Episode #5 The Dean Collins Shim Sham

Welcome to Episode #5 of our Line Dance series. Our theme today is The Dean Collins Shim Sham. This episode contains a demo of the dance by our team, followed by a break down and study of some of the material.
This line dance/ jazz sequence is performed by the Covid Busters Swing Team and the break down is by Paolo.
We hope you can join along with us and dance this wonderful swing style routine!
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[@serriff9403]

Congratulations, that was amazing! Awesome styling with ample upper body movement. And then it gets even better with a very detailed step-by-step walkthrough, showing multiple angles, focusing on transitions and providing names for each move. One of the best videos on this routine.

[@JustinShaedo]

3:43 stomp offs (R,L,R,R,L,R,L,L,R,L * change here)
3:55 2 x Kick-ball-change (KBC) kicking with right, stepping behind on the KBC)
4:03: Shim-sham break
(step tap, step tap, two steps back, two steps forward (slight charleston twist to feet)
4:10 (all above at once)
4:30 (again from side view)
4:56 Push & Cross Over (and transitions)
push it, push it, cross over (same as Frankie)
push it, push it, cross over (to the left)
push it, push it ....
5:08 (change) step onto left, KBC (right foot comes behind)
5:30 Demonstration stomps to Pushes
5:58 Tacky Annie
stomp off, tap-step, tap-step ("pull it in")
6:14 and in, and out, and in, and out
6:50 transition:
stomp off, tap-step, tap-step, tap-back (with right) KBC (kick with right)
7:34 Half Breaks
2 x half-break
Shim-sham break
8:19 Dean's Twist Break
step on right,
(count 8) Left knee up
triple step
right knee up
right cross over
unwind
8:34 as above, see from behind
9:01 Dean's Suzie Q
1,3,5,7 (to left)
1,3,5,7 (to right)
1,3,5.... (to left) ( -> kbc to shim sham break)
11:42 Demo: Half Break to Suzi Q
13:11 The slides

[@stephenmessano1847]

New dancer here. Trying hard to learn all these steps by TH-cam videos. This version of the Dean Collins Shim Sham seems quite different from the one my local dance group does. There are many versions and variations around the world? How do dancers from different places to this together, if everyone knows a different way of doing it?

[@JustinShaedo]

The shimsham (originally a tap routine) was danced by professional dancers with each other after work. Every dancer had their own variation. The lindy hop community dances the Frankie Manning version because he simplified it and took out the tap dancing. So learn Frankie Manning version first, but be aware there are hundreds of legitimate versions. Ironically the only 'rule' back in the day was 'be original, don't just copy everyone else' (but now it's, now and we all do it the same)

[@stephenmessano1847]

@@JustinShaedo OK. Thank you.