Jump In Samba
Choreographed by Jean Welser🇺🇸
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Step Sheet
56 Count, 2 Wall
Intro: 16 counts after first “teaser” line of singing “…an island lullaby”___
SAMBA WALKS (OR TRIPLES) AND BOTA FOGOS (OR SCISSORS)
STEP BACKS AND ROCK BACKS
FOUR VOLTAS TO RIGHT
FOUR WHISKS (OR NIGHT CLUBS)
JUMPS AND MERENGUE SIDE STEPS (DO THIS 8 COUNT SEQUENCE TWICE)
FOUR SAILOR STEPS (REPEAT SEQUENCE FOR 8 COUNTS)
TAGS & RESTARTS
End verse 1 : 16 count musical interlude. Do 12 count “imitation samba roll” (½ turn to face back wall) and 4 count shimmy
Verse 3: (“La La La” interlude) Do basic dance through first set of whisks – then do 8 count ( ½ turn) “ imitation samba roll” and 4 count shimmy -
then hold for one count while music pauses, and restart dance for verse 4
Verse 4: (Ending) Do a second set of 4 sailors, then shimmy for last few counts until end of music
Contact: indancer@sbcglobal.net
Last revision - 26th Jan 2014
SAMBA WALKS (OR TRIPLES) AND BOTA FOGOS (OR SCISSORS)
&1&2Shuffle forward with light bouncing action, right, left, right
&3&4Shuffle forward with light bouncing action, left, right, left
&5&6Side step to right (right hip extended), left ft. step in place, right foot cross over left, lt. bouncing action
&7&8Side step to left (left hip extended), right ft. step in place, left foot cross over right, lt. bouncing action
STEP BACKS AND ROCK BACKS
&1&2Step back with right, step back with left (no bounce)
&3&4Touch back with right foot, hip bump right to take up count (no bounce)
&5&6Touch back with left foot, hip bump left to take up count (no bounce)
&7&8Touch back with right foot, hip bump right to take up count (no bounce)
FOUR VOLTAS TO RIGHT
&1&2Step to side with right foot, cross left over right with full hip rotation–
&3&4, &5&6, &7&8repeat 3 times for 8 counts total
FOUR WHISKS (OR NIGHT CLUBS)
&1&2Right foot to side, left foot behind, step on right (like night club 2 step but with bounce)
&3&4Left foot to side, right foot behind, step on left (like night club 2 step but with bounce)
&5&6Right foot to side, left foot behind, step on right as above
&7&8Left foot to side, right foot behind, step on left as above
JUMPS AND MERENGUE SIDE STEPS (DO THIS 8 COUNT SEQUENCE TWICE)
&1,2, &3,4Jump forward ( right foot first, then left); jump back (right foot first, then left)
&5&6, &7&8Step to right, close with left, step to right, close with left (like meringue)
FOUR SAILOR STEPS (REPEAT SEQUENCE FOR 8 COUNTS)
&1&2Right behind left, left step in place, right step to right
& 3&4Left behind right, right step in place, left step to left________________________________
TAGS & RESTARTS
End verse 1 : 16 count musical interlude. Do 12 count “imitation samba roll” (½ turn to face back wall) and 4 count shimmy
Verse 3: (“La La La” interlude) Do basic dance through first set of whisks – then do 8 count ( ½ turn) “ imitation samba roll” and 4 count shimmy -
then hold for one count while music pauses, and restart dance for verse 4
Verse 4: (Ending) Do a second set of 4 sailors, then shimmy for last few counts until end of music
Contact: indancer@sbcglobal.net
Last revision - 26th Jan 2014
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