Shim Sham Revisited (Again)

The Shim Sham is  so fun and we have worked on it several times. Here are some links to past instruction.

Here is the link to the original step sheet.

Here is the link to some fun videos.

Here is the link to me doing the Shim Sham step

Here is the link to me doing the Break.

Kid on Christmas Choreography

 Our number for the Holiday Spectacular will be Kid on Christmas by Meghan Trainor and Pentatonix.

Step Sheet:

Hold for the introduction/slow part. Choreo begins "May your HEART" where heart is the beginning of the 8 count.

88 R Grapevine. R SHBC SHBC SHBC Step. (Front row goes L first)

88 L Grapevine. LSHBC SHBC SHBC Step. (Front row goes R)

88  R FLBC L FLBC Jazz Square,  R FLBC  L FLBC Jazz Square

8 R Cincinatti, L Cincinatti. 

8 R FL Heel Heel Front. Side, Front. Step

L FL Heel Heel Front side Front. Step.

TEMPO SHIFT:

88 R (Provo) R FL L Heel  R Heel, L spank step, R heel, L Heel. (Repeat Right again.)

88 L soft shoe (just with taps) R Soft shoe

88 L take a walk (L step heel, R cross in front, L chasse--step together step-R BC)

Comet Cupid Donder Blitzen

R Back Essence, L Back Essence, R Back essence

L Sugars (four) Stamp L Sparkle Hands

88 R buffalo, buffalo, Buffalo, Fl BC, L buffalo, buffalo, Buffalo, Fl BC

Buffalo Practice

Coast to Coast Cincinnati Drill

Here is a link to More Extensive Cincinatti Practice

Rod Howell breaks it down pretty well!

 

Manhattan, 

Cincinnati, 

Detroit (funky toe to the side instead of to the back), 

Denver (Cincinnati with the forward, side, forward, addition), 

Suzinnati or New Mexico: (Cincinnati all on one foot)

Provo (No toes: Flap heel heel spank step heel heel)

Shirley Temple/California

 Welcome to Encore Tap Dancing

Fall 2025

Class Meeting Times: 4:00-5:10 PM Tuesdays and Thursdays. Dance Room of the HHPC

• First day of class 9/15/25
• Last day of class 11/18/24

Blog: Step sheets, videos, and extra help at: www.supertappy.blogspot.com 

Performance Opportunity: San Juan College Foundation Holiday Spectacular

Friday, November 21, 2025

(Wednesday, November 19, 2025)

Dancers who would like to perform will need black pants (full length) and a SJC Tap t-shirt. ($10)

I will provide appropriate accessories to match our number. 

Rod Howell is an excellent practice coach. Here is a link to one of his tutorials:

Singing in the Rain

 Here is a Link to the whole dance with music. Singing in the rain with music

Here are some practice videos for some of the combinations. 

Singing in the Rain part one

 

Left  flap, heel heel flap, heel heel flap, heel heel ball change Turning to the back

Right Flap, heel heel flap, heel heel flap, heel heel ball change Turning to the left

Left flap heel heel right flap heel he Left flap heel heel ball change turning to the front

Step Maxi ford Maxi Ford stamp clap

Gene Kelly step ( Left step right scuff left hop Right spank step left step right Irish Left step)

Right Grapevine

Modified Cincinnati. Left lap heel heel right ball change, right flap heel heel left ball Change

Paradiddle paradiddle Paradiddle step. 

Gene Kelly Step

 Here is a tutorial for the Gene Kelly step. 

Step L, scuff R, hop L, spank step R, step L, irish R, step L  (we follow this with a grapevine— I say jazz square in the video)

Latest Practice video

YouTube blocked the practice video for copyright reasons. Here is a link to the Google Drive file. Sorry about that.  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14PzVNZzX4rtuUJ9p0RVoTkAAZ0CbLUfL/view?usp=drivesdk

Buffalo, Cincinnati and back essence review. 

 

We don’t talk about Bruno—video

 

Counts are iffy 

R stamp step step L stamp step step R dig dig dig stamp 

Heels toes heels, toes, heels, toes heels, R Drag, Ball change Stamp. Hold

R Step heel, Cross back R. L Cross back out, R Cross step heel toe heel toe

Chaine turn. Stamp L

R Irish L Irish R step Maxi Ford Cramp roll

R Cumbia L Cumbia L Four count Grapevine

R Back essence L Back essence R Shuffle ball change shuffle ball change

R Back essence L Back essence R Shuffle ball change shuffle ball change

R Cincinnati L Cincinnati modification with three taps.

R stamp step step L stamp step step R dig dig dig stamp 

Heels toes heels, toes, heels, toes heels, R Drag, Ball change Stamp. Hold

Back essence video:

Cincinnati 

(Rod Howell calls it something else)

Spring tap 2025

 We  are back!  

 Class: HHPC dance room 4:00 - 5:10 Tuesday and Thursday

Spring show: May 3, 2025 (Saturday): Fiesta Theme

We have been working on shuffle, flap, ball change, Irish, maxi ford, riff, and paradiddle. We have also been learning the shim sham. I will add some videos of our practice  combos   

Tutorials and practice videos are below.  

Shim sham tutorial

Irish

 riff walk

Maxi Ford