Counts Step Descriptions
INTRO:
1-4 Double pelvic thrust, clap hands twice
/Repeat until Hands Up chorus vocals start
HANDS UP CHORUS (48 COUNTS):
/On the words "Hands Up"
1-2 Wave both hands twice up in the air above head
3-4 Bring hands down to sides bend knees and wiggle hips
5-6 Wave both hands up in the air above head
7-8 Bring hands down to sides bend knees and wiggle hips
/On the words "Gimme Your Heart Gimme Gimme..."
9 On the word "your" point hands forward palms together index
fingers pointing forward and rest of fingers interlaced
10-12 Keeping fingers interlaced bend elbows and place palms on
left shoulder, then right shoulder then left shoulder
13-16 Repeat Gimme Your Heart counts 9-12
17-32 Repeat Hands Up counts 1-16
/On the words "For Your Love"
33-34 Flick both hands twice to left side at hip level
35-36 Flick both hands twice to right side at hip level
37-38 Flick both hands twice to left side at hip level
39-40 Flick both hands twice to right side at hip level
41-42 Flick both hands twice to left side at hip level
43-44 Flick both hands twice to right side at hip level
45-48 Do single flicks to left, right, left, right
/During counts 1-48 you are standing in place and shifting
weight (bumping hips) from side to side
VERSE 1
STEP, TOGETHER, STEP, TOUCH - LEFT THEN RIGHT
1-2 Step side left on left foot, step right foot next to left
3-4 Step side left on left foot, touch right foot next to left
/Make a wave with the right hand as you step together step.
Double clap on the touch
5-6 Step side right on right foot, step left foot next to right
7-8 Step side right on right foot, touch left foot next to right
/Make a wave with the left hand as you step together step.
Double clap on the touch
/Repeat Verse 1 until you hear the "Hands Up" chorus
VERSE 2
ROLLING TURNS WITH DOUBLE CLAPS
STEP, TOGETHER, STEP, TOUCH - LEFT THEN RIGHT
1-2 Make a full turn to left as you step side left on left foot,
step right foot next to left
3&4 Step side left on left foot, touch right foot next to left
and double clap
5-6 Make a full turn to right as you step side right on right
foot, step left foot next to right
7&8 Step side right on right foot, touch left foot next to right
and double clap
/Repeat Verse 2 until you hear the "Hands Up" chorus
VERSE 3
SHIFT WEIGHT FROM FOOT TO FOOT AS YOU DO "MACARENA" TYPE ARMS
1 Right arm straight out in front of body with palm down
2 Left arm straight out in front of body with palm down
3 Turn right palm up
4 Turn left palm up
5 Bend right arm at elbow and touch right fingers to inside of
left elbow
6 Bend left arm at elbow and touch left fingers to bottom of
right elbow
/You look like Jeannie from "I Dream Of Jeannie"
7 Bend knees and bounce down
8 Hitchhike right hand up over right shoulder
9 Hitchhike left hand up over left shoulder
/Repeat Verse 3 until you hear the "Hands Up" chorus
/Phrasing of chorus and verses could vary from mix to mix of
this song. Just dance to the words!
/At worlds we substituted vines left and right for verse 1. Walk
forward with kick, back with stomp for verse 2. Rolling vines
with claps for verse 3
/Also instead of flicking hands to left and right side in the
"Hands Up" chorus we brought the right hand forward and to right
for 4 counts and then our left hand forward and to left for 4
counts
/Add a 1/4 turn to any of the vines and make it a four wall
dance.
Hands Up
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