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Macarena
Copyright © 1996, 1998 by Ronald L. Still. Merida Business Group, 1413 Kenbrook Drive, Garner, NC 27529-4447; 919-772-2082. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Standard steps for gentleman and lady are identical. Knee Pops (Heel Lifts) For Eight Counts, Palms Move Up and Down, Arms Straight-Fold-Cover Ears Keep knees flexed and transfer weight from side to side with each beat of the music, letting the hips sway from side to side with the heel movements. 1. Left heel lift and right arm pointed straight forward with palm down 2. Right heel lift, left heel drop, and left arm pointed straight forward with palm down 3. Left heel lift, right heel drop, and turn right palm up 4. Right heel lift, left heel drop, and turn left palm up
5. Left heel lift, right heel drop, and right hand placed on left upper arm 6. Right heel lift, left heel drop, and left hand placed on right upper arm 7. Left heel lift, right heel drop, and right hand placed over right ear 8. Right heel lift, left heel drop, and left hand placed over left ear Knee Pops (Heel Lifts), Hip/Thigh Slaps and Placement 9. Left heel lift, right heel drop, and right hand slaps across in front of body onto front of left hip/thigh 10. Right heel lift, left heel drop, and left hand slaps across in front of body onto front of right hip/thigh 11. Left heel lift, right heel drop, and right hand placed on right hip 12. Right heel lift, left heel drop, and left hand placed on left hip Hip/Shoulder Rolls with 1/4 Turn CCW Bend knees during the following hip rolls, pivoting on balls of feet 1/4 turn CCW (syncopated). (May also keep doing heel lifts through end of dance.) 13. Left hip twists forward and then right hip backward, starting slow 1/4 turn CCW & Right shoulder twists forward and left shoulder twists back 14. left shoulder twists forward and right shoulder twists back & Right shoulder twists forward and left shoulder twists back 15. Left hip twists forward and right hip twists backward, continuing slow 1/4 turn CCW & Right shoulder twists forward and left shoulder twists back 16. Left shoulder twists forward and right shoulder twists back & Right shoulder twists forward and left shoulder twists back This completes your 1/4 turn to the left. Repeat Counts 1 to 16 until the end of song. Option 1 Substitute the following Counts 11-16. 11. Left heel lift, right heel drop, and place right hand on right rear pocket 12. Right heel lift, left heel drop, and place left hand on left rear pocket
Bend knees during the following hip rolls, keep the hands on the rear end through Count 16. 13. Left hip twists forward and right hip twists backward & Right shoulder twists forward and left shoulder twists back 14. Left shoulder twists forward and right shoulder twists back & Right shoulder twists forward and left shoulder twists back 15. Left hip twists forward and right hip twists backward & Right shoulder twists forward and left shoulder twists back 16. Hop 1/4 turn CCW Option 2 Drop all foot movements, but hop 1/4 turn CCW on Count 16. Do the hand movements for Counts 1-10, then move the hands to the rear on Counts 11-12 and leave them there through Count 16. Wiggle your rear end on Counts 13-15. Option 3 K-Mart and some clubs teach the turn at the end as CW instead of CCW. |
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