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The Ya Ya (Phrased)

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Choreographer:
Patricia Soran (AUT)
Music:
Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey
 
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Sequence: A-B-A-C-B-A-B

PART A
ELVIS KNEE ROLLS

1-2Right foot feet shoulder-width apart. Weight on right ball, circle-movement with right knee beginning inward (knee-roll), right hip follows the movement, after circle drop heel to take weight.
3-4Left foot weight on left ball, knee-roll left with left hip-roll, drop heel to take weight
5-8Repeat 1-4
Style option: while doing Elvis knees, put right hand (palm in) with open fingers (jazz hands) on lower belly, left hand (palm in) on neck, elbows outward

TOE STRUTS TURN
1-2Right foot touch right toe right back; drop heel to take weight during turning ¼ right (facing 3:00)
3-4Left foot touch left toe in front of right foot; drop heel to take weight during turning ¼ right (6:00)
5-6Right foot touch right toe in front of left foot; drop heel to take weight during turning ¼ right (9:00)
7-8Left foot touch left toe in front of right foot; drop heel to take weight during turning ¼ right (12:00)

MODIFIED ROGER RABBIT
1Right foot kick right back
&Hook right behind left foot while left foot scoots backward (towards 6:00)
2Right foot step on right to take weight
3&4Left foot kick left back; hook left behind right while right foot scoots back; put weight on left
5-8Repeat 1-4
Style option: lean torso sideward on the "&'s". Right hook (and left scoot) lean left; left hook, lean right

STEPS DIAGONALLY (ZIGZAG), BRUSH
1Right foot step forward with a 1/8 turn right (1:30)
2Left foot brush left foot forward near right (1:30)
3Left foot step ¼ turn left (10:30)
4Right foot brush right foot (10:30)
5Right foot step ¼ turn right (1:30)
6Left foot brush left foot (1:30)
7-8Repeat 3-4

TOES STRUTS DIAGONALLY WITH FINGER SNIPS
1Right foot small step forward on right ball (12:00), weight remains on left; both arms shoulder-high(hands show toward ceiling)
2Right foot drop right heel to take weight and snip fingers
3Left foot cross left over right on left ball, arms behind hips (hands show toward floor)
4Left foot drop left heel to take weight and snip fingers
5-8Repeat 1-4
Style note: toes show to 12:00 but the movement goes diagonally to 1:30
Style option: lean torso left on counts 3,4, 7 and 8 (left struts)

ROCK RIGHT, ¾ TRIPLE TURN RIGHT, ¼ TURN LEFT, SHIMMY
1-2Rock forward on right, rock back on left (12:00)
3&4Triple step (right-left-right) with a ¾ turn over right (9:00)
5-6Rock forward on left, rock back on right (9:00)
7-8Left foot step left foot with ¼ turn left (6:00); hold and shimmy shoulders (feet are now shoulder-width apart)

PART B
TOE SWIVELS WITH ¼ TURNS LEFT

1Swivel toes to the right (weight on right and left ball) (6:00)
2Swivel toes to the left (6:00)
3Step right toe in front of left (6:00) while swiveling toes to the right
4Swivel toes to the left, while turning ¼ to left (3:00)
5Step right toe in front of left (3:00) while swiveling toes to the right
6Swivel toes to the left, while turning ¼ to left (12:00)
7Step right toe in front of left (12:00) while swiveling toes to the right
8Swivel toes to center, while turning ¼ to left (now facing 9:00)
Style option: open lower arms outward (waist-high), fingers open (jazz hand) and shake hands

WALK, POINT, CROSS
1Right foot step right forward (9:00)
2Left foot point left toe to left side, left leg is stretched
3Left foot cross left foot over right foot
4Right foot point right toe to right
5Right foot cross right over left
6Left foot point left
7Left foot cross left over right
8Right foot point right to right side
Style option: lean torso sideward, lean right by left point, left by right point etc.

ROCK RIGHT, ¾ TRIPLE TURN RIGHT, ROCK LEFT, ½ TRIPLE TURN LEFT
1-2Rock forward on right, rock back on left (9:00)
3&4Triple step (right-left-right) with a ¾ turn right (6:00)
5-6Rock forward on left, rock back on right (6:00)
7&8Triple step (left-right-left) with a ½ turn left (12:00)

TRIPLE STEPS
1&2Triple step (right-left-right) (12:00)
3&4Triple step (left-right-left)
5&6Triple step (right-left-right)
7&8Triple step (left-right-left)
Style note: the triple steps are done on balls of feet
Style option: both arms up, shake hands like drying nails (for girls)
Hitch-hiking for boys: by right triple steps, turn head to the right an hold your right thumb to the right side like a hitch-hiker, left triple steps all to the left

¼ TURNING SAILORS, FLICK, HIP BUMPS
1Right foot cross right behind left and turn ¼ to right (3:00)
&Left foot step left to left
2Right foot step right in place
3Flick left behind right while bumping right hip to right
4Left foot step on left to take weight and bump left hip to left
5-8Repeat 1-4 (ending at 6:00)
Style option: on counts 3 an 7 (flick) brush hair or snip fingers with right hand

SWIVEL & SUGARFOOT, OUT-OUT
1With weight on whole left foot travel right: swivel left heel in and touch right toe near left foot (heel out)
2Swivel left heel out, touch right heel near left foot(toes out)
3-6Repeat 1-2 two times
7-8Small step right foot to right; small step left foot to left
Style option: on counts 7 an 8: combine out-out with a knee-roll right and left

PART C
CROSS ROCK, ¼ TURN, ½ TURNS, CROSSING SHUFFLE WITH ¼ TURN

1-2Cross right foot over left, rock back on left (12:00)
&3&4¼ turn right on "&" (3:00), shuffle right (right-left-right)
5½ turn on both balls to the left (9:00), weight on left
6½ turn right on both balls (3:00), weight on right
7&8Cross left foot over right foot with ¼ turn right (facing 6:00), step right foot near behind left, small step left foot to right (still crossed over right)

SYNCOPATED, MODIFIED WOOLY BULLY
1Right foot hitch right knee (6:00) near left
&Right foot cross right ankle in front of left shin
2Left foot ¼ turn left on left (3:00) while bringing right foot back beside left knee (right foot remains raised with knee bent)
3Right foot step back on right foot
&Scoot forward with right foot, hitch left
4Left foot step on left to take weight
5Repeat 1-4 (now facing 12:00)

SWIVEL WALK, ROLLING GRAPEVINE WITH ¼ TURN
1Right foot step forward on right ball, both toes swivel to right (1:30)
2Left foot step forward on left ball (on height of right foot), toes swivel to left (10:30)
3-4Repeat 1-2
5-8Step ¼ turn to right on right foot (3:00); full turn on left ball (3:00); step right foot forward; step left foot near right foot
Style option: swivel walk: bend knees like going downstairs

KICK-KICK, ½ TURN RIGHT, KICK-KICK, ½ TURN LEFT
1Right foot kick right foot to left (1:30)
2Right foot kick right foot to the right
3&4Cross right behind left turning ¼ to right, step left turning ¼ right, step right forward (9:00)
5Left foot kick left foot to right (10:30)
6Left foot kick left foot to left side
7&8Cross left behind right turning ¼ to the left (6:00), step right turning ¼ left, step left forward (3:00)

KICK-BALL-CHANGE, KICK, SCOOT, ½ TURN, KICK, SCOOT
1&2Right foot kick right forward (3:00) step right back, step left in place
3Right foot kick right foot forward
&Scoot left back and kick right back
4Right foot step right to take weight
5Left foot step back on left turning ½ to left (9:00)
6Right foot step forward on right
7Left foot kick left foot forward
&Scoot right back an kick left back
8Left foot step left to take weight
Style option: lean torso forward on the "&'s" (scoot an kick back)

STEP & SHIMMY, SIDE ROCK LEFT, FULL TURN, HIP ROLL
1-2Right foot step right foot with a ¼ turn right (12:00); hold and shimmy shoulders (weight is on right foot)
3-4Rock left to left, rock back on right
5-6Full turn on right ball (12:00); step on left to take weight (feet shoulder-width apart)
7-8Hip roll right (lift right heel during hip-roll, weight remains left)
Style option: while doing full turn and hip roll put your hand in your neck (palms in), elbows outward

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