Introduction to Merengue.
Mixers to drill the build-up to "Beach Party Cha"
Merengue Mixer No. 1 < We will only be dancing this selection.
Cue MERENGUE BASIC = SIDE, CLOSE, SIDE, CLOSE [count 4]
Instructions: All variations are done in counts of 8.
Formation. Closed Position, M facing wall, lead feet free.
1. Merengue Basics 8 LOD 2. Lady Underarm Turn 8 3. Merengue Basics 8 LOD 4. Turning Merengue 8 (circle in place turning Right for 8 steps) 5. Merengue Basics 8 LOD
6. Arm slide (backing up 4 count) and sunburst (together in 4 count with arms) 7. Lady Underarm Turn 4 and Lady progress RLOD in 4 to new partner.
[while man adjusts in 4 counts LOD to new partner]
NOTE Merengue Basics between every figure except before No.7 [the underarm progression]. Man steps in place bending alternate knees during Lady Underarm Turns.
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KIDS VERSION (slightly different choreo, includes a Man underarm turn) Merengue Mixer No. 2
~ ~ With TUNNEL EXITS
TUNNEL TEACH
Merengue Mixer No. 3
Merengue Mixer No. 4
SAMPLE OF A SIMPLE ENTRY-LEVEL ROUND DANCE MERENGUE
C'est Bon Pour le Moral