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Hi campers. I’m Nicole, your tap dance counselor here at Happy Camper Live.I’m really excited to share with you the 3 count crawl, the 5 count crawl, and the 4 count crawl today. The first thing you’re going to do is use your toe tap, which is under your toes. The second tap under your heel is your heel tap. The 3 count crawl is going to make 3 sounds. Start by picking up your knee nice and high and place it really close to your standing leg. Drop your toe down, then crawl your heel out and do a heel drop, then crawl your toe out to make that third sound with your toe. Now try it with your other foot: Toe, heel drop, and toe again. Now, put them together,four in a row, alternating right and left, two times each. The 5 count crawl is going to make 5 sounds. Start with your toe tap again, then your heel tap, and then continue out as you crawl that foot out to get all 5 sounds. It’s very important that you start as close to that standing leg as possible so your tapping leg doesn’t get too far away from you and cause your feet to slide out underneath you. Just like the 3 count crawl, you start with the toe, then crawl your foot out toe to heel until you have 5 taps. Do the same with your other foot. Now, put them together, four in a row, alternating right and left, two times each. The final crawl is the 4 count crawl. The 4 count crawl is going to make 4 sounds. Start with your toe tap again, then your heel tap, and then continue out as you crawl that foot out to get all 4 sounds.Do the same with your other foot. Now, put them together, four in a row, alternating right and left, two times each. Now let’s put our 3 count crawl, 5 count crawl, and 4 count crawl and put them together for a combination. Patterns are very important in tap dancing. The sooner you can pick up a pattern, the easier it’s going to be for that combination. The pattern for this combination is going to be divided up into two parts. Part A is going to be: 3 count crawl, 3 count crawl, 5 count crawl, 2 claps, 3 count crawl, 3 count crawl, 5 count crawl, 2 claps. Try that first, and then we’ll add in the 4 count crawl. Once you’ve got it, try part B. Part B is going to be: 4 count, 4 count, 4 count, 4 count, just like we learned in the 4 count step. Once you’ve got it, that will lead you back to the beginning of our combination starting with our 3 count crawls. Try it all together and then you can just repeat, or you come up with your own combination. I’m Nicole from Happy Camper Live. Keep shuffling!