| Name | Grip | Initial Signal | Description |
| Wrist Breaker | L to R | Start as for Wurlitzer, but man gives thumb pressure when outstretched. Man steps forward on R and turns counter-clockwise under the joined hands, and the lady walks behind him before the man drives her in a clockwise walking turn to end up back in the outstretched Wurlitzer position facing the opposite direction. | |
| Flingy Flam - variant | L to R | Wurlitzer Signal | Start as for Wurlitzer then give give a further signal with R thumb pressure and L hand at R shoulder with palm facing the lady. The lady rolls in counter-clockwise, but is checked by the man's L on her back (2 beats). The man rolls the lady back out clockwise. Repeat. Flick turn to exit. Alternately, to exit the man can continue the clockwise roll-out by stepping toward the lady and moving his R around her, bending the wrist gently to continue her momentum into a free clockwise spin. |
| Slam Butterfly | R to R | Cupped L at L shoulder facing outward | Start as for Sway but the man flings the lady's L out while she steps behind on her R to end up behind the man at his L shoulder. The man offers his L hand over his L shoulder and the lady takes it wither her L. Then there follows several "towels" where both shift weight to the other foot by outstretching the arm in that direction, turning to look at each-other after each move. Eventually, after extending the L arms, the man steps back under the L arms, and then does a double two-hand overhead turn on the lady. |
| Charlie | L to R | Secret Move Signal | Start as for Secret Move but the man does not release the lady's R, instead outstretching it while walking around clockwise (2 beats). The the man brings his R (and the lady's R) across the other arms and outstretches to his right, while still walking around clockwise (2 beats). Keeping the joined L hands low, the man turns the lady clockwise with his R in about 1.5 turns to end with her R arm bent at the elbow and his R hand over her L shoulder holding her R behind her neck (L hands still at lady's R hip, still walking around clockwise) (2?4? beats). Now the man ducks down and walks around the lady clockwise, keeping his R behind her neck, and bringing his L around the lady, over her head and down behind his head and both step back to a splay position (4? beats). Then exit as for the Neck Break |
| Astaire Drop | L to R | Wurlitzer Signal | Start as for the Wurlitzer - lean, but in the lean, the man runs his R hand down the lady's L upper arm, around in a circle and joins her R palm-to-palm above their heads (2 beats). The man pops the lady forward with his R shoulder, shifts his weight to be centered and quickly brings his R arm from her R hip up to next to the other joined hands. The lady has stepped forward on her R and pivoted clockwise on that foot to face the man's R with all her weight on her R foot. Then the man lowers the lady keeping his hands close together and close in to his body down to around belt height. This is an extension drop, so the lady extends her L leg and supports herself with her R. The man gives initial impetus to rise, the lady brings her L foot next to her right and uses both legs to rise. Right-hand flick turn to exit. |
| Tornado Drop | L to R | Sway Signal | Start as for the Sway but the man swaps hands at the lady's R hip when in the splay position. The lady starts a double walking turn to their left, with the man's R hand trailing around her back at waist height. As the man plants his final L foot, he changes his L hand grip to clasp palm-to-palm, and moves his R hand to support the lady's L shoulder blade. The man can drop the lady either by lunging to his L for a deep dip, or just over his R thigh by crouching for a shallow version. In both cases the lady supports her weight on her R with the L extending. The man gives initial impetus to rise, the lady brings her L foot next to her right and uses both legs to rise, then normal L to R return. |
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