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CARMELITA

SONG:          Carmelita
ARTIST:        Steve Wariner
ALBUM:         Steal another day
CHOREOGRAPHER: Warren Mitchell - Melbourne - October 2003
DANCE:         64 beats, 4 walls, 3 tag walls, intermediate

BEATS:                     STEPS:
1&2     Step R behind L, step L to L, step R to R (R sailor step)
3&4     Step L behind R, step R to R, step L to L (L sailor step)
5,6,7,8 Rock R back, step L on spot, step R fwd making 1/2 pivot to L (end weight L)

1,2&3,4 Touch R together with L, touch R together with L, step R back step L slightly

        fwd, touch R together with L
5&6,7,8 Touch R together with L, rock R back, step L slightly fwd,

        touch R together with L, touch R together with L

1,2,3,4 Rock R fwd, step L on spot, make 1/2 turn to R then step R fwd

        step L fwd making 1/4 turn to R
5&6,7,8 Kick R at 45* R, step R slightly back, step L over R, step R to R,

        make 1/2 turn to L then step L to L (hinge turn)

1,2,3&4 Rock R fwd, step L on spot, step R back at 45* R, lock L over R, step R back

        at 45* R
5&6,7,8 Step L back at 45* L, lock R over L, step L back at 45* L, rock R back,

        step L on spot

1,2,3,4 Step R fwd making 1/2 turn to L, step L back making 1/2 turn to L

        step R fwd making 1/2 turn to L, step L back making 1/2 turn to L
5,6,7,8 Step R fwd, hold, twist both heels to R, twist both heels back to centre

        (end weight on L)

1,2,3,4 Rock R back, step L on spot, step R fwd making 1/2 pivot to L (end weight L)
5,6&    Step R fwd at 45* R, lock L behind R, step R fwd at 45* R (dorothy step)
7,8&    Step L fwd at 45* L, lock R behind L, step L fwd at 45* L (dorothy step)

1,2,3&4 Rock R fwd, step L on spot, step R back, step L on spot, step R fwd

        (R coaster step)
5,6,7&8 Rock L fwd, step R on spot, step L back, step R together, step L fwd

        (L coaster step)

1,2,3,4 Step R fwd making 1/2 pivot to L (end weight on L)
        step R fwd making 1/2 pivot to L (end weight on L)
5,6,7,8 Step R to R bumping hips to R, bump hips to L,
         bump hips to R, bump hips to L (end weight on L)

64 beats Start dance from beginning at new wall.

TAG: Completed at end of walls 1,3,4 only
1,2,3,4 Bump hips to R whilst popping L knee fwd, hold
        bump hips to L whilst popping R knee fwd, hold
4 Start dance from beginning.


Permission is given for dance to be freely copied, distributed and re-written, on the basis the dance is not changed in any way without prior approval from choreographer.

Warren Mitchell
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