| Name | Grip | Initial Signal | Description |
| Winder Swizzle | L to R | Winder Signal | Start as for the normal Winder and continue until the man straightens the lady's R arm (8 beats). Now the man retains both hands while inscribing a fast double anti-clockwise spin above the lady's head with his L, with the R hand going to the lady's R hip by the end of the second turn, blocking her (2 beats). In order to stop the lady comfortably, the man should step around the lady clockwise and tense his L arm at the end of the second spin. From this lock position, the man leads a clockwise double spin with his L, dropping his R hand to end L to R. |
| Wrapper Breaks | L to R | No signal | The man leads into Lady Basket and then leads the lady to walk backward and around clockwise as the man walks forward and around clockwise for an even number of beats. On the leading foot step, the man detaches his R and takes it vertically past his R ear and presents it near his L hip while stepping a little to the right to allow the lady to walk behind him and take his R, now in a Man Basket. Continue the clockwise stepping (now man backwards and lady forwards) until the lady repeats the detach R move and Lady Basket is regained. Now use an exit, e.g. man leads lady forward and around to the L and lead a Sway exit with his R going down and then up, or clockwise free spin like Lady Spin. |
| Reverse Wave Cross | L to R | Winder Signal | Winder, then in the exit, windmill the L high and R low and continue the counter-clockwise turn (man takes only very small steps and push L through for Reverse Winder except that the man raises the L and steps under at the completion of that. Now the man steps right and the lady right to swap sides back-to-back as the man flips both palms so that thumbs are sort-of pointing at the floor, pretzels the lady, then himself to reach the usual Pretzel exit position for double counter-clockwise walking turn led with L. |
| Ginger Drag | L to R return | No signal | After a normal (or double) L to R return, the man positions himself and throws the lady's R over his R shoulder and places his R on the lady's L hip so that both are facing alternate directions side-by-side with the man's L hand supporting the lady's R shoulder blade (however Nitzan taught the move with the lady's R arm extended horizontally in the man's L, which was not strictly needed to support the lady in either lean or drag). Now the man leans to his L, bending his L knee to keep his R side straight for the lady to lean on (2 beats). The lady lifts her R foot by bending her R knee and rests it on her L calf. Now, with the weight on his L foot, the man lifts his R foot and walks to his L dragging the lady on her L foot (4 beats). A large initial step left with the R foot seems to be needed to transfer the weight properly, else the man will have to "bump" the lady up in order to do the second step with his L foot. To make this work, walking at half-tempo can be advisable. Anyway, after the drag, the man moves his R to support the lady's lower back for a safe dip across his front (2 beats), then upright (2 beats) for a counter-clockwise overhead turn to exit. For safety, the man should return the lady to near upright before the dip, and dip with a centred squat, rather than a lean to the L. |
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