BY JINGO !
CHOREOGRAPHER: William Sevone (WM '71) (November 19th 2002) Fremantle, Australia
email: williamsevone@yahoo.com.au
COUNT: 48
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate
MUSIC: Jin-Go-La-Ba by Santana-129 bpm ('Best Of' / 'Greatest Hits' / many other compilations)
Choreographer's note: This is another of those pieces of music where the phrasing
is not very even throughout (in fact it is all over the place). A very small number
of my dances have used secondary arm/hand movements, this is the first time I have
used upper limb movements within their own right. Don't ask as to where the
movements stemmed from, possibly some tribal dance...or a Hollywood musical or even
a Bollywood musical come to that. It's just one of those things that would not go
away - so, for better or worse, I had to include it...good fun though if you also
include the 'vocals' (see section).
Dance starts on the first 'heavy' drum beat with feet together and weight on left
2X SIDE ROCK-ROCK-TOGETHER-SIDE STEP-HOLD (12:00)
1-2 Rock right to right side, Rock onto left
&3-4 Step right next to left, step left slightly left, Hold
5-6 Rock right to right side, Rock onto left
&7-8 Step right next to left, step left slightly left, Hold
2X LARGE SIDE STEP-SHIMMY-TOGETHER-HOLD (12:00)
9 (large) Step right to right side
10-11 (bending knees) Shimmy shoulders and (straightening up) step left next to right
12 Hold
13 (large) Step right to right side
14-15 (bending knees) Shimmy shoulders and (straightening up) step left next to right
16 Hold
2X KICK BALLCHANGE WITH 1/4 RIGHT, SIDE STEP, STEP BEHIND, LEFT VAUDEVILLE (6:00)
17&18 Kick right forward, step right next to left and turn 1/4 right, step left in place
19&20 Kick right forward, step right next to left and turn 1/4 right, step left in place
21-22 Step right to right side, Cross step left behind right
&23 Step right next to left, touch left heel diagonally forward left
(turning body in same direction)
&24 (facing forward) Step left next to right, cross step right over left
RIGHT VAUDEVILLE, SIDE STEP WITH ARMS RIGHT, ARMS LEFT,
ARMS UP, ARMS OUT, 1/4 LEFT STEP FORWARD, PIVOT 1/2 LEFT (9:00)
&25 Step left next to right, touch right heel diagonally forward right
(turning body in same direction)
&26 (facing forward) Step right next to left, cross step left over right
27 (large) Step right to right (knees slighly bent) - head turned right
with arms pointing right and hands palm down with fingers spread out
28 (weight on left) Turn head left with arms pointing left
and hands palm down with fingers spread out
29 (weight even) Lift head and arms upward with palms forward and fingers spread out
30 Left arm out to left side and right arm out to right side
- palms facing forward and fingers spread out
31 (arms down and straightening up) Turn 1/4 left and step forward onto right
32 Pivot 1/2 left (weight on left)
Optional vocals: Count 27 "Right", count 28 "Left", count 29 "Oooh", count 30 "Aaarh",
or, if in a group, anything that takes your fancy (but do it in unison)
STEP FORWARD, FORWARD FULL TURN LEFT (OR OPTION), SHUFFLE FORWARD,
1/4 RIGHT SIDE ROCK, ROCK, 3/4 LEFT SHUFFLE FORWARD (3:00)
33-34 Step forward onto right, Left full turn forward AND step forward onto left
Option: Count 34: Step forward onto left
35&36 Step forward onto right, close left next to left, step forward onto right
37-38 Turn 1/4 right and rock step left to left side, Rock onto right
39 Turn 1/2 left and step left to left side
& Close right next to left
40 Turn 1/4 left and step forward onto left
3X STEP FORWARD-ROCK-ROCK, 1/4 RIGHT SIDE STEP, BEHIND FOOT HOOK WITH 1/4 LEFT (3:00)
41&42 Step forward onto right, rock onto left, rock onto right
43&44 Step forward onto left, rock onto right, rock onto left
45&46 Step forward onto right, rock onto left, rock onto right
Dance note: Counts 41-46: turn body diagonally Left, Right, Left
Style note: You can make the above counts as rhythmic as you wish
47 Turn 1/4 right and step left to left side
48 Hook right foot behind left leg and turn 1/4 left
DANCE FINISH: The dance will finish as the music starts to fade
on count 48 of the 10th wall (facing 6:00)
To finish dance facing the 'home' wall replace count 48
with the following and add two extra counts -
48-49 Hook right foot behind left leg, Step right to right side
50 Turn 1/4 right and touch left toe next to right
with right hand on hat brim and left hand on left hip
From: williamsevone@yahoo.com.au (William Sevone)
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