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Tap Dance Curriculum 
Accelerated Class - Ages 8-11 - 2 hrs/week

Here's a simple one I use in warm-ups: (I use slap to refer to a flap without a weight change)

4 slaps on R (a1, a2, a3, a4)
4 slaps R w/HD on L (a5+, a6+, a7+, a8+) 
4 slaps R w/dblHD-RL (a1e+, a2e+, a3e+, a4e+)

stomp pull HD ball HD, stomp pull HD ball HD stamp
  R     R   L   R   R    L    L    R   L   L   R
  5     +   a   6   e    +    7    e   +   a   8

(repeat entire drill, on the other side)


Crawl combination:

HD, ball, HD, TD, HD   HD, ball, HD, TD, HD   HD, ball, HD, TD, HD
L     R    R   R   R   R     L    L   L   L   L     R    R   R   R
A     1    +   A   2   A     3    +   A   4   A     5    +   A   6
      (crawl to R)           (crawl to L)           (crawl to R)


HD, dig, pull, step stomp
R    L    L     L     R
A    7    +     A     8

HD, dig, pull, step, dig, pull, step, dig, pull, step, Stamp
L    R     R    R     L     L    L     R     R     R    L
A    1     +    A     2     +    A     3     +     A    4

Stamp, Stamp, Click in air, Cramp Roll, Stamp
R       L       Both         RLRL         R
+       5       6            e+a7         8


Triplet Combination:
	(Riff=Ball R, Scuff R, Heel Drop L; BkRiff=Heel Dig R, Pull/Spank R, Heel Drop L)

BkRiff, Riff, BkRiff, Riff, BkRiff, Flap, HD, HD, Pull, HD, Flap, HD
 RRL    RRL    RRL    RRL    RRL     R    L   R    L    R    L     L
 1+A    2+A    3+A    4+A    5+A     6+   A   7    +    A    8+    A

repeat above section 2X

Stomp, Pull, Step, HD, HD, HD
  R     R     R    R   L   R
  1     +     A    2   +   A
 
Repeat above section 2X-once left, once right

Stomp, Pull, HD, Stamp
  L     L    R     L
  7     +    A     8

Chug, Shuffle, Ch, Sh, Ch, Sh, Ch, Sh, Ch, DoubleShuffle, Ch DblSh, Ch
  L      R     L   R   L   R   L   R   L        R         L    R    L
  1      +a    2   +a  3   +a  4   +a  5      e+a6        +   a7e+  8   



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