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Music: Amarillo by Kathy Mattea or any song with a similar rhythm
Choreographer: Unknown
Position: Couples in promenade, both facing line of dance (CCW floor direction); lady
standing on the gentleman's right side; each will have heels together; his left hand will hold her
left hand either in front of his left shoulder, in front of and slightly higher than his waist, or in
front of the lady's left shoulder; his right arm will reach behind the lady and hold her right hand
in his right hand slightly to the right of her right
shoulder
Standard steps for gentleman and lady are identical.
STEP DESCRIPTION
1. Left heel touch forward
2. Left foot close to right foot
3. Right toe touch backward
4. Right foot scuff forward ending in low forward kick
5. Right heel touch forward
6. Right toe touch (toe down/heel up) forward and left of left
foot
7. Right heel touch forward
8. Right foot close to left foot
9. Left heel touch forward
10. Left toe touch (toe down/heel up) forward and right of
right foot
Cha-Cha Steps Forward--Syncopated Rhythm
11-12. Left foot, right foot, left foot forward
13-14. Right foot, left foot, right foot forward
15-16. Left foot, right foot, left foot forward
17-18. Right foot, left foot, right foot forward
Repeat Counts 1 to 18 until end of song.
Option 1
On Count 4 the right foot may close with a stomp to the left
foot.
Option 2
On Count 10 the left foot crosses in front of right leg with
the left toe pointed down, but remaining 6" above the
floor.
Option 3
On Counts 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, and/or 17-18, the gentleman holds lady's right hand and
turns her clockwise. She turns using same cha-cha style step
rhythm.
Option 4
Lady can move from right to left in front of the gentleman on the first two cha-cha sets
(without turning) and can do the dance on his left side as a
variation.
Option 5
If the lady has performed Option 4, she can return using two cha-cha steps to the right and
can continue the dance in the normal Promenade
position.
Option 6
Substitute the following counts for Counts 3-8 (This version is the San Antonio Polka):
3. Right heel tap forward
4. Right foot close to left foot
5. Right toe touch back
6. Right foot close to left foot with a stomp
7. Right leg lift until thigh is parallel to dance floor
8. Right foot close to left foot with a stomp
Option 7
One partner does the Ten-Step Polka, the other does the San Antonio Polka, in this
Tennessee variation.
Option 8
Add two Counts after Count 10, making this Tennessee version a "12-Step" Ten Step
Polka, with a new total of 20 beats. Caution: Do not mix the 18 and 20 Count versions on
the same dance floor.
10a. Hop on left foot and raise right knee until thigh is parallel to the floor
10b. Hop on left foot and raise right knee until thigh is parallel
to the floor