NOTE: When I first heard Tom McGraw's "You Got The Wrong Man" I knew I wanted to write |
a dance for it. BUT! I could hear nothing in the rhythm but CHA-CHA. Well, that's OK, 'cept I |
don't like doing cha-cha at 148 beats per minute! So I let it just kinda stew for a few weeks |
and eventually came up with something close to what became counts 17-24. The idea here is |
to let the music dictate your styling. Even when I teach this to my classes I tell them I don't |
care if they hit the exact steps, but to take 8 even steps and move with the music. |
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CROSS, HOLD, TOUCH, HOLD, STEP, STEP, STEP, STEP |
1-2 | | Step right across left, hold |
3-4 | | Touch left back, hold |
5 | | Step back left lifting right foot slightly off floor |
6 | | Step forward right lifting left foot slightly off floor |
7 | | Step back left lifting right foot slightly off floor |
8 | | Step forward right lifting left foot slightly off floor |
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CROSS, HOLD, TOUCH, HOLD, STEP, STEP, STEP, STEP |
9-10 | | Step left across right, hold |
11-12 | | Touch right toe back, hold |
13 | | Step back right lifting left foot slightly off floor |
14 | | Step forward left lifting right foot slightly off floor |
15 | | Step back right lifting left foot slightly off floor |
16 | | Step forward left lifting right foot slightly off floor |
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NOTES: The toe touches at 3 and 11: |
Lift the trailing foot and touch the toe down right where it was. |
Steps 5-8 and 13-16 may be done as rocks for a lower impact alternative. |
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STEP R, SIDE L, REPLACE R, L BEHIND |
17 | | Small step forward right |
18 | | Side step left on ball of foot with weight remaining centered over right |
19 | | Replace weight on right |
20 | | Step left behind right with weight remaining centered over right |
| | Replace R, side L, replace R, L behind |
21 | | Replace weight on right |
22 | | Side step left on ball of foot with weight remaining centered over right |
23-24 | | Replace weight on right, step left behind right |
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NOTE: Take small steps with most of the weight on the ball of the foot. |
At performance tempos your center of gravity will remain centered over the right foot. |
The feeling here is reminiscent (well, to me anyway) of a sailor step. |
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STEP-SLIDES R |
25& | | Side step right & step together left |
26& | | Side step right & step together left |
27-28 | | Side step right, touch together left |
| | Vine L, 1/4 turn L and touch R |
29-30 | | Side step left, step right behind left |
31-32 | | Face 1/4 turn left and step left, touch together right |
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ROCK R, BACK L, ROCK BACK R, STEP L |
33-34 | | Rock step forward right, step back on left |
35-36 | | rock step back right, step forward on left |
| | Step R, 1/4 L, stomp R twice |
37-38 | | Step forward right, 1/4 turn left shifting weight to left foot |
39-40 | | Stomp together right twice |
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Repeat |