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Bahama Mama

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Count:
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Wall:
4
Level:
Phrased Intermediate
Choreo:
Choreographer:
Kenny Teh (MY) - December 2008
Music:
Bahama Mama - Boney M.
 
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Sequence: A, B, A, Tag 1, A, B, A, B, Tag 2, A, B, A, Tag 3

Start dance on vocals. ( 8 X 8 ) after the music starts

Section A=32 counts
ROCKING CHAIR, ROCK, RECOVER, CHASSE
1-4 Step left over right facing diagonally right, recover, step left to left, recover
( Spread out your hands for count 1 and by count 3 withdraw and cross them )
5-8 Step left over right facing diagonally right, recover
( Spread out your hands for count 5 again )
7&8 Chasse to the left

1-8 Mirror the above 8 steps

STEP, ½ TURN FLICK, SHUFFLE, ½ TURN, ½ TURN SHUFFLE
1-2 3&4 Step left fwd, ½ turn left with ball of left and flick right, shuffle RLR
5-6 1/2 turn right step back on left, ½ turn right step fwd on right
7&8 Shuffle fwd LRL

1-8 Mirror the above 8 steps

Section B=32 counts
¾ ARC, STEP, TOUCH, STEP, TOUCH
1&2&3&4 Step left fwd, step right behind left, left fwd, step right behind left, Step left fwd, step right behind left, step left fwd
( The above steps are danced so that you make a ¾ ARC left, ending facing 3 o’clock. You should be using the ball of the right only for the above steps )
5-6 Step right to right facing diagonally left, touch left beside right and click fingers
7-8 Step left to left facing diagonally right, touch right beside left and click fingers

¼ SHUFFLE, ½ TURN SHUFFLE, ½ TURN SHUFFLE, STEP, TOUCH
1&2 3&4 ¼ right shuffle fwd RLR, 1/2 right shuffle back LRL
5&6 7-8 ½ right shuffle fwd RLR, step left fwd, touch right beside left

BACK SHUFFLE X2, SHIMMY X2
1&2 3&4 Shuffle back RLR facing diagonally right, shuffle back LRL facing diagonally left
5&6 Big step right shimmy shoulders, at the same time leaning to the right
7&8 Big step left shimmy shoulders, at the same time leaning to the left

BACK STEP, STEP, STEP, TOUCH, ¼ TURN STEP, TOUCH, ½ TURN STEP, TOUCH
1-2 Step right back and push right shoulder back, step left back and push left shoulder back,
3-4 Step right back and push right shoulder back, touch left beside right
5-6 ¼ turn left step fwd left, touch right beside left and clap
7-8 1/2 turn right step fwd right, touch left beside left and clap

Tag 1 = 12 counts
SHIMMY LEFT, SHIMMY RIGHT, STEP, TOGETHER, STEP, TOUCH
1&2 Big step left shimmy shoulders, at the same time leaning to the left
3&4 Big step right shimmy shoulders, at the same time leaning to the right
5-8 Step left to left, step right beside, step left to left, touch right beside left and clap

FULL CIRCLE RIGHT STEP, STEP, STEP, TOUCH
1-4 Making a full right circle on the spot, step RLR, touch left beside right
( Note: this is not a rolling vine )

Tag 2 = 16 counts
SHIMMY LEFT, SHIMMY RIGHT, STEP, TOGETHER, STEP, TOUCH
1&2 Big step left shimmy shoulders, at the same time leaning to the left
3&4 Big step right shimmy shoulders, at the same time leaning to the right
5-8 Step left to left, step right beside, step left to left, touch right beside left and clap

FULL CIRCLE RIGHT STEP, STEP, STEP, TOUCH,STEP, TOUCH, STEP, TOUCH
1-4 Making a full right circle on the spot, step RLR, touch left beside right
( Note: this is not a rolling vine )
5-8 Step left to left, touch right beside left and clap, step right to right, touch left beside right and clap

Tag 3 = 11 counts
SHIMMY LEFT, SHIMMY RIGHT, STEP, TOGETHER, STEP, TOUCH
1&2 Big step left shimmy shoulders, at the same time leaning to the left
3&4 Big step right shimmy shoulders, at the same time leaning to the right
5-8 Step left to left, step right beside, step left to left, touch right beside left and clap

FULL CIRCLE RIGHT STEP, STEP, STEP
1-3 Making a full right circle on the spot, step RLR

2 Comments

Hann21921 May 5, 2014
Thanks for the nice choreographing and nice demo. Best, Hann

Tom @ CRRC April 22, 2019
Dance much too complicated for such a simple piece of music. Complete mismatch.

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