SEQUENCE DANCES :

TANGOS
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.
  • BLACK KNIGHT
    start: CH, man facing LOD.
    2 walks, open reverse (end PP), chair, close back, X line, back twinkle (outside foot), closed promenade, lock, point, link, open promenade, fallaway, closed promenade, 4 step, fallaway (end CP), tipple, whisk, closed promenade.

    MAYFIELD
    start: CH, man facing LOD.
    2 walks, fallaway, check, link (end: facing W), L X line, promenade tap, zigzag, whisk, wing, hairpin, forward twinkle, back twinkle, side, close.

    MERRICK'S
    start: CH, man facing LOD.
    2 walks, progressive sidestep, rock turn, back lock, back link, argentine tap, step, back whisk, wing, contracheck, 2-5 five step, step, close & swivel, step, swivel, close, contracheck, back link, 2 walks, chase, lady's swivels, closed promenade.

    MIDNIGHT
    start: CH, man facing LOD.
    side L, close R, forward L, side R, close L, link, promenade chasse, closed promenade, underarm turn R to L, underarm turn L to R (end: PP, facing LOD), X line, inward turn (end CPP, facing ALOD), X line, inward turn (end: SH, facing LOD), forward L, check forward R, back L, chasse R (end : CSH), check forward L, back R, 2 walks (lady 3 step turn breakaway), back L, close R, forward L, forward R (lady walks forward, end: CH).

    SPANISH
    start: SH, facing LOD.
    2 walks, turn half R (end: facing ALOD), forward twinkle, back twinkle, 2 walks, turn half R (end: facing LOD), forward twinkle, back twinkle, forward, side, back check, forward, side, back check, walk, kick R, back, side, step, kick L, 2 walks, back check (lady turns out), walk (end: CH), side L, tap R, side R, tap L, chasse, tap R, side R, tap L, side L, tap R, chasse to R, 2 three steps.

    TAUREAN
    start: CH, man facing LOD.
    2 walks, progressive side step, link, closed promenade, fallaway, syncopated lock, fallaway, four step, contracheck (end PP, facing LOD), twist turn, chase, chasse, link, chase, chasse, step, close WOW.

    TIFFANY
    start: CH, man facing LOD.
    2 walks, open reverse (end: CH, man facing W), contracheck, link, chasse, back whisk, spot turn, point, underarm turn L to R (end CH, man facing ALOD), X line, man swivels,half reverse turn, back check (L), 2 walks, back twinkle, link, spot turn, lock, spot turn, twinkle, chasse to R, underarm turn L to R (end CH).