Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 13:21:43 -0500 From: Deborah_Rollins@voyager.umeres.maine.edu (Deborah Rollins) COUNTRY RHUMBA CHOREOGRAPHER: Unknown COUNTS: 36 TYPE: 1-wall line dance DIFFICULTY: Intermediate MUSIC: Spanish Eyes by Willie Nelson or any of several rhumbas by the Mavericks NOTE: In the below step description, the notation is per widely used two-step convention of Slow Slow Quick-Quick or S S QQ. Specifically the notation is as follows: S - 'slow' - done to one beat of music Q - 'quick' - done to 1/2 beat of music QQ - two 'quick' steps in a row that are done to one beat of music, i.e., the first Q on the '1', and the second Q on the '&' following '1'. COUNTS / STEP DESCRIPTIONS* TWO BOX STEPS: 1& QQ Step side Left, step Right beside Left 2 S Step forward Left 3& QQ Step side Right, step Left beside Right 4 S Step back Right 5-8 Repeat above sequence FOUR ROCK STEPS: 9 S Step side Left 10& QQ Rock back on Right in fifth position, step Left 11 S Step side Right 12& QQ Rock back on Left in fifth position, step Right 13-16 Repeat above sequence TWO JAZZ BOXES: 17 S Step forward Left 18 S Step forward Right 19& QQ Cross Left over Right and step, step back Right 20 S Step Left in place 21 S Step forward Right 22 S Step forward Left 23& QQ Cross Right over Left and step, step back Left 24 S Step Right in place SLIDE LEFT, ROCK, HOLD: 25& QQ Step side Left, slide Right next to Left 26 S Step side Left 27& QQ Rock back on Right in fifth position, step Left 28 S Step Right next to Left WEAVING VINE: 29& QQ Step Left behind Right, step side Right 30& QQ Step Left across Right (turning lower body to right), step side Right 31& QQ Step Left behind Right, step side Right 32 S Step Left across Right (turning lower body to right) and hold RHUMBA WALK: 33 S Turn 180 to left, step forward Right (facing walLeft left of starting wall) 34 S Step forward Left 35& QQ Step forward Right, step forward Left 36 S Step forward Right with a quarter-turn to the right (You should now be facing the same direction you started) REPEAT *NOTE: Steps should slide into one another; rhumba is not a clompy dance! COUNTRY RHUMBA may also be performed as a regular rhumba; the man does the steps above, and the woman is in ballroom position and starts with her right. PREPARED BY: Deborah Rollins (Deborah_Rollins@voyager.umeres.umaine.edu / 207-989-2217)