WHIRLPOOL CHA CHA
CHOREOGRAPHER: John Bishop & Mary Targett, Melbourne, Australia
COUNT: 32
TYPE: Couples Flow dance (option for mixer)
MUSIC: Dance The Night Away by The Mavericks
Start after 48 beats (on vocals) -
dance will end with scuff, step, scuff, stomp
NOTE:
Partners start facing each other across LOD, leader (traditionally
known as 'Man') facing out from the circle and follower (traditionally
known as 'Lady') facing inside of the circle. Holding both hands.
ROCKS & TRIPLE STEPS
Styling: When rocking forward and back, you can bring your arms into the
movement with a slight (or exaggerated if you like it!) see-saw motion:
* Push Left arm forward and pull Right arm back
** Return arms to neutral position
LEADER FOLLOWER
1 Rock/step forward on Left* Rock/step back on Right*
2 Rock back onto Right** Rock forward onto Left**
3&4 Triple step Left, Right, Left Triple step Right, Left, Right
5 Rock/step back on Right* Rock/step forward on Left*
6 Rock forward onto Left** Rock back onto Right**
7&8 Triple step Right, Left, Right Triple step Left, Right, Left
KICK BALL-CROSS (AFTER 1/4 TURN), COASTER STEP, SCUFF STEPS
9 Turn 1/4 CCW (face LOD) Turn 1/4 CW (face LOD)
and kick Left forward and kick Right forward
& Step down on ball of Left Step down on ball of Right
10 Cross/step Right over Left Cross/step Left over Right
11 Rock back onto Left Rock back onto Right
(crossed behind Right) (crossed behind Left)
& Step Right together Step Left together
12 Step Left forward Step Right forward
13 Scuff Right forward Scuff Left forward
14 Step down on Right Step down on Left
15 Scuff Left forward Scuff Right forward
16 Step down on Left Step down on Right
CROSSOVERS
Start this section with leader on inside rail, follower on outside rail,
both facing LOD holding inside hands. Start crossover with inside foot.
Leader crosses in front (LOD) first, then follower crosses in front.
17 Crossing in front of Moving behind leader
follower to the outside rail: and crossing to the
Step Right forward at about inside rail:
45° right, lifting Right arm Step Left forward
18 Step Left forward Step Right forward
at about 45° left
19&20 Triple step Right, Left, Right Triple step Left, Right, Left
turning CCW to face follower turning CW to face leader
21 Moving behind follower and Crossing in front of
crossing to the inside rail: leader to the outside rail:
Step Left forward, Step Right forward going under
lifting Right arm leader’s Right arm
22 Step Right forward in same Step Left forward in same
direction direction
23&24 Triple step Left, Right, Left Triple step Right, Left, Right
turning CW to face LOD turning CCW to face LOD
FULL TURN FREE SPIN, SHUFFLE FORWARD, SHUFFLE SIDEWAYS, CROSS, POINT
When doing the triple step at the end of section 3 (Crossovers), both
leader and follower should extend their joined hands slightly back
(towards RLOD) to ëwind upí for the free spin starting this section.
Start free spin with inside foot.
***To make the dance progressive ("mixer"), leader should shuffle
forward to the next follower in LOD (followers shuffle only slightly
forward so leaders can catch up) and immediately pick up both the
follower’s hands to go into the sideways shuffle.
Release hands: Release hands:
25-26 Step Right, Left turning 360° Step Left, Right turning 360°
(full turn) CCW (full turn) CW
Retake inside hands: Retake inside hands:
27&28 Step Right forward Step Left forward,
step Left together, step Right together,
step Right forward*** step Left forward
29&30 Turn 1/4 CW to face follower Turn 1/4 CCW to face leader
(take both hands) (take both hands)
and shuffle sideways and shuffle sideways
Left, Right, Left toward Right, Left, Right toward
LOD (to your left) LOD (to your right)
31 Cross/step Right over Left Cross/step Left over Right
32 Touch (point) Left toe to Touch (point) Right toe to
left (down LOD) right (down LOD)
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John Bishop
Cowboy Culture: PO Box 385 World Trade Centre Melbourne VIC 3005 Australia
Ph: Local: (03) 9329-3096 Int'l: +61-3-9329-3096
Fax: Local: (03) 9329-0299 Int'l: +61-3-9329-0299
E-mail: stetson@ozemail.com.au
All in the name of a happy, courteous, skilful, fun and diverse country
dance scene
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From: stetson@ozemail.com.au (John Bishop)
Reformatted for display on web site
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
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