MARITIME MAMBO

CHOREOGRAPHER:  Cindi Talbot, Truro N.S. Canada (902) 895-9220 &
		Bev Cornish, Prince Edward Island Canada (902) 436-6374
		email:sctalbot@north.nsis.com b.cornish@pei.sympatico.ca
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 2 Wall Contra Line Dance
MUSIC: Ice Cream by Lou Bega (CD A Little Bit Of Mambo)

(Begin with the lines about 4 feet apart)

SIDE MAMBO'S TRAVELING FORWARD - RIGHT, LEFT

1	Rock side right
&	Step left in place
2	Step right in front of left
3	Rock side left
&	Step right in place
4	Step left in front of right

Join hands with the two People across from you: Palms facing forward -
Fingers on a slight diagonal, Join right hand to right hand, left hand
to left hand. (close your hands - your thumbs will be linked) This adds
resistance during the rock steps and helps to pull you through the other
line, but more important, it makes it fun.

ROCK STEP, ROCK STEP

	(remember to smile at your friends in the other line)
5	Rock right forward
6	Step left in place
7	Rock right back
8	Step left in place (drop hands)

SHUFFLE RIGHT FORWARD, PIVOT 1/4 RIGHT (lines will cross)

9	Step right forward
&	Step left beside right
10	Step right forward
11	Step left forward
12	Pivot 1/4 right

CHUG FORWARD, CLAP HANDS, CHUG BACK, DOUBLE CLAP

&	Step left forward
13	Step right beside left
14	Clap hands
&	Step left back
15	Step right back (slightly past the left,
	this makes it easier to begin the cross over steps)
&	Clap hands
16	Clap hands

(lines will cross during the cross over steps)
(Facing diagonally right)
CROSS OVER STEPS TRAVELING SIDE RIGHT, FLICK KICK RIGHT

17	Step left over right
&	Step side right
18	Step left over right
&	Step side right
19	Step left over right
20	Flick kick right back and out to side
	(look over right shoulder towards right heel as you kick)
	the kick helps turns you to face diagonally left

(Facing diagonally left)
CROSS OVER STEPS TRAVELING SIDE LEFT, FLICK KICK LEFT

21	Step right over left
&	Step side left
22	Step right over left
&	Step side left
23	Step right over left
24	Flick kick left back and out to side
	(look over left shoulder as you kick)

ROCK STEP, PADDLE TURN 3/4 LEFT

25	Rock left forward
26	Step right in place
27	Step left 1/2 left
&	Step right beside left
28	Step left 1/4 left (you are now facing the opposing line)

SIDE TOE SWITCHES, KICK RIGHT BEHIND LEFT KNEE

29	Touch right toe side
&	Step right beside left
30	Touch left toe side
&	Step left beside right
31	Touch right toe side
32	Kick right foot back behind left knee
	(look to left side - towards right foot)

Begin again and remember to always have fun :)

From:	b.cornish@pei.sympatico.ca (Bev Cornish)

Reformatted for display on web site
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
by Don & Patti Brown
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