Caliente (Hot) (L/P)

PIVOT RIGHT, SHUFFLE FORWARD (LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT), 2-COUNT FULL TURN TO LEFT, 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 full turn. On 7&8, keep left hands joined.

 

MAMBO LEFT WITH ½ TURN LEFT, MAMBO RIGHT, MAMBO LEFT WITH ½ TURN LEFT, MAMBO RIGHT

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.

 

CROSS LEFT FRONT, STEP, SAILOR SHUFFLE, CROSS RIGHT FRONT, STEP, SAILOR SHUFFLE

Partner Instructions: Leave right hands joined at lady's right waist, left hands joined in front of gentleman.

 

CROSS LEFT FRONT, HOLD, HIP ROCK LEFT, THEN RIGHT, SAILOR SHUFFLE, ¼ TURN RIGHT INTO COASTER STEP

Partner Instructions: Leave hands joined as in preceding steps during counts 25-30. During counts 31-32, hands remain joined as ¼ turn positions gentleman to the right of and behind lady.

 

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Last Update - 28 Nov 2023