| Name | Grip | Initial Signal | Description |
| Flingy Flam | L to R | Start as for Wurlitzer then give give a further signal with L hand at R shoulder with palm facing the lady. The lady is lead to roll in counter-clockwise with the usual "six" or "J" by the man in a horizontal plane with his R, but is checked by the man's L on her back having walked around clockwise (2 beats). The man rolls the lady back out clockwise, and gently inverts the lady's L wrist as she faces away from him to keep her spinning clockwise. The man releases the lady's L and catches her R either immediately or after a free spin, then return. | |
| Crossover Catapult | L to R | No signal | Man walks forward, dragging L out to L, walks through, presents R behind his back over his L wrist (4 beats). Lady takes R as he raises R arm for her to walk under (4 beats). Drive R through to achieve a Wurlitzer position, and then flick spin R to exit. |
| Secret Move - fountain spin | R to R | Secret Move Signal | Both step forward as for the Secret Move (2 beats), but then the man retains both the joined hands and walks forward to open the stance and checks (2 beats). Then the man draws the joined R hands across the L hands while pivoting to face the other direction to check the other way (2 beats), then checks back to face the original direction (2 beats). At this point, a double squeeze with both hands signals the "fountain spin", which is preceded by another check to the man's R which the man exaggerates to create tension to transfer momentum back the other way, bring both hands up to around eye level (but not too high, lest the lady walk through under them) (2 beats). Finally the double clockwise overhead spin starts, with the man dropping one hand (preferably the L) and finishes holding the lady's R in the other for a return. |
| Accordion - ?? | R to R | Accordion Signal | After three steps of the usual Accordion entry, the man leads a step left on the fourth beat, lifting his L leg slightly and stepping back leading with his L hip (3 beats). Now the man alternates steps L and R, moving closer to the lady and eventually lifting the joined hands in a concerted fashion so that his R goes over the lady's L shoulder behind her head and his L goes over his head so the lady's L arm goes over his R shoulder. This can be done as a very close move. Various exits are possible, including just stepping back into a double hand hold, or the man moves both hands to the lady's hip for a push back. |
| Manhattan something dip | Both hands | No signal | The man pushes the lady back with both hands (2 beats), and then forward and step across to his L, taking his L out to his L and his R past the lady's R shoulder out to his R, changing both hands to ballroom grips (2 beats). Now the man steps forward and brings his wrists together and sets his stance for a dip, feet shoulder width apart (2 beats). Now the man doesn't move his feet, but leads the lady back toward him with both hands, moving his hands roughly near his shoulders, while the lady steps indepedently to be in front of and near the man's R foot facing his R ready for a dip (2 beats). Now the man drops the lady, keeping wrists together as for the Ballroom Drop while she extends her L leg in the usual way (2 beats). The man leads the lady to returns upright in the usual way (2 beats) and some exit follows. |
| Tornado Sway with double spin, lift and sweep | R to R | Sway Signal | Lead Sway but change hands to lead an anti-clockwise walking turn to exit from the Sway position, and the man walks around anti-clockwise... |
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