| Choreographer: | Unknown |
| Description: | Partner dance - Beginner & up |
| Music: | Any slow cha-cha |
| Count | Step Description | |||
| POSITION - SIDE BY SIDE - SWEETHEART | ||||
| COUPLE ON OPPOSITE FOOT WORK | ||||
1 | Left forward. (bend knee & lift right foot) | (Lady: right, back) | ||
2 | Right, step back | (Lady: left, forward | ||
| Cha-Cha-Cha (step back to start) | (Cha-Cha-Cha forward) | |||
3 | Right, back | (Lady: left, forward) | ||
| 4 | Left, forward | (Lady: right, back) | ||
| Cha-Cha-Cha (step forward to start) | (Cha-Cha-Cha backward) | |||
BASIC TWO: COUPLE ARE IN FACE TO FACE POSITION | ||||
1 | Left forward. | (Lady: right, back) | ||
2 | Right, back | (Lady: left, forward) | ||
3&4 | Cha-Cha-Cha (step back to start) | (Cha-Cha-Cha forward) | ||
5 | Right, back | (Lady: left, forward) | ||
| 6 | Left, forward (Raise left arm & turn lady) | (Lady: turn 1/2 turn to right) | ||
| 7&8 | Cha-Cha-Cha forward as lady finishes turn | (Lady: finishes turn to face gent) | ||
BASIC THREE: COUPLE ARE FACE TO FACE WITH TWO-HAND HOLD | ||||
1 | Left forward. | (Lady: right, back) | ||
2 | Right, back | (Lady: left, forward | ||
3&4 | Cha-Cha-Cha (Gent leads lady into a left turn, ending at his rt. side in wrap position. Couple facing LOD.) | |||
5 | Right, back | (Lady: left, back) | ||
| 6 | Left, forward | (Lady: right, forward) | ||
| 7&8 | Cha-Cha-Cha (Gent leads lady into a right turn to face him in a two-hand hold.) | |||
BASIC FOUR: COUPLE IN 2-HAND HOLD POSITION FACING EACH OTHER | ||||
1 | Left, forward | (Lady: right, back) | ||
2 | Right, back | (Lady: left, forward | ||
3&4 | Cha-Cha-Cha (Gent leads lady into a left turn, ending at his rt. side in wrap position. Couple facing LOD.) | |||
5 | Right, back | (Lady: left, back) | ||
| 6 | Left, forward | (Lady: right, forward) | ||
| 7&8 | Cha-Cha-Cha (No turn) | |||
BASIC FIVE: PIVOT | ||||
| 1 | Left, forward (Gent turns loose with his right hand. He is holding lady's right hand in his left. Couple turns towards each other.) | (Lady: right, forward) | ||
| 2 | Gent turns right and lady turns left. Weight is shifted to other foot. | |||
| 3&4 | Cha-Cha-Cha (Facing reverse line of dance.) | |||
| 5 | Right step forward and change hands. (Gent's right holding lady's left.) | |||
| 6 | Gent turns left and lady turns right. Weight is shifted to other foot. | |||
| 7&8 | Cha-Cha-Cha (Facing line of dance.) | |||
| BASIC SIX: PIVOT AND HAND SWITCH ON 4 TO SIDE BY SIDE POSITION. | ||||
| 1 | Left step forward and change hands. (Gent's left holding lady's right.) | (Lady: right, forward) | ||
| 2 | Gent turns right and lady turns left. Weight is shifted to other foot. | |||
| 3&4 | Cha-Cha-Cha (Facing reverse line of dance) | |||
| 5 | Right forward. (No hand change as before) | (Lady: left, forward) | ||
| 6 | Gent turns left and lady turns right. Switch hands over lady's head & shift weight to other foot | |||
| 7&8 | Cha-Cha-Cha (Facing line of dance in side-by-side (Cotton-eyed Joe) position) | |||
| BASIC SEVEN: WALK, WALK | ||||
| 1 | Left step forward | (Lady: right step forward) | ||
| 2 | Right step forward | (Lady: left step forward) | ||
| 3&4 | Cha-Cha-Cha (Traveling forward) | |||
| 5 | Right step forward | (Lady: left step forward) | ||
| 6 | Left step forward | (Lady: right step forward) | ||
| 7&8 | Cha-Cha-Cha (Traveling forward) | |||
| BASIC EIGHT: WALK, WALK (REPEAT BASIC SEVEN) | ||||
| BASIC NINE: | ||||
| NOTE: On 1-2 lady turns left, crossing in front of gent & ends at his left side facing LOD. On 3-4 lady crosses behind gent's back & to his right side facing LOD. | ||||
| 1 | Left, forward (Raise right hand over lady's head & turn her left, crossing in front of you.) | (Lady: Right, step forward & start left turn. | ||
| 2 | Right, step back (Bring right hand down to end turn.) | (Lady: Step left & pivot to end turn at gent's left side.) | ||
| Hand Positions: Hands are joined in front at waist level | ||||
| 3&4 | Cha-Cha-Cha in place. Couple facing LOD. | |||
| 5 | Right, back (Raise right hand over your head & lead lady behind your back.) | (Lady: Left step back. | ||
| 6 | Left, forward (Bring your hand down in front of lady) | (Lady: Right, step to your right & stop at gent's right side. | ||
| 7&8 | Cha-Cha-Cha facing LOD. Hands: Gent's left behind him, right in front of lady. | |||
| BASIC TEN: | ||||
| NOTE: On 1-2 lady turns left into side-by-side position. She does a free spin on the cha-cha-cha steps to get into face-to-face position. | ||||
| 1 | Left, forward (Turn loose with your left hand & turn lady in a left turn with your right hand without raising it over her.) | (Lady: Right, start left turn) | ||
| 2 | Right, back, assume side-by-side position, taking lady's left hand. | (Lady: Finish left turn - this is done in place) | ||
| 3&4 | Cha-Cha-Cha in side-by-side position in place. Couples facing LOD. | |||
| 5 | Right, step diagonal (left) forward | (Lady: Left, step forward) | ||
| 6 | Left, step back | (Lady: Right, step back) | ||
| 7&8 | Cha-Cha-Cha. Turn loose with left hand & give a sharp but gentle pull with right hand signaling "free spin" to the right. | (Lady: Perform "free spin" to the right, end facing gent to start over. | ||
REPEAT | ||||