CALIENTE

Choreographed by: Jennifer Pasley-Smith
Music: Bayside Boys: Caliente
Trace Adkins: There's A Girl In Texas (112)
Rick Trevino: Learning As You Go (116)
Counts: 32
Type: 4 wall line dance for couple or singles - Intermediate

1-8 PIVOT RIGHT, SHUFFLE FORWARD (LRL), 2-COUNT 360 TO LEFT, SHUFFLE
FORWARD (RLR)
1-2  Step forward on left foot, pivot 1/2 turn to right, shifting weight to right
3&4  Shuffle forward (left, right, left)
5  Step forward on right foot into 1/4 turn to left
6  Complete 360 turn to left by sweeping left leg behind,
  ending by stepping forward onto left foot
7&8  Shuffle forward (right, left, right)
 
Partner Instructions: To partner this dance, begin with gentleman to the right and slightly
behind lady, right hands joined in front of gentleman. On counts 1 and 2, gentleman raises
lady's right arm as he passes through during pivot. On 3&4 (shuffle), drop right hands and
join left hands. (On the shuffle step, the gentleman should modify his shuffle to allow the lady to
progress slightly forward of him.) On 5 and 6, gentleman raises left arms for left 360 turn.
On 7&8, keep left hands joined.
 
9-16 MAMBO LEFT WITH 1/2 TURN LEFT, MAMBO RIGHT, MAMBO LEFT WITH 1/2
TURN LEFT, MAMBO RIGHT
1  Step left foot to left side
&  Step right foot in place while pivoting 1/2 turn to left
2  Step left foot beside right
3  Step right foot to right side
&  Step left foot in place
4  Step right foot beside left
5-8  Repeat steps 9-12
 
Partner Instructions: On counts 9&10, gentleman lifts lady's hand and passes under arms during
turn. (Gentleman should be slightly forward of lady after turn.)
On 11&12, gentleman moves left hands to lady's left shoulder while joining right hands in front of
gentleman. (Lady will be to left of and slightly behind gentleman.)
On counts 13&14, hands remain in the same position.
On counts 15&16, (during turn), gentleman moves right hands onto lady's waist and moves left
hands from lady's left shoulder to in front of gentleman.
 
17-24 CROSS LEFT FRONT, STEP, SAILOR SHUFFLE, CROSS RIGHT FRONT, STEP,
SAILOR SHUFFLE
1  Step left foot across in front of right
2  Step right foot to right side
3  Step left foot across behind right
&  Step right foot to right
4  Step left foot to left (ball-change)
5  Step right foot across in front of left
6  Step left foot to left
7  Step right foot across behind left
&  Step left to left
8  Step right foot to right (ball-change)
 
Partner Instructions: Leave right hands joined at lady's right waist, left hands joined in front of
gentleman.
 
25-32 CROSS LEFT FRONT, HOLD, HIP ROCK LEFT, THEN RIGHT, SAILOR SHUFFLE,
1/4 TURN RIGHT INTO COASTER STEP
1  Step left foot across in front of right
2  Hold position
&  Step right foot to right
3  Step left foot to left and rock hips to left
4  Rock hips to right (shifting weight to right foot)
5  Step left foot behind right
&  Step right foot out to right
6  Step left foot to left
7  Swing right foot into 1/4 turn to right and step right foot back
&  Step left foot back beside right
8  Step forward of right foot
 
Partner Instructions: Leave hands joined as in preceding steps during counts 25-30.
During counts 31-32, hands remain joined as 1/4 turn positions gentleman to the right of
and behind lady.
 
Repeat


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