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VIRGIN PENNY COLADA
Choreographer: Penny Stidham
DESCRIPTION: This is an easier version of the "Penny Colada"
Two-Step Mixer.
POSITION: C/W Closed (Couple faces each other and gent has lady's
Right hand in his Left. His Right hand is on her shoulder, her
Left hand is just above his elbow. Couples dance counterclockwise
around the dance floor.
MUSIC: "Even Tho'" - Track 2 on "Sweet Fire"
CD by Michael Elvin Hunt.
SOURCE: Country Dance Lines Magazine, Volume 10 Number 4 - October
1989
Note: "Basic" means 1 basic two step pattern and may
be stepped - 1, 2&3 = Slow, Slow Quick Quick, or 1&2,
3 = Quick Quick Quick. Slow - counting DOWNBEATS and upbeats so
that "THO' you TOOK the Sunshine OUT of my" equals four
beats (1 full measure) of music
Note: "Left Wrap" - Lady is at gent's left side, her
arms are crossed in front with her Left arm on top. The gent's
Left arm is behind the lady and their hands are joined a waist
level.
BEATS/STEP DESCRIPTION
| Basic 1 |
Forward LOD |
| Basic 2 |
Forward LOD |
| Basic 3 |
Gent turns lady 1 full CW turn, switching hand
over her head and ends in side-by- side (Cotton Eyed Joe)
position |
| Basic 4 |
Forward LOD in side-by-side position |
| Basic 5 |
Forward LOD in side-by-side position |
| Basic 6 |
Gent turns CW 1/4 turn. At the same time he
turns the lady CW 1 1/4 turns switching her left hand to his
right. (At this point all dancers are facing the outside wall
and the gent's original partner is on his Right side |
| Basic 7 |
The gent turns loose with his Right hand and
extends his Left hand to his
"new" partner and pulls her into a Left Wrap.* The
lady will turn CW 1 full turn and the couple will end facing
LOD |
| Basic 8 |
Forward LOD in wrap position |
| Basic 9 |
Gent rolls the lady CCW in a 1 1/2 turn to face
him. Couple assumes C/W closed position |
Repeat pattern
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