Rhumba Amor... (Or Less) (Partners)

Choreographed by Tony And Lana Harvey Wilson
Description: 48 count partner dance
Position: Sweetheart (Right side-by-side) position, starting on
same foot
Music: "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes

Counts    Step Descriptions

RHUMBA BOX
1-4	Step forward left, hold, step right to right, step left next
to right
5-8	Step back right, hold, step left to left, step right next to
left

FORWARD, TOUCH, BACK, TOUCH, STEP-LOCK-STEP, BRUSH
9-10	Step forward left on 45 angle left, touch right next to left
11-12	Step back right maintaining same angle, touch left next to
right
13-14	Step forward left on 45 angle left, step right forward and
to outside of left
15-16	Step left forward on 45 angle left, brush right forward

FORWARD, TOUCH, BACK, TOUCH, STEP-LOCK-STEP, BRUSH
17-18	Step forward right on 45 angle right, touch left next to
right
19-20	Step back left maintaining same angle, touch right next to
left
21-22	Step forward right on 45 angle right, step left forward
and to outside of right
23-24	Step right forward on 45 angle right, brush left forward

JAZZ BOX, LADY TURNS 1/2 RIGHT, MAN STEPS IN PLACE
25-26	Cross step left over right, step back on right
27-28	Step left to left, step right next to left
29-32	MAN: (Release left hands, right hands overhead) move
slightly forward stepping left, right, left, touch right next to
left
	LADY: Touch left forward, pivot 1/2 right weight ending on
right, step forward left, touch right next to left (lady now
slightly past man facing RLOD)

BACK TO BACK CROSSING VINE, TOUCH, MAN TURNS 1/4 LEFT, WOMAN
TURNS 3/4 LEFT
33-36	MAN: Step right to right, step left behind right, step
right to right, touch left as lady passes behind man exchanges
her right hand into his left hand and raises them in preparation
for turn
	LADY: Step right to right, step left behind right, step right
to right, touch left
/You have passed back to back with man
37-40	MAN: Step left, right, left, touch right turning 1/4 left
/Man passes lady's left hand to his left hand and picks up her
right hand with his right hand
	LADY: Turning under raised arms, step left, right, left, touch
right turning 3/4 left
/Man is now behind lady, both facing ILOD, hands joined at
lady's shoulders

7 COUNT WEAVE WITH 1/4 TURN, BRUSH
41-44	Step right to right, step left behind right, step right to
right, step left in front of right
45-48	Step right to right, step left behind right, step right to
right turning 1/4 right, touch left next to right

LADY OUT IN FRONT, LADY BACK TO MAN'S RIGHT
49-52	MAN: Step left, right, left, touch right man moves
slightly back turning lady 1/2 to her left to face him ending in
crossed hands position right over left
	LADY: Step left, right, left, touch right lady steps forward
into 1/2 turn left in front of man, hands crossed right over left
53-56	MAN: Step right, left, right, brush left man steps in
place. Drop left hands, turn lady 1/2 left back into sweetheart
position joining left hands again
	LADY: Step right, left, right, brush right move forward turning
1/2 left back into man/s right arm in sweetheart position
joining left hands again

JAZZ BOX WITH BRUSH TWICE
41-44	Cross step left over right, step back on right, step left
to left, brush right forward
45-48	Cross step right over left, step back on left, step right
to right, brush left forward

REPEAT

Prep: 03/26/08   21:45
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