Count:
64
Wall:
4
Level:
Improver Cha Cha
Music:
You're the Top - Ross Mitchell, His Band and Singers : (Album: The Best of the Dansan Years, Vol. 2)
No Tags, No Restarts
Ending: End of 64 counts facing 12:00
Wait 16 beats
(S1) BACK BASIC CHA, FORWARD BASIC CHA
1 2 3&4Rock back on right, recover on left, step side right, step left together, step side right
5 6 7&8Rock forward on left, recover on right, step side left, step right together, step side left
(S2) CROSS, SIDE, CROSS CHA, BACK, ¼ RIGHT, CROSS-CHA
1 2 3&4Cross right over left, step side left, cross cha cha (cross right, left, right)
5 6 7&8Step back on left, turn ¼ right and step right, cross cha cha (cross left, right, left)
(S3) 2X TRAVELING SLIDING DOORS INTO CROSS-CHA
1 2 3&4Rock to right side, recover to left, cross cha cha (cross right, left, right)
5 6 7&8Rock to left side, recover to right, cross cha cha (cross left, right, left)
(S4) 4-COUNT VINE, SCISSORS INTO CROSS-CHA
1-4Step side right, cross left behind, step side right, cross left over right
5 6 7&8Step side right, step left together, cross cha cha (cross right, left, right)
(S5) 4-COUNT VINE, SCISSORS INTO CROSS-CHA
1-4Step side left, cross right behind, step side left, cross right over left
5 6 7&8Step side left, step right together, cross cha cha (cross left, right, left)
(S6) R STOMP, L FLARE & LOOP ¼ L, R JAZZ BOX
1-4Stomp right foot to side (1), flare left out from front to back and turn ¼ L (2-3) and step left (4)
5-8Cross right over left, step back on left, step side on right, step slightly forward on left
(S7) R JAZZ BOX CROSS ¼ R, 4X HIP SWINGS
1-4Cross right over left, step back on left, turn ¼ right and step right, cross left over right
5-8Small step side on right and swing hips to right, left, right left
(S8) SYNCOPATED SIDE-TOGETHER-SIDE-TOUCH, STEP LEFT, TOUCH, HIP BUMP
1 2 &3 4Step side on right, hold, step left together, step side on right, touch left next to right
5-8Step side on left (5), touch right next to left (6), bump right hip up (7) and down (8)
Ending: on the last (4th) rotation ending at 12:00, do hip bumps to fit the lyrics “cha cha cha”.
Choreographer: Karen Tripp, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
Web: www.trippcentral.ca/dance
Email: karen@trippcentral.ca
Ending: End of 64 counts facing 12:00
Wait 16 beats
(S1) BACK BASIC CHA, FORWARD BASIC CHA
1 2 3&4Rock back on right, recover on left, step side right, step left together, step side right
5 6 7&8Rock forward on left, recover on right, step side left, step right together, step side left
(S2) CROSS, SIDE, CROSS CHA, BACK, ¼ RIGHT, CROSS-CHA
1 2 3&4Cross right over left, step side left, cross cha cha (cross right, left, right)
5 6 7&8Step back on left, turn ¼ right and step right, cross cha cha (cross left, right, left)
(S3) 2X TRAVELING SLIDING DOORS INTO CROSS-CHA
1 2 3&4Rock to right side, recover to left, cross cha cha (cross right, left, right)
5 6 7&8Rock to left side, recover to right, cross cha cha (cross left, right, left)
(S4) 4-COUNT VINE, SCISSORS INTO CROSS-CHA
1-4Step side right, cross left behind, step side right, cross left over right
5 6 7&8Step side right, step left together, cross cha cha (cross right, left, right)
(S5) 4-COUNT VINE, SCISSORS INTO CROSS-CHA
1-4Step side left, cross right behind, step side left, cross right over left
5 6 7&8Step side left, step right together, cross cha cha (cross left, right, left)
(S6) R STOMP, L FLARE & LOOP ¼ L, R JAZZ BOX
1-4Stomp right foot to side (1), flare left out from front to back and turn ¼ L (2-3) and step left (4)
5-8Cross right over left, step back on left, step side on right, step slightly forward on left
(S7) R JAZZ BOX CROSS ¼ R, 4X HIP SWINGS
1-4Cross right over left, step back on left, turn ¼ right and step right, cross left over right
5-8Small step side on right and swing hips to right, left, right left
(S8) SYNCOPATED SIDE-TOGETHER-SIDE-TOUCH, STEP LEFT, TOUCH, HIP BUMP
1 2 &3 4Step side on right, hold, step left together, step side on right, touch left next to right
5-8Step side on left (5), touch right next to left (6), bump right hip up (7) and down (8)
Ending: on the last (4th) rotation ending at 12:00, do hip bumps to fit the lyrics “cha cha cha”.
Choreographer: Karen Tripp, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
Web: www.trippcentral.ca/dance
Email: karen@trippcentral.ca
