48 count, 2 wall, contra, beginner level
Choreographer: Gary & Marie Lafferty (UK) June 2006
Choreographed to: Carnival by Chipz (116 bpm)
32 count intro
RIGHT SIDE-ROCK & CROSS , LEFT SIDE ROCK & CROSS ; SWITCH RIGHT
& LEFT & RIGHT ,
CLAP CLAP
1&2 Rock to Right on Right foot , recover weight onto Left foot ,
cross-step Right foot over Left
3&4 Rock to Left on Left foot , recover weight onto Right foot ,
cross-step Left foot over Right
5&6 Point Right foot out to Right side, step on Right beside Left
, point Left foot out to Left side
&7 Step on Left foot beside Right , point Right foot out to Right
side
&8 Clap hands twice
(you can clap hands with the person directly facing you when dancing
contra)
HULA! CHA-CHA-CHA!
1-4 Hula! - roll hips anti-clockwise for 4 counts
5&6 Cha-cha-cha back - step back on Right foot , step on Left beside
Right , step back on Right
7&8 Cha-cha-cha back - step back on Left foot , step on Right foot
beside Left , step back on Left
FULL ROLLING TURN to RIGHT with TOUCH ; FULL ROLLING TURN to LEFT with
TOUCH
1-4 Make a full turn to the Right , stepping on Right , Left , Right
; Touch Left foot beside Right
5-8 Make a full turn to the Left , stepping on Left , Right , Left ;
Touch Right foot beside Left
SIDE , BEHIND , & HEEL & CROSS ; SIDE , BEHIND , & HEEL &
CROSS
1-2 Step to Right on Right foot , cross-step Left foot behind Right
&3 Step to Right on Right foot , touch Left heel diagonally-forward
Left
&4 Step down onto Left foot , cross-step Right foot over Left
5-6 Step to Left on Left foot , cross-step Right foot behind Left
&7 Step to Left on Left foot , touch Right heel diagonally-forward
Right
&8 Step down onto Right foot , cross-step Left foot over Right
4 DIAGONAL SHUFFLES FORWARD
1&2 Facing Right diagonal corner , small shuffle forward on Right-Left-Right
3&4 Facing Left diagonal corner , small shuffle forward on Left-Right-Left
5&6 Facing Right diagonal corner , small shuffle forward on Right-Left-Right
7&8 Facing Left diagonal corner , small shuffle forward on Left-Right-Left
CROSS-ROCK , RECOVER , SIDE-SHUFFLE ; CROSS-ROCK , RECOVER , TRIPLE ½
TURN
1-2 Cross-rock Right foot over Left , recover weight back onto Left foot
3&4 Step to Right on Right foot , step on Left foot beside Right
, step to Right on Right foot
5-6 Cross-rock Left foot over Right , recover weight back onto Right
foot
7&8 Make ½ turn over Left shoulder stepping on Left – Right
– Left
TAG Unfortunately there are 8 extra counts of music at the end
of the 5th wall, so we add in 4 x
¼ pivot turns:
1-4 Step forward on Right , pivot ¼ turn to Left ; step forward
on Right foot , pivot ¼ turn to Left
5-8 Step forward on Right, pivot ¼ turn to Left ; step forward
on Right foot , pivot ¼ turn to Left
Then start the dance again from the beginning.
NOTES
Dance should be done in contra lines , 1st line facing back , 2nd line
facing front etc. so that
opposite lines face each other. The “pass-through” comes on the 4 diagonal
shuffles , and
then the lines turn to face each other again with the last triple ½
turn at the end.