How to Dance The Friendship

Male: What we are going to do is we are going to go on to something called the friendship. It looks like this, step, step, rock step. Now remember the hop where we throw away, this time we are going to bring your right hand up, bring it towards you and then slip your wrist over her right shoulder. Try to get in this position here. Female: You want to catch her hand in front of your chests. Male: Sometimes if you get into this position first, let yourself out of it. Hold down with your right hand, you can bring her back into it. It is a good practice technique. Alright, let us practice getting into that move which is the basic. Step from the handshake— Female: Stop, get ready, bring her in, step back, rock step. Male: Again, five, six, handshake— Female: Step, step, get ready, bring her in, step back, rock step, step. Male: It takes some practice for the guys to know when to apply pressure and then when to release pressure as your hands slips over onto her shoulder. The lead point on here is that you are left there but mostly with my wrist on her right shoulder. You can do just brought into here and back. So let us try that with the no handed tuck turns, six, seven, eight— Female: Step, step, and twist, tuck, turn, rock, step, bring her in, step back, rock step, step. Male: Now, you might notice from my handshake, sometimes I reach in and I actually grab her wrist when do that, but I need to let that relax a little bit before we go into the friendship. Let us try that one more time from behind the gentleman, five, six, seven, eight— Female: Here we go, step, step, and twist, tuck, turn, rock step, bring her in, step back, rock step, step. Male: Guys, remember when we step back with our right foot, that is necessary in this one too. Let us try it behind the lady, five, six, seven— Female: Here we go, step, step, and twist, tuck, turn, catch her, bring her in, step back, rock step, step. Male: Okay.