Zydeco Dance Steps / Partner Toss

This move is another way to go from Closed position to Open position. The first 5 beats are normal Zydeco, on the 6th beat the lead will give his partner a little push which will cause his partner and himself to step back on the 7th count for a rock step. The lead will step back a little bit toward his right side as he will open up a track track that he is going to pull and direct his partner to walk on by his left arm.

The lead drops his left hand after the 7th count (which was holding his partners hand), pull's his partner by his left shoulder on the 1st count as he turns 180 degrees CW while doing the basic weight changes and reconnects with his partner in the open position.

Lead:
1(L), 2(L), 3(R), 4(L), 5(R), 6(R, push gals right hand with your left hand on 6), 7(L, step back and to the right to open up track for gal to walk through on), 8(R, pull her back and direct her by your left shoulder while you step onto your left foot on the 1st count and continue with normal Zydeco weight changes as you turn 180 degrees CW to reconnect with her in the open position)

The dance step definition above is where the "1(L)" means that on the 1st beat of music your weight should be on your left or (L) foot, on the 2nd beat of music your weight should be on your left foot, the 3rd beat of music the leads weight is on his right foot etc...

Follow:
1(R), 2(R), 3(L), 4(R), 5(L), 6(L, you will feel the push of the guys right left hand indicating for you to do a step back or rock step on the 7th count), 7(R, step back and he will probably drop your right hand on this count), 8(L, he will pull your back with his right hand and direct you to walk by his left shoulder where you will just start walking doing the normal Zydeco weight changes and turn either CW or CCW to reconnect with him by the 7th count)

The dance step definition above is where the "1(L)" means that on the 1st beat of music your weight should be on your left or (L) foot, on the 2nd beat of music your weight should be on your left foot, the 3rd beat of music the leads weight is on his right foot etc...