BOSSA NOVA

CHOREOGRAPHER: Ir Torre (TX, USA)
COUNT: 64
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate
MUSIC: Blame It On The Bossa Nova by Eydie Gorme

* The steps accomplish well with the feel of the music that has a strong
'slow-quick-quick' rhythm. Therefore, the dance is felt in the hips with
strong hips-action similar to the Rumba, and not the Samba.

SIDE BASIC RIGHT AND LEFT

1-2	Step right out to right side, hold
3-4	Close left to right, replace weight on right
5-6	Step left out to left side, hold
7-8	Close right to left, replace weight on left

FORWARD AND BACK BASIC

1-2	Step forward right, hold
3-4	Close left to right, replace weight on right
5-6	Step back on left, hold
7-8	Close right to left, replace weight on left

RIGHT SCISSORS, LEFT SCISSORS WITH QUARTER-TURN RIGHT

1-2	Step right to right side, hold
3-4	Close left to right, cross right over left
5-6	Step left to left side, hold
7-8	Close right to left, cross left over right turning quarter right

SIDE-STEP RIGHT, ROCK BEHIND-RECOVER, SIDE-STEP LEFT, ROCK BEHIND-RECOVER

1-2	Step right to right side, hold
3-4	Cross-rock left behind right, recover weight forward on right
5-6	Step left to left side, hold
7-8	Cross-rock right behind left, recover weight forward on left

STEP QUARTER-TURN RIGHT, STEP FORWARD PIVOT HALF-TURN RIGHT,
QUARTER-TURN RIGHT STEP-SIDE LEFT, STEP TOGETHER RIGHT, LEFT

1-2	Step right quarter turn right, hold
3-4	Step forward left, pivot half turn right
5-6	Quarter turn right stepping left to left side, hold
7-8	Close right to left, replace weight on left

QUARTER-ROLLING RIGHT-TURN MOVING FORWARD, HALF-ROLLING LEFT-TURN MOVING FORWARD

1-2	Step forward right, hold
3-4	Quarter turn right stepping left to left, close right to left
5-6	Quarter turn left stepping forward on left, hold
7-8	Quarter turn left stepping right to right side, close left to right

STEP QUARTER-TURN RIGHT, STEP FORWARD PIVOT HALF-TURN RIGHT, FORWARD-TOGETHER-FORWARD

1-2	Quarter-turn right stepping forward on right, hold
3-4	Step forward left, pivot half turn right
5-6	Step forward left, hold
7-8	Close right to left, step forward on left

STEP FORWARD, PIVOT HALF-TURN LEFT, STEP TOGETHER,
LEFT STOMP FORWARD HOLD, STOMP TOGETHER RIGHT, LEFT

1-2	Step forward right, hold
3-4	Pivot half turn left, close right to left
5-6	Stomp forward left and spread both arms widely out to sides at waist-level, hold
7-8	Stomp right beside left, stomp left beside right

REPEAT

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