"CONRADO CHA CHA" Description: Cha Cha line dance (32 counts) 4 wall difficulty: Easy Intermediate (rotates 1/4 wall clockwise) Choreographer: Rob "I" Ingenthron Sunnyvale, CA 7/2/98 Music: "I Just Want to Dance With You" - George Strait [114 BPM] (phrased for this song, but works with any evenly phrased Cha Cha) practice: "Un Momenta Alla" - Rick Travino [96 BPM] Prepared By: Rob "I" rob_i@bigfoot.com http://www.bigfoot.com/~CheersInfo FAX 408-732-2414 Cha Cha Break - SIDE BACK FORWARD ----------------------------------- 1 2 3 L foot step to left side, rock back on R, replace weight to L (forward onto L) Cha Cha Swivels - RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT ------------------------------------------ 4 R step to right with toes pointing 45 degrees to right, 5 L step to left with toes pointing 45 degrees to left, 6 R step to right with toes pointing 45 degrees to right, 7 L step to left with toes pointing 45 degrees to left (Note: Upper body stays facing mostly forward during these swivels. When doing each step, bring the free foot next to the weighted foot so that both feet are pointing forward before stepping down to get an exaggerated swivel action. It should be just like swivels in couples Cha Cha where the couple is holding hands facing each other. Also, like a "skaters" movement in other line dances. Groove to the music!) Cha Cha, Pivot - CHA CHA CHA STEP PIVOT ---------------------------------------- 8&1 R step side to right, L step next to R (close), R step 1/4 turn to right (optional: full right turn to right on counts 8&, then 1/4 turn onto R on count 1 - this fits the lyrics "...twirl you all around the floor..." in the George Strait song) 2 3 L step forward, pivot 1/2 turn to right onto R foot Cha Cha's (shuffles forward) - SHUFFLE SHUFFLE SHUFFLE -------------------------------------------------------- 4&5 L step forward, R step forward (locking behind L foot), L step forward 6&7 R step forward, L step forward (locking behind R foot), R step forward 8&1 L step forward, R step forward (locking behind L foot), L step forward Mambo Steps - ROCK STEP TOGETHER ROCK STEP TOGETHER ---------------------------------------------------- 2&3 R small step forward, step L in place, step R next to L foot (like a small, syncopated rock step) 4&5 L small step backward, step R in place, step L next to R foot Step Pivot, Cha Cha (shuffle) - STEP PIVOT SHUFFLE ---------------------------------------------------- 6 7 Step forward onto R foot, pivot 1/2 turn to left onto L foot 8&1 R step forward, L step forward (locking behind R foot), R step forward Point, Point, Hooking Triple Step --------------------------------- 2 3 touch L toe forward on the floor, touch L toe to left side on the floor 4&5 cross L foot behind R foot and step on L, step R in place, step L next to R foot Lock Steps Forward - STEP LOCK STEP LOCK STEP --------------------------------------------- 6&7&8 R step forward, L step forward (locking behind R foot), R step forward, L step forward (locking behind R), R step forward (Note: stay on the balls of the feet, and try swiveling the hips a little for extra "latin-eske" styling - this is a move that is intended to emulate Yvonne Gutsch doing Cha Cha) Begin again!!! Notes: If done to "I Just Want to Dance with You", the dance will end on the first mambo step pattern. Also, this dance "breaks" on count 2 (or count 6) - it's timing is based on "freestyle" Cha Cha. Please go to http://www.bigfoot.com/~CheersInfo/Dance_Information/Step_Descriptions/step_descriptions.htm for the signed step sheet in Adobe .PDF format. (The Adobe PDF Reader is free from Adobe and works on almost every major computer operating system.)