Desert Moon Cha Cha (P)
Chorégraphe:
James "Jimbo" Krywko (USA) & J-Team Dancers
Musique:
I Just Want to Dance With You - George Strait
Position: (1) Begin both partners facing outside the circle with the man behind the woman, right's at her hip and left's out to the left pointing to LOD. (2) During section 2, both partners will turn a 1/4 turn to left and then the man will be to the woman's left, right hands will be on her right hip and left hands will be in front of the man's left shoulder. Lady will execute a left underarm turn, turn towards the man, on 7&8. (3) Left arms remained joined, rock left-right-left, lift lefts over the man's head & rock right-left-right, bring left back over the man's head during 1/4 turn right [optionally do claps instead of arm movements as in line dance version] (4) Right hand returns to woman's hip for rock steps, then left hand travels over the woman's head during the first Step-Turn and then over the man's head during the second turn. Making a 1/4 turn to right to get back into starting position facing outside the circle & begin again.STEP CROSS SIDE-2-3 STEP SIDE-2-3 STEP1-2Step left foot left, step right behind left3&4Side shuffle left (left-right-left)5Step right behind left6&7Side shuffle left (left-right-left)8Step right behind leftTURN STEP BACK-2-3 ROCK STEP 1-2-31While turning ¼ turn to left,step forward on left2Rock back on right3&4Shuffle back on left left-right-left5-6Rock back on right, rock forward on left7&8Shuffle forward on right right-left-right LADY: Execute a left under-arm turn on 7&8 releasing the right hands and using the lefts for balance.TURN/ROCK-ROCK-ROCK-HITCH&TURN ROCK-ROCK-ROCK-HITCH&TURN While turning ¼ turn to right1Rock side-left with left2Rock side-right with right3Rock side-left with left4While turning ½ turn to left, hitch right5Rock side-right with right6Rock side-left with left7Rock side-right with right8While turning ¼ turn to right, hitch leftROCK STEP, ROCK STEP, STEP-TURN, STEP-TURN1-2Rock forward on left foot, rock back center on right3-4Rock back on left foot, rock back center on right5-6Step forward on left foot, while pivoting ½ turn right land on right7-8Step forward on left foot, while pivoting ¾ turn right land on rightREPEATENDING The song will enter the third set of 8 at the end and simply rock side-left(1), rock right-left-right(2&3) to end the dance.