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Intermediate

The Way I Wanna

Choreographed by Scott Blevins🇺🇸 & Jo Thompson Szymanski🇺🇸
Music: The Way I Wanna by Max McNown
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Created: 4/1/2025
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32 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
Intro: 16 counts
 
[1 – 8] WALK, WALK, MAMBO STEP, BACK, BACK, COASTER STEP
1-2
1) Step R forward slightly across L; 2) Step L forward slightly across R
3&4
3) Rock R forward slightly across L; &) Recover to L; 4) Step R back slightly behind L
5-6
5) Step L back slightly behind R; 6) Step R back slightly behind L
7&8
7) Step L back; &) Step R beside L; 8) Step L forward
 
[9-16] FORWARD, ¼ w/CROSS, ¼ TRIPLE, ½ FORWARD, FORWARD, 3/4 SYNCOPATED RUN AROUND
1&2
1) Step R forward; &) Turn ¼ right on R lifting L knee slightly; 2) Step L across R [3:00]
3&4
3) Step R to right; &) Step L across R; 4) Turn ¼ left stepping R back [12:00]
5-6
5) Turn ½ left stepping L forward; 6) Step R forward [6:00]
&7&8&
(&)Turn ¼ right stepping L to left; 7) Step R forward; &) Step L beside R; 8) Turn ¼ right stepping R forward; &) Turn ¼ right stepping L to left [3:00]
Styling note: This run around is a smooth curving shape turning right. Use small fast steps to move from 6 o’clock to 3 o’clock.
 
[17-24] CROSS ROCK, RECOVER, SIDE, CROSS ROCK, RECOVER, ¼ FWD, SWAY, SWAY, BEHIND, ¼ FWD, FWD
1-2&
1) Rock R across L; 2) Recover to L; &) Step R to right
3-4&
3) Rock L across R; 4) Recover to R; &) Turn ¼ left stepping L forward [12:00]
5-6
5) Step R to right swaying hips right; 6) Sway hips left opening body slightly to right taking weight on L
7&8
7) Step R behind L; &) Turn ¼ left stepping L forward; 8) Step R forward [9:00]
 
[25-32] STEP, PIVOT, ½ TRIPLE, ¼ SIDE, POINT, TOGETHER, CROSS, 3/4 SLOW UNWIND
1-2
1) Step L forward; 2) Turn ½ right taking weight forward on R [3:00]
3&4
3) Turn ¼ right stepping L to left; &) Step R across L; 4) Turn ¼ right stepping L back [9:00]
&5&6
(&) Turn ¼ right stepping R to right; 5) Point L to left; &) Step L beside R; 6) Step R across L [12:00]
7-8
(7-8) Slowly unwind 3/4 left taking weight on L
 
Begin again!
 
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