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The Ya Ya (Phrased)

Choreographed by Patricia Soran🇦🇹
Music: Ya Ya by Lee Dorsey
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Step Sheet
0 Count, 0 Wall
9/27/2025
Sequence:
A-B-A-C-B-A-B
PART A
ELVIS KNEE ROLLS
1-2
Right foot feet shoulder-width apart. Weight on right ball, circle-movement with right knee beginning inward (knee-roll), right hip follows the movement, after circle drop heel to take weight.
3-4
Left foot weight on left ball, knee-roll left with left hip-roll, drop heel to take weight
5-8
Repeat 1-4
Style option: while doing Elvis knees, put right hand (palm in) with open fingers (jazz hands) on lower belly, left hand (palm in) on neck, elbows outward
TOE STRUTS TURN
1-2
Right foot touch right toe right back; drop heel to take weight during turning ¼ right (facing 3:00)
3-4
Left foot touch left toe in front of right foot; drop heel to take weight during turning ¼ right (6:00)
5-6
Right foot touch right toe in front of left foot; drop heel to take weight during turning ¼ right (9:00)
7-8
Left foot touch left toe in front of right foot; drop heel to take weight during turning ¼ right (12:00)
MODIFIED ROGER RABBIT
1
Right foot kick right back
&
Hook right behind left foot while left foot scoots backward (towards 6:00)
2
Right foot step on right to take weight
3&4
Left foot kick left back; hook left behind right while right foot scoots back; put weight on left
5-8
Repeat 1-4
Style option: lean torso sideward on the "&'s". Right hook (and left scoot) lean left; left hook, lean right
STEPS DIAGONALLY (ZIGZAG), BRUSH
1
Right foot step forward with a 1/8 turn right (1:30)
2
Left foot brush left foot forward near right (1:30)
3
Left foot step ¼ turn left (10:30)
4
Right foot brush right foot (10:30)
5
Right foot step ¼ turn right (1:30)
6
Left foot brush left foot (1:30)
7-8
Repeat 3-4
TOES STRUTS DIAGONALLY WITH FINGER SNIPS
1
Right foot small step forward on right ball (12:00), weight remains on left; both arms shoulder-high(hands show toward ceiling)
2
Right foot drop right heel to take weight and snip fingers
3
Left foot cross left over right on left ball, arms behind hips (hands show toward floor)
4
Left foot drop left heel to take weight and snip fingers
5-8
Repeat 1-4
Style note: toes show to 12:00 but the movement goes diagonally to 1:30
Style option: lean torso left on counts 3,4, 7 and 8 (left struts)
ROCK RIGHT, ¾ TRIPLE TURN RIGHT, ¼ TURN LEFT, SHIMMY
1-2
Rock forward on right, rock back on left (12:00)
3&4
Triple step (right-left-right) with a ¾ turn over right (9:00)
5-6
Rock forward on left, rock back on right (9:00)
7-8
Left foot step left foot with ¼ turn left (6:00); hold and shimmy shoulders (feet are now shoulder-width apart)
PART B
TOE SWIVELS WITH ¼ TURNS LEFT
1
Swivel toes to the right (weight on right and left ball) (6:00)
2
Swivel toes to the left (6:00)
3
Step right toe in front of left (6:00) while swiveling toes to the right
4
Swivel toes to the left, while turning ¼ to left (3:00)
5
Step right toe in front of left (3:00) while swiveling toes to the right
6
Swivel toes to the left, while turning ¼ to left (12:00)
7
Step right toe in front of left (12:00) while swiveling toes to the right
8
Swivel toes to center, while turning ¼ to left (now facing 9:00)
Style option: open lower arms outward (waist-high), fingers open (jazz hand) and shake hands
WALK, POINT, CROSS
1
Right foot step right forward (9:00)
2
Left foot point left toe to left side, left leg is stretched
3
Left foot cross left foot over right foot
4
Right foot point right toe to right
5
Right foot cross right over left
6
Left foot point left
7
Left foot cross left over right
8
Right foot point right to right side
Style option: lean torso sideward, lean right by left point, left by right point etc.
ROCK RIGHT, ¾ TRIPLE TURN RIGHT, ROCK LEFT, ½ TRIPLE TURN LEFT
1-2
Rock forward on right, rock back on left (9:00)
3&4
Triple step (right-left-right) with a ¾ turn right (6:00)
5-6
Rock forward on left, rock back on right (6:00)
7&8
Triple step (left-right-left) with a ½ turn left (12:00)
TRIPLE STEPS
1&2
Triple step (right-left-right) (12:00)
3&4
Triple step (left-right-left)
5&6
Triple step (right-left-right)
7&8
Triple step (left-right-left)
Style note: the triple steps are done on balls of feet
Style option: both arms up, shake hands like drying nails (for girls)
Hitch-hiking for boys: by right triple steps, turn head to the right an hold your right thumb to the right side like a hitch-hiker, left triple steps all to the left
¼ TURNING SAILORS, FLICK, HIP BUMPS
1
Right foot cross right behind left and turn ¼ to right (3:00)
&
Left foot step left to left
2
Right foot step right in place
3
Flick left behind right while bumping right hip to right
4
Left foot step on left to take weight and bump left hip to left
5-8
Repeat 1-4 (ending at 6:00)
Style option: on counts 3 an 7 (flick) brush hair or snip fingers with right hand
SWIVEL & SUGARFOOT, OUT-OUT
1
With weight on whole left foot travel right: swivel left heel in and touch right toe near left foot (heel out)
2
Swivel left heel out, touch right heel near left foot(toes out)
3-6
Repeat 1-2 two times
7-8
Small step right foot to right; small step left foot to left
Style option: on counts 7 an 8: combine out-out with a knee-roll right and left
PART C
CROSS ROCK, ¼ TURN, ½ TURNS, CROSSING SHUFFLE WITH ¼ TURN
1-2
Cross right foot over left, rock back on left (12:00)
&3&4
¼ turn right on "&" (3:00), shuffle right (right-left-right)
5
½ turn on both balls to the left (9:00), weight on left
6
½ turn right on both balls (3:00), weight on right
7&8
Cross left foot over right foot with ¼ turn right (facing 6:00), step right foot near behind left, small step left foot to right (still crossed over right)
SYNCOPATED, MODIFIED WOOLY BULLY
1
Right foot hitch right knee (6:00) near left
&
Right foot cross right ankle in front of left shin
2
Left foot ¼ turn left on left (3:00) while bringing right foot back beside left knee (right foot remains raised with knee bent)
3
Right foot step back on right foot
&
Scoot forward with right foot, hitch left
4
Left foot step on left to take weight
5
Repeat 1-4 (now facing 12:00)
SWIVEL WALK, ROLLING GRAPEVINE WITH ¼ TURN
1
Right foot step forward on right ball, both toes swivel to right (1:30)
2
Left foot step forward on left ball (on height of right foot), toes swivel to left (10:30)
3-4
Repeat 1-2
5-8
Step ¼ turn to right on right foot (3:00); full turn on left ball (3:00); step right foot forward; step left foot near right foot
Style option: swivel walk: bend knees like going downstairs
KICK-KICK, ½ TURN RIGHT, KICK-KICK, ½ TURN LEFT
1
Right foot kick right foot to left (1:30)
2
Right foot kick right foot to the right
3&4
Cross right behind left turning ¼ to right, step left turning ¼ right, step right forward (9:00)
5
Left foot kick left foot to right (10:30)
6
Left foot kick left foot to left side
7&8
Cross left behind right turning ¼ to the left (6:00), step right turning ¼ left, step left forward (3:00)
KICK-BALL-CHANGE, KICK, SCOOT, ½ TURN, KICK, SCOOT
1&2
Right foot kick right forward (3:00) step right back, step left in place
3
Right foot kick right foot forward
&
Scoot left back and kick right back
4
Right foot step right to take weight
5
Left foot step back on left turning ½ to left (9:00)
6
Right foot step forward on right
7
Left foot kick left foot forward
&
Scoot right back an kick left back
8
Left foot step left to take weight
Style option: lean torso forward on the "&'s" (scoot an kick back)
STEP & SHIMMY, SIDE ROCK LEFT, FULL TURN, HIP ROLL
1-2
Right foot step right foot with a ¼ turn right (12:00); hold and shimmy shoulders (weight is on right foot)
3-4
Rock left to left, rock back on right
5-6
Full turn on right ball (12:00); step on left to take weight (feet shoulder-width apart)
7-8
Hip roll right (lift right heel during hip-roll, weight remains left)
Style option: while doing full turn and hip roll put your hand in your neck (palms in), elbows outward