Counts Step Descriptions
PART A: CHA-CHA CHORUS
MEN'S STEPS
BASIC CHA-CHA SERIES
1-2 Rock step forward left, recover right
3&4 Cha-cha in-place left-right-left
5-6 Rock step back right, recover left
7&8 Cha-cha in-place right-left-right
SIDE-TOGETHER CHA-CHA SERIES
9-10 Side step left, slide together right
11&12 Cha-cha in-place left-right-left
13-14 Side step right, slide together left
15&16 Cha-cha in-place right-left-right
CHASE CHA-CHA SERIES
17-18 Step forward left, 1/2 turn right
19&20 Cha-cha slightly forward left-right-left
21-22 Step forward right, 1/2 turn left
23&24 Cha-cha slightly forward right-left-right
END CHASE SERIES
25-26 Rock step forward left, recover right
27&28 Cha-cha slightly back left-right-left
29 Stomp together right
30-32 Hold and count 6-7-8
LADIES' STEPS
BASIC CHA-CHA SERIES
1-2 Rock step back right, recover left
3&4 Cha-cha in-place right-left-right
5-6 Rock step forward left, recover right
7&8 Cha-cha in-place left-right-left
SIDE-TOGETHER CHA-CHA SERIES
9-10 Side step right, slide together left
11&12 Cha-cha in-place right-left-right
13-14 Side step left, slide together right
15&16 Cha-cha in-place left-right-left
CHASE CHA-CHA SERIES
17-18 Rock step back right, recover left
19&20 Cha-cha slightly forward right-left-right
21-22 Step forward left, 1/2 turn right
23&24 Cha-cha slightly forward left-right-left
END CHASE SERIES
25-26 Step forward right, 1/2 turn left
27&28 Cha-cha slightly forward right-left-right
29 Stomp together left
30-32 Hold and count 6-7-8
PART B: COTTON EYED JOE MIXER
/Perform the dance as "written" with the following exception:
/On counts 41-44 the man shuffles in-place as he turns the lady
another full turn under his left arm
/On 45 stomp together (men left, ladies left) and hold for 46-48
DANCE SEQUENCE
PART A
PART B
PART A
PART B
PART A
PART B
COTTON EYED JOE MIXER AS WRITTEN (WITH POLKA TURN) TILL MUSIC
FADES
/For demo purposes, we manually fade the music out and have the
dancers polka off the floor instead of doing CEJ Mixer again
after the 3rd Part B.