| This is a salsa-line dance made up of mambo "shine" patterns. You can do this to any song with a salsa (mambo) rhythm. Just omit tags/restarts |
| Dedicated to all "Salseros" and to two very special "Salsa Loving" line dancers - Carol & Alan Desrosier | |
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| PART A: MAMBO SEQUENCE |
| MAMBO - FORWARD, BACK, RIGHT & LEFT (WITH CUBAN HIPS) | |
1-4 | Step right forward pushing hips left, step left in place pushing hips to right, step right next to left, hold | |
5-8 | Step left forward pushing hips to right, step right in place pushing hips to left, step left next to right, hold | |
9-12 | Step right to side pushing hips to left, step left in place pushing hips to right, step right next to left, hold | |
13-16 | Step left to side pushing hips to right, step right in place pushing hips to left, step right next to left, hold | |
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| SIDE STEPS RIGHT WITH HOLD, CROSS RIGHT OVER LEFT - 3X, HOLD | |
1-4 | Step right to side, close left to right, step right to side, hold | |
5-8 | Close left to right, step right to side, close left to right, hold (weight on left) | |
1-4 | Cross right over left, step left to slightly to left, cross right over left, step left slightly to left | |
5-8 | Cross right over left, step left to slightly to left, cross right over left, hold (weight on right) | |
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| To hit the breaks in the music the very FIRST time (and ONLY the FIRST time) you do counts 25-32, replace with | |
1-4 | Cross right over left, step left to left, cross right over left, hold | |
5-8 | Step left to left, close right to left, hold for 2 counts -weight on right) | |
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| SIDE STEPS LEFT WITH HOLD, CROSS LEFT OVER RIGHT - 3X, HOLD | |
1-4 | Step left to side, close right to left, step left to side, hold | |
5-8 | Close right next to left, step left to side, clsoe right next to right, hold (RESTART - happens here at 9:00) | |
9-12 | Cross left over right, step right slightly to right, cross left over right, step right slightly to right | |
13-16 | Cross left over right, step right slightly to right, cross left over right, hold (weight on left) | |
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| To hit the breaks in music the very FIRST time (and ONLY the FIRST time) you do counts 41-48, replace with | |
1-4 | Cross left over right, step right to right, cross left over right | |
5--8 | Step right to right, close left to right, hold for 2 counts -weight on left) |
| RESTART happens here at 12:00 | |
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| CHASE TURNS ½ (2X), LEFT MAMBO FORWARD - REPEAT | |
1-2-3-4 | Step forward on right, pivot ½ turn left, step left next to right, hold | |
&5 | Step left next to right, tap right heel slightly forward (option: low kick forward) | |
6-7-8 | Step right in place, step slightly forward of left, hold | |
9-16 | Repeat step 1-8 (end at 12:00) | |
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| PART B: THE "SHINE" SEQUENCE |
| HEEL, STEP, ¼ TURN STEP, TOUCH, STEP, TOUCH, ¼ TURN HEEL TAP, STEP | |
1-4 | Tap right heel forward, step right in place, turning ¼ to right - step left to side, touch right next to left | |
5-6 | Step right to side, touch left next to right | |
7-8 | Pivoting on the ball of right - tap left heel forward turning ¼ to left, step left in place (now at 12:00) | |
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| STEP, HOLD, &, HEEL TAP, STEP, STEP, HOLD & TOUCH, CROSS | |
1-2&3-4 | Step right forward, hold, step left in place, tap right in place, step right next to left | |
5-6 | Step left to side, hold | |
&7-8 | Step right next to left, touch left out to side toward 10:00, cross left over right (now at 12:00) | |
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| STEP, CROSS, STEP, TOUCH, STEP, CROSS, STEP, TOUCH | |
1-2 | Traveling back diagonally to right and body toward 2:00 - step back on right, step left next to right | |
3-4 | Step back on right, touch left next to right | |
5-6 | Traveling forward diagonal. To left and body still at 2:00 - step left to side, step right next to left | |
7-8 | Step left to side, touch right next to left (now at 2:00) | |
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| RIGHT MAMBO, PRESS, HOLD, ¼ TURN, STEP | |
1-4 | (Squaring off to 12:00) rock right to side, recover on left, step right next to left, hold | |
5-8 | Press ball of left to side, hold, turning ¼ left and pivoting on right - step left next to right, hold | |
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| 1st RESTART happens here - at 9:00 | |
9-16 | Repeat step 1-8 (now at 6:00) | |
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| 2nd RESTART happens here - at 12:00 |
| FORWARD LOCK STEP, TOUCH, STEP, HEEL, STEP, TOUCH | |
1-4 | Step right forward, lock left, step right forward, touch left toes behind right | |
5-8 | Step slightly back on left, tap right heel forward, step right in place, touch left toe behind (still at 6:00) | |
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| ¼ SIDE, TOGETHER, SIDE, BRUSH, JAZZ BOX (WITH HIP ROTATIONS), MAMBO WITH TOUCH | |
1-4 | Step left to side turning ¼ to left, close right to left, step left to side, brush right forward | |
5-8 | Jazz box with ¼ turn - (while turning ¼ left and rotating hips around to the left) - cross step right over left, step slightly back on left, step side right, step left slightly forward on left (now at 12:00) | |
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1-4 | Repeat jazz with the ¼ turn | |
5-8 | Step right slightly to right side, recover weight on left, touch right next to left, hold (now at 6:00) | |
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| The FIRST Section A starts on the lyrics (chorus) - "Ran Kan Kan". However, you can't resists moving to the music as soon as it starts, so don't waste it. Just do your meanest "free-style" mambo while you wait, or mambo in place as follows: |
| MAMBO (WHILE YOU WAIT) FOR 40 COUNTS (OPTIONAL)- | |
1-4 | Step right to side pushing hips to left, step left in place pushing hips to right, step right next to left, hold | |
5-8 | Step left to side pushing hips to right, step right in place pushing hips to left, step right next to left, hold | |
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9-12 | Step right forward, step left in place pushing hips to right, step right next to left, hold | |
13-16 | Step left forward, step right in place pushing hips to left, step left next to right, hold | |
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17-32 | Repeat above | |
33-40 | Repeat steps 1-8 and start the dance | |
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| TAG: After first rotation "A" (happens at 12:00) |
| BUMPS: ALTERNATING HIP BUMPS STARTING WITH LEFT | |
1-3 | Bump hip left right left | |
4-6 | Hold for 3 counts | |
7-8 | Rotate hips around to the left - ending with weight on left(or feel the music and do what you feel) | |
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| TAG: Before you start part "B" for the fifth time (this will be at 6:00) you will hear a syncopated pulsating sound for 8 beats. You may choose to stand with feet slightly apart and wiggle hips or shimmy shoulders to the beat | |
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| ENDING (OPTIONAL BIG FINISH): AFTER the TAG you will do counts 1-40 of Part B. Shimmy or wiggle for 7 counts and take a big step to right. Drag left to right for 4 counts, then do 3 spiral turns to right | |
1-2& | Step forward on left, spiral full turn to right, step right next to left | |
3-6 | Repeat twice |
| Then drop at the waste with dangling arms (exhausted) |
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