Are You Ready To Rumba?

Choreographed by Larry And Jody Carriger
Description: 48 count, 4 wall partner dance
Position: Closed Position
Music: "Mama Likes To Reggae" by The Bellamy Brothers;
"Pizziricco" by The Mavericks; "Think Of Me (When You're
Lonely)" by The Mavericks

Counts    Step Descriptions

CUBAN ROCKS
1-4	MAN: Step forward left, hold, step forward right, step back
left
	LADY: Step back right, hold, step back left, step forward right
5-8	MAN: Step back right, hold, step back left, step forward
right
	LADY: Step forward left, hold, step forward right, step back
left

LADY TURNS; PARALLEL CROSSES
9-12	MAN: Step left, hold, step right behind left, step left in
place (man drops his right hand, lady drops her left)
	LADY: Step right, hold, (turning under raised hands, man's
left, lady's right) step left turning 1/2 right, step right,
turning 1/2 right (facing each other, palm to palm)
13-16	MAN: Step right, hold, (turning 1/8 right) step left over
right, step back right
	LADY: Step left, hold, (turning 1/8 right) step right behind
left, step forward left

PARALLEL CROSSES; OPEN UP SIDE BREAK
17-20	MAN: Step left, hold, (turning 1/8 left) step right over
left, step back left
	LADY: Step right, hold, (turning 1/8 left) step left behind
right, step forward right
21-24	MAN: (Turning 1/8 right) step right, hold, (drop lady's
left hand) (turning 1/4 right) step left over right, step back
on right
	LADY: (Turning 1/8 right) step left, hold, (drop man's right
hand) (turning 1/4 left) step right over left, step back on left

LADY TURNS; 5TH POSITION BREAKS
25-28	MAN: (Turning 1/4 left) step left, hold, step right behind
left, step left in place
	LADY: (Turning 1/4 right) step right, hold, step left (turning
1/2 right under lady's right arm) step right (turning 1/2 right
under raised arms)
	BOTH: (Dropping man's left, lady's right; man put right arm
around lady's back; lady puts left arm around man's back)
29-32	MAN: Step right, hold, (turning 1/4 left) step back left,
step forward right
	LADY: Step left, hold, (turning 1/4 right) step back right,
step forward left

5TH POSITION BREAKS
33-36	MAN: (Turning 1/4 right) step left, hold, (turning 1/4
right) step back right, step forward left (dropping man's right
arm, put left arm around lady's back)
	LADY: (Turning 1/4 left) step right, hold, (turning 1/4 left)
step back left, step forward right (dropping lady's left arm,
put right arm around man's back)
37-40	MAN: (Turning 1/4 left) step right, hold, (turning 1/4
left) step back left, step forward right (dropping man's left
arm, put right arm around lady's back)
	LADY: (Turning 1/4 right) step left, hold, (turning 1/4 right)
step back right, step forward left (dropping lady's right arm,
put left arm around man's back)

LADY'S CROSS IN FRONT; CROSS BODY PASS
41-44	MAN: Step forward left, hold, step right, step left next
to right (man picks up lady's right hand in his left and pulls
her in front of him into closed position)
	LADY: Large step forward right, (passing in front of man,
turning 1/2 left) hold, step left, step right next to left (now
in front of man, in closed position)
45-48	MAN: Step right, hold, step back left (turning 1/4 left)
step forward right (turning 1/4 left, man lowers his left hand
to waist height)
	Lady's; step left, hold, step forward right, (turning 1/2 left)
step left next to right (lady passes in front of man back into
closed position, start dance over facing new wall)

REPEAT

Prep: 08/16/05   02:52
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