PBM Mix (Pinebush Merengue Mixer)

Choreographed by Forty Arroyo
Description: 32 count, beginner/intermediate mixer dance
Music: "Salome" by Chayanne; "Baila" by Grupo Mania; "Tres
Deseos" by Gloria Estefan
To Kathy R, DJ and Dance Instructor from Pinebush, NY, for her
dedication to the line and partner dance community.

Counts    Step Descriptions

LADY: MERENGUE TO RIGHT, ROCK, RECOVER, STEP, HOLD
/Starts in closed position
1-4	Step right to right, step left next to right, step right to
right, step left next to right (Cuban hips)
5-8	Rock side right, recover on left, step right next to left,
hold

STEP 1/4 LEFT, WALK RIGHT, LEFT, Pivot 1/4 RIGHT, STEP, HOLD,
AND STEP, HOLD
/Side by side - lady's right hand in man's left
1-4	Making a 1/4 left - walk forward left right left, on ball of
left pivot 1/4 right (weight on right)
5-6	(Returning to closed position) step left next to right, hold
&7-8	Step right to right, step left together, hold (weight on
left)

CROSS, ROCK, RECOVER, CROSS, ROCK, RECOVER, BUMP HIP
LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT
1-3	(Still in closed position) cross rock right over left,
recover on left, step right to right
4-6	Cross rock left over right, recover on right, step left to
left
7&8	Bump hip left right left - weight ends on left

FULL TURN MERENGUE TO RIGHT, CROSS, STEP, CROSS, STEP
/Man turns lady out
1-4	Full turn to right in place stepping right left right left
(Cuban hips)
5-8	Waving farewell - cross step right over left, step left to
left, cross step right over left, step left to left
/Lady starts over with man coming from her left

MAN
MERENGUE TO LEFT, ROCK, RECOVER, STEP, HOLD (in closed position)
1-4	Step left to left, step right next to left, step left to
left, step right next to left (Cuban hips)
5-8	Rock side left, recover on right, step left next to right,
hold

STEP 1/4 RIGHT, WALK LEFT, RIGHT, Pivot 1/4 LEFT, STEP, HOLD,
AND STEP, TOUCH
/Side by side - lady's right hand in man's left
1-4	Making a 1/4 right - walk forward right left right, on ball
of right pivot 1/4 left (weight on left)
5-6	(Returning to closed position) step right next to left, hold
&7-8	Step left to left, touch right next to left,, hold (weight
on left)

CROSS, ROCK, RECOVER, CROSS, ROCK, RECOVER, BUMP HIP
RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT
/Still in closed position
1-3	Cross rock right over left, recover on left, step right to
right
4-6	Cross rock left over right, recover on right, step left to
left
7&8	Bump hips right left right - weight ends on right

MERENGUE IN PLACE, MERENGUE TO LEFT
1-4	Turning lady out - step in place left right left right
(Cuban hips)
5-8	Waving farewell -step left to left, step right next to left,
step left to left, step right next to left
/Man starts over with the lady coming in from left

REPEAT

Prep: 09/20/04   13:27
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