Count:
64
Wall:
1
Level:
line/contra dance
Music:
Any moderate to fast rhumba
Position: Can be done in couples in various manners from side-by-side, with everyone following the original steps, or form a closed position and the lady starting on the right foot.
This is not original choreography. It is actually the old classic line dance, "Waltz Across Texas" by Lois & John Nielson, except a hold has been added after each 3rd count to make it a rhumba (or, according to Evelyn, a mambo.) The idea for this dance came to Peter and Evelyn (and probably a couple hundred other dancers) totally independently, several years apart.
CROSS, TOGETHER, TOGETHER, FORWARD, BACK
1-4Step left across right, step together right, step together left, hold
5-8Step right across left, step together left, step together right, hold
1-4Step forward left, together right, together left, hold
5-8Step forward right, together left, together right, hold
1-4Step back left, together right, together left, hold
5-8Step back right, together left, together right, hold
3-STEP TURN, CROSS, SIDE, BEHIND, ROCK
1Face ¼ turn left and step left
2Pivot ¼ turn left and step right
3Pivot ½ turn left and side step left
4Hold
5-8Step right across left, side step left, step right behind left, hold
1-4Rock slightly back left, rock forward right, rock slightly back left, hold
5Face ¼ turn right and step right
6Pivot ¼ turn right and step left
7Pivot ½ turn right and side step right
8Hold
1-4Step left across right, side step right, step left behind right, hold
5-6Rock slightly forward right, rock back left
7-8Rock slightly forward right, hold
FORWARD WITH ½ TURN LEFT
1Step forward left (begin ½ turn left)
2-4Step right across left (finish turn), step together left, hold
5-6Step back right, step together left
7-8Step together right, hold
1Step forward left (begin ½ turn left)
2-4Step right across left (finish turn), step together left, hold
5-6Step back right, step together left
7-8Step together right, hold
REPEAT
This is not original choreography. It is actually the old classic line dance, "Waltz Across Texas" by Lois & John Nielson, except a hold has been added after each 3rd count to make it a rhumba (or, according to Evelyn, a mambo.) The idea for this dance came to Peter and Evelyn (and probably a couple hundred other dancers) totally independently, several years apart.
CROSS, TOGETHER, TOGETHER, FORWARD, BACK
1-4Step left across right, step together right, step together left, hold
5-8Step right across left, step together left, step together right, hold
1-4Step forward left, together right, together left, hold
5-8Step forward right, together left, together right, hold
1-4Step back left, together right, together left, hold
5-8Step back right, together left, together right, hold
3-STEP TURN, CROSS, SIDE, BEHIND, ROCK
1Face ¼ turn left and step left
2Pivot ¼ turn left and step right
3Pivot ½ turn left and side step left
4Hold
5-8Step right across left, side step left, step right behind left, hold
1-4Rock slightly back left, rock forward right, rock slightly back left, hold
5Face ¼ turn right and step right
6Pivot ¼ turn right and step left
7Pivot ½ turn right and side step right
8Hold
1-4Step left across right, side step right, step left behind right, hold
5-6Rock slightly forward right, rock back left
7-8Rock slightly forward right, hold
FORWARD WITH ½ TURN LEFT
1Step forward left (begin ½ turn left)
2-4Step right across left (finish turn), step together left, hold
5-6Step back right, step together left
7-8Step together right, hold
1Step forward left (begin ½ turn left)
2-4Step right across left (finish turn), step together left, hold
5-6Step back right, step together left
7-8Step together right, hold
REPEAT
