LAIDBACK CHA CHA
aka's: Laidback

CHOREOGRAPHER: Chris Hookie, Arlington, Texas, December 1995
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Corner, 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Advanced Beginner
MUSIC: Feliz Navidad by Holly Dunn
	Tall Tall Trees by Alan Jackson
	You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone by Brooks & Dunn
	I Got It Made by John Anderson
	Cowboy Beat by Bellamy Brothers
	Volcano by Jimmy Buffet
	Fallin' Never Felt So Good by Shawn Camp

Dance Step Description: Four directional type line dance.
All dancers start off in single file lines all facing LOD.
The entire dance is a has a 'reverse' Cha Cha rhythm performed throughout
the entire dance with the Cha Cha - 'shuffle' pattern is performed first
followed by two single steps. Dancers will be making a modified 'diamond
pattern' - (like a modified baseball diamond) during the first four sections
of the dance.

NO	BEATS	DIRECTIONS
1. 	1&2	(Right Foot Lead) Shuffle forward at a 45° angle
		(1/8 of a turn) to the forward right corner of the room
	3-4	Make a 1/4 turn to the right

2.	1&2	(Left Foot Lead) Shuffle backward toward
		the forward left corner of the room
	3-4	Make a 1/4 turn to the right

3. 	1&2	(Right Foot Lead) Shuffle forward to the
		back left corner of the room
	3-4	Make a 1/4 turn to the right

4.	1&2	(Left Foot Lead) Shuffle backward toward
		the forward left corner of the room
	3-4	Make a 3/8 turn to the right
		(Dancers are now facing 1/4 turn to the right of the original LOD)

5.	1&2	(Right Foot lead) Shuffle forward
	3-4	Left foot step forward, make a 1/2 pivot turn to the right

6.	1&2	(Left Foot Lead) Shuffle forward
	3-4	Right foot step forward, make a 1/2 pivot turn to the left

		RIGHT FOOT SIDE-BALL-CROSS FORWARD

7.	1	Touch right foot directly to the side and accept the weight
	&	Shift weight back to left foot
	2&	Step right foot directly across in front of left foot
	3	Left foot step directly to the side
	4	Cross right foot behind left foot

		LEFT FOOT SIDE-BALL-CROSS FORWARD

8.	1	Touch left foot directly to the side and accept the weight
	&	Shift weight back to right foot
	2&	Step left foot directly across in front of right foot
	3	Right foot step directly to the side
	4	Cross left foot behind right foot

Variations: The above dance description is the 'advanced beginning' level -
to perform the 'beginning level' version exchange the shuffle pattern with
a single step and hold for two beats (The Cha Cha pattern turns into a
Bossa Nova Pattern). To perform the dance at the 'advanced level' would be
to add an additional full turn to the 1/4 turns in Steps #1 - #4, add a full
turn to the shuffle in Step #6 and add a full turn to beats 3 and 4 in steps
#7 and #8.

Suggested Dance Style: Perform the dance exactly how it is titled 'Laid Back!!"

Suggested Songs / Types Of Songs:
Laid Back was originally choreographed as a Christmas Bossa Nova line dance
to Holly Dunn's version of Feliz Navidad.
Any normal slow cha cha rhythms will do nicely to learn the dance, but
Laid Back is best performed at Latin and laid back tempos ranging from
34MPM/136BPM - 40MPM/160BPM

Comments: Even though Laid Back is a rather simple dance, adding all the
variations (spins) could cause the dance to become disoriented. Be careful
not to spin into another dancer. The preferred tempo the choreographer
likes to perform the dance to is around 38MPM/152BPM.

From:	Chris_Hookie@cor.gov

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