Counts Step Descriptions
PIVOT RIGHT, SHUFFLE FORWARD (LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT), 2-COUNT FULL
TURN TO LEFT, SHUFFLE FORWARD (RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT)
1 Step forward on left foot
2 Pivot 1/2 turn to right, shifting weight to right
3&4 Shuffle forward (left, right, left)
5 Step forward on right foot into 1/4 turn to left
6 Complete full turn to left by sweeping left leg behind, ending
by stepping forward onto left foot
7&8 Shuffle forward (right-left-right)
/Partner Instructions: To partner this dance, begin with
gentleman to the right and slightly behind lady, right hands
joined in front of gentleman. On counts 1 and 2, gentleman
raises lady's right arm as he passes through during pivot. On
3&4 (shuffle), drop right hands and join left hands. (On the
shuffle step, the gentleman should modify his shuffle to allow
the lady to progress slightly forward of him.) On 5 and 6,
gentleman raises left arms for left full turn. On 7&8, keep left
hands joined.
MAMBO LEFT WITH 1/2 TURN LEFT, MAMBO RIGHT, MAMBO LEFT WITH 1/2
TURN LEFT, MAMBO RIGHT
9 Step left foot to left side
& Step right foot in place while pivoting 1/2 turn to left
10 Step left foot beside right
11 Step right foot to right side
& Step left foot in place
12 Step right foot beside left
13-16 Repeat steps 9-12
/Partner Instructions: On counts 9&10, gentleman lifts lady's
hand and passes under arms during turn. (Gentleman should be
slightly forward of lady after turn.) On 11&12, gentleman moves
left hands to lady's left shoulder while joining right hands in
front of gentleman. (Lady will be to left of and slightly behind
gentleman.) On counts 13&14, hands remain in the same position.
On counts 15&16, (during turn), gentleman moves right hands onto
lady's waist and moves left hands from lady's left shoulder to
in front of gentleman.
CROSS LEFT FRONT, STEP, SAILOR SHUFFLE, CROSS RIGHT FRONT, STEP,
SAILOR SHUFFLE
17 Step left foot across in front of right
18 Step right foot to right side
19 Step left foot across behind right
& Step right foot to right
20 Step left foot to left (ball-change)
21 Step right foot across in front of left
22 Step left foot to left
23 Step right foot across behind left
& Step left to left
24 Step right foot to right (ball-change)
/Partner Instructions: Leave right hands joined at lady's right
waist, left hands joined in front of gentleman.
CROSS LEFT FRONT, HOLD, HIP ROCK LEFT, THEN RIGHT, SAILOR
SHUFFLE, 1/4 TURN RIGHT INTO COASTER STEP
25 Step left foot across in front of right
26 Hold position
& Step right foot to right
27 Step left foot to left and rock hips to left
28 Rock hips to right (shifting weight to right foot)
29 Step left foot behind right
& Step right foot out to right
30 Step left foot to left
31 Swing right foot into 1/4 turn to right and step right foot
back
& Step left foot back beside right
32 Step forward of right foot
/Partner Instructions: Leave hands joined as in preceding steps
during counts 25-30. During counts 31-32, hands remain joined as
1/4 turn positions gentleman to the right of and behind lady.
REPEAT