps)
12. Stomp & Switch going up onto the step, chasse across, step down

3-Count Lead Changers

1. 1 stomp, exit
2. 1 stomp, straddle
3. Stomp on the floor instead of on the step
4. Stomp on the floor on the front of the step, but exit at home
5. Pivot on the floor
6. Crossover & march (Jazz Square)
7. Kick-Ball-Change
8. Drag

Here's the video.... Sorry for the white legs!! Oh, and can you spot my friend, and excellent Step instructor, Leslie, in my video????