THE TEXAS TWIST             
(MIXER)

CHOREOGRAPHER:BARRY AMATO
MUSIC:        TEXAS TWIST
BY:           CHUBBY CHECKER
COUNT:	      30

POSITION: LADIES ON OUTSIDE OF CIRCLE FACING IN AND MEN ON INSIDE FACING OUT


LADY                                      MAN
1&2   SHUFFLE TO THE LEFT SIDE - LEFT,     SHUFFLE TO THE RIGHT SIDE - RIGHT,
      RIGHT,LEFT                           LEFT,RIGHT
3     STEP RIGHT FOOT BEHIND LEFT AND ROCK STEP LEFT FOOT BEHIND RIGHT AND ROCK
4     ROCK FORWARD ON RIGHT FOOT           ROCK FORWARD ON LEFT FOOT
5&6   SHUFFLE TO THE RIGHT SIDE - RIGHT,   SHUFFLE TO THE LEFT SIDE - LEFT
      LEFT, RIGHT                          RIGHT, LEFT
7     STEP LEFT FOOT BEHIND RIGHT AND ROCK STEP RIGHT FOOT BEHIND LEFT AND ROCK
8     ROCK FORWARD ON LEFT FOOT            ROCK FORWARD ON RIGHT FOOT

9     JUMP FORWARD TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND CLAP
10    HOLD
11    TAKE THE HANDS OF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU, AT THE LEVEL YOU CLAPPED
12    HOLDING HANDS, EXTEND ARMS STRAIGHT OUT TO THE SIDE
13&14 ON BALLS OF BOTH FEET, TWIST KNEES - LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT

      (PARTNERS WILL NOW SWITCH PLACES, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE)
LADY                                        MAN
15-17 DROP LEFT HAND AND GO UNDER            DROP RIGHT HAND AND RAISE LEFT
      WALK FORWARD - RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT      WALK FORWARD - LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT
18    SWING LEFT LEG ACROSS RIGHT AND PIVOT  SWING RIGHT LEG ACROSS LEFT AND 
      1/2 TURN RIGHT                         PIVOT 1/2 TURN LEFT

19-21 DROP RIGHT HAND AND PICK UP WITH LEFT  DROP LEFT HAND AND PICK UP WITH 
      GO UNDER AS YOU WALK FORWARD - LEFT,   RIGHT, RAISE RIGHT HAND AND WALK 
      RIGHT, LEFT                            FORWARD RIGHT. LEFT, RIGHT

      (WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE NEXT TURN YOU SHOULD BE AT AN ANGLE TO
      GO DIAGONALLY BETWEEN YOUR PARTNER AND THE PERSON TO THEIR RIGHT)

22    SWING RIGHT LEG ACROSS LEFT AND PIVOT  SWING LEFT LEG ACROSS RIGHT AND 
      3/4 TURN LEFT                          PIVOT 3/8 TURN RIGHT

      (AFTER COMPLETING THE NEXT POUR COUNTS YOU SHOULD END LEFT SHOULDER
      TO LEFT SHOULDER WITH A DIFFERENT PARTNER IN THE OPPOSITE CIRCLE)

23    STEP RIGHT FOOT FORWARD                STEP LEFT FOOT FORWARD
24    SLIDE LEFT FOOT FORWARD BESIDE RIGHT   SLIDE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD BESIDE 
      AND CLAP                               LEFT AND CLAP
25    STEP RIGHT FOOT FORWARD                STEP LEFT FOOT FORWARD
26    SLIDE LEFT FOOT NEXT TO RIGHT AND      SLIDE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD BESIDE 
      TOUCH AND CLAP (WEIGHT ON RIGHT)       LEFT AND CLAP (WEIGHT ON RIGHT)

 
   (AFTER COMPLETING THEN NEXT FOUR COUNTS YOU SHOULD END FACE TO FACE
   WITH A NEW PARTNER IN THE ORIGINAL CIRCLE)
                                 
27-29 MOVING DIAGONALLY LEFT TO OUTER      MOVING DIAGONALLY LEFT TO INNER
      CIRCLE, TURN ALMOST 3/4 TURN LEFT    CIRCLE, TURN ALMOST 3/4 TURN LEFT
      STEPPING LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT           STEPPING LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT
30    STEP IN PLACE WITH RIGHT FOOT        TOUCH IN PLACE WITH RIGHT FOOT
      AND CLAP TWICE                       AND CLAP TWICE

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