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Cucaracha

Choreographer: Hank & Mary Dahl
Description: 32 count, 4 wall, Beginner Line Dance
Music: All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down by The Mavericks or Right Now by Mary Chapin Carpenter (158 bpm) or Big Mexican Dinner by Kentucky Headhunters (132 bpm)

INTRO – BEGIN ON LYRICS

ROCK AND HOLD (MAMBO STEPS)
1-2 Step right foot to right side, rock step back onto left foot
3-4 Step right foot next to left, hold
5-6 Step left foot to left side, rock step back onto right foot
7-8 Step left foot next to right, hold

SWIVEL WALK (IMAGINE WALKING A TIGHTROPE)
1-2 Swiveling on ball of left foot step forward on ball of right, swiveling on ball of right foot step forward on ball of left foot
3-4 Swiveling on ball of left foot step forward on ball of right foot, hold
5-6 Swiveling on ball of right foot, step forward on ball of left, swiveling on ball on ball of left step forward on ball of right
7-8 Swiveling on ball of right step forward on ball of left foot

WALK BACK AND HITCH, STEP-SLIDE, ¼ TURN LEFT
1-2 Step right foot back, step left foot back
3-4 Step right foot back, hitch (raise) left knee
5-6 Step left foot forward, slide right foot behind and to the left of left foot
7-8 Making ¼ turn left and step left foot forward, brush right foot forward

GRAPEVINE RIGHT, GRAPEVINE LEFT
1-2 Step right foot to right, step left foot behind right
3-4 Step right foot to right, brush left foot forward
5-6 Step left foot to left, step right foot behind left
7-8 Step left foot to left, brush right foot forward

REPEAT
This dance continues to be popular and can be done to practically anything with a solid 4-count beat or anything Rhumba-feeling. It can also be done as “Cucaracha Cha” to a Cha-Cha rhythm by doing any 3-4 or 7-8 count as a Cha-Cha step instead (3&4 or 7&8).