MUSTANG SALLY (CAJUN STYLE)
Description: 96-count, 2-wall line-dance
Choreographer: Damon D'Amico
Music: Mustang Sally by the Commitments (phrased for this dance, but any
slow West Coast Swing music should work).
Dance description by Kate Adams.
1-4: Left vine (Left, behind, left, right)
1 Step left foot to left side
2 Step right foot behind left
3 Step left foot to left side
4 Replace right (weight on right)
5-10: Sailor shuffles (cross-ball-change)
5&6 Cross left behind right, step ball of right foot side right,
change weight to left as you step side left
7&8 Cross right behind left, step ball of left foot side left,
change weight to right as you step side right
9&10 Cross left behind right, step ball of right foot side right,
change weight to left as you step side left
11-16: pivot-kicks
1 Kick right foot forward
2 Pivot 1/4 turn CCW on left foot, kicking right foot forward at end of turn
3 right foot step next to left
4 Kick left heel forward
5 Pivot 1/4 turn CW on right foot, kicking left foot forward at end of turn
6 left foot step back straight
17-24: Steps back and CCW 1-1/8* turn
1 Step right foot back
2 Step left foot back
3 Step right foot back (feet are apart)
4 Touch left toe forward
5 Begin CCW 1-1/8 turns, progressing forward
6 Continue turning
7 Continue turning
8 Step right foot down (completing turn)
(Your body ends up facing 45 degrees left to the starting line-of-dance. backwards,
leading into the Tush Push steps that follow...)
25-32: hip bumps, hip bumps, hip & roll, hip & roll
1 Swing right hip forward, return to center
2 Swing right hip forward, return to center
3 Swing left hip backward, return to center
4 Swing left hip backward, return to center
5 Swing right hip forward
6 Roll hips back
7 Swing right hip forward
8 Roll hips back
33-40: Angle steps back with claps
1 Step back on right and touch to the right at a 45-degree angle (still facing forward)
2 Slide left foot back and touch next to right foot and CLAP
3 Step back on left and touch to the left at a 45-degree angle
4 Slide right foot back and touch next to left foot and CLAP
5 Step back on right and touch to the right at a 45-degree angle
6 Slide left foot back and touch next to right foot and CLAP
7 Step back on left and touch to the left at a 45-degree angle
8 Slide right foot back and touch next to left foot and CLAP
41-44: "Mixing the paint"
1 Step right foot shoulder width apart, placing flexed arms in front
2 Move center of body right forward while pulling elbows back
3 place flexed arms in front
4 Move center of body left forward while pulling elbows back
45-52: Rock back right, forward left, triple step, step pivot, turning triple step
1 Rock back on right
2 forward on left
3&4 Triple step forward (right forward, left together, right forward)
5 step forward on left (no weight change)
6 pivot CW 1/2 turn onto right.
7&8 Triple step left right left while turning 1/2 turn CW
53-58: step back right, step back left, shift weight, pivot right, left, right
1 walk back right
2 walk back left
&3 step right next to left, step slightly forward onto left (or stomp forward)
4 pivot 1/4 turn CW onto right
5 pivot 1/2 turn CCW onto left
6 pivot 1/2 turn CW onto right
59-66: shuffle, step-pivot, shuffle, kick-ball-change
1&2 Triple step forward (left forward, right forward, left together)
3 right forward (no weight change), turn 180 CW
4 step on left foot
5&6 right left right
7&8 kick-ball-change (left foot) weight ends on right
67-72 Shuffles L - R1/2 - L : to left (side to side), to right (side to side with 1/2 turn CCW),
to left (side to side)
1&2 left side, right together, left side
3&4 shuffle right with 1/2 CCW turn on the "&" - right, left, right
5&6 left side, right together, left side
73-80: "Break" - Jump out, clap, jump back, clap, circle hips
&1 Jump out and turn 1/4 CW, landing slightly forward first on right foot,
Land on left foot, feet should be apart
2 Clap hands
&3 Jump back, landing first on right foot
Land on left foot, feet should be apart
4 Clap hands (during next four beats palms are at hips parallel to floor)
5 Move hips to the right
6 Move hips back
7 Move hips to the left
8 Move hips forward
81-84: Toe points
1 Touch right toe to side
& step right together
2 Touch left toe to side
& step left together
3 Touch right toe to side
& step right together
4 Touch left to side (weight on right)
85-92: "Janet Jackson Snake", "Ripple" (Roll, step, point, roll, step, point)
1 Roll weight over left foot (first time left is pointing to side)
& Step right foot together
2 Point left toe to side
3 Roll weight over left foot
& Step right foot together
4 Point left toe to side
5 Roll weight over left foot
& Step right foot together
6 Point left toe to side
7 Roll weight over left foot
& Step right foot together
8 Point left toe to side
93-96: Toe points
&1 step left next to right, point right foot out to the right
& step right together
2 Touch left toe to side
& step left together
3 Touch right toe to side
& step right together
4 Touch left to side (weight on right)
START DANCE AGAIN!
85-88: The choreographer describes this as having no ³&² counts - a smooth slide:
³head shoulder ribcage hips...right foot and head come together at the same time, then kick left foot out to side²