SEQUENCE DANCES :

CHA CHAS
music: 4/4 (counting & 1 2 3 4, emphasis on 1), 110 beats/minute, 16 bar choruses

scripted by Don Herbison-Evans
don@it.uts.edu.au

(updated 15 January 2008)

using various abbreviations for holds and directions.

More detailed scripts are available from

  • Brockbank Lane Script Servicce, PO Box 2341, Weymouth, Dorset DT49YZ, UK., Tel: UK 01305 770157
  • Christchurch Dancing Club Script Library,
  • Northern Dance Services, 18-20 Commercial St, Shipley, West Yorks., BD183SP, UK.

    • CHARLIE'S
    start: OH, man facing W.
    basic, alemana (end: facing W), basic, closed hip twist (end: facing LOD), basic, back basic (lady: 4 steps turning half L, end: SSH), check back R, lock, step(swivel 1/4 L, end: facing C), tap R, chasse, swivel 1/2 R (end: facing W), 4 step grapevine (lady: turning chasse, end: DH, man facing W), new yorker, underarm turn L to R (end: OEH, facing LOD), step inside foot, swivel 1/2 (end: facing ALOD), back lock, swivel 1/4 (end: OH, man facing W), chasse L, tap ALOD foot, ronde, chasse L, spot turn.

    CHINCHILLA
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, open hip twist ( end: man facing LOD), 2 locks, basic, turkish towel, hand to hand, double new yorker, hand to hand, spot turn, basic, change of place, basic, change of place.

    JAQUELINE (Choreography: Laurence Ratigan)
    start: SH, man facing LOD.
    4 cuban breaks, double outside swivel, walks and kick, slow backward walks (end: OH), 4 shoulder to shoulder, 3 hand to hand, spot turn (lady: pivot, end: SH).

    MARDI GRAS
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, alemana, basic (end: OEH, facing LOD), alemana (end: in SH), cuban break, spot turn, back basic, grapevine, new yorker, grapevine, new yorker, natural top, shoulder to shoulder, spot turn.

    ORLANDO
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, open hip twist (man: 4 step, end: SH), 3 cuban breaks, outside swivel, grapevine (lady: 3 step turn, end: OEH), 2 outward cuban breaks (crossing over), syncopated back lock, chasse, swivel and flick, hip roll, new yorker, spot turn.

    PAR
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, alemana (man: 4steps, end: SSH, facing LOD), back basic, lock, kick ball cahange, lock, spot turn (lady: underarm turn, end: SSH, facing ALOD), lock, back basic with kick, lock, spot turn (man: underarm turn, end : SSH, facing LOD), lock, four points, 4 walks (lady: chasse turn, end: OH, man facing LOD), basic, round the world (end: OEH, facing LOD), 2 turning walks (end: COEH, facing ALOD), chasse, 2 turning backward walks (end: DH, man facing W), chasses.

    PONTINENTAL
    start: OH, man facing W.
    3 basic, double chasse turn L, new yorker, alemana, 3 shoulder to shoulder, chasse L, double R toe tap, shoulder to shoulder, chasse L, double R toe tap, new yorker, spot turn.

    SALLY ANNE
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, alemana (end: OEH), syncopated double locks, spot turn, basic, basic (lady: spot turn), chase, 2 new yorkers, grapevine, 2 outward cuban breaks (crossing over), spot turn.

    YC
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, alemana, hand to hand (end: OEH), syncopated double lock, close, jump back, 2 kick swivels, 2 spot turns, back basic, new yorker (end: OEH) 2 brush kicks, 2 new yorkers, chasse R chasse L, R foot cross tap, R foot side tap, R foot to knee.