Balboa Park Dancers advanced dance lesson - Cha Cha 1, February 2012 - performed by Scott and Caroline (syllabus).

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Also see, advanced February tango lesson or see cha cha from a different angle

Cha Cha syllabus for January 2012:

  • Basic to Fan
  • Modified Hockey Stick to New Yorker with checking action finish
  • Repeat New Yorker but with Ronde finish
  • side Steps to left x 4
  • Cuca Rachas x 4
  • underarm right turn (UART) to Shadow Position
  • Wapachaw Syncopated Time Steps, begin Left foot (&1&2&12) begin Right Foot (&1&2&1&; note the different timing)
  • Cha Cha Walks Fwd in Shadow for 2 Measures (23, 4&1, 23 4&1)
  • Free spin release to woman in front - 2341 (facing away and offset to right) man and woman finish on right foot forward; woman facing away)
  • Syncopated Lockchaws (2&3&4&1&; woman pivots on left foot to face leader on & (same foot as the 1))
  • Handshake Hold, Right Side pass with UART; End in Sliding Doors Position (side by side with handshake hold)
  • 2 Modified Sliding Doors; for second sliding door, man cuts off woman as she backs into him on 3; then he sends her forward to turn and face him on the 1
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