~ Orchids in the Moonlight ~
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EASY
Two Step with Tango
With cue: TRAVELING DOOR
CUE SHEET is at bottom of this page
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BACK STORY
The dance uses a song from the 1933 motion picture "Flying Down to Rio" sung
by Raul Roulien to Dolores del Rio.
Just for fun:
To get a feeling of the musical romanticism expressed by the characters in context,
consider viewing a clip from the movie.
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Observe the dance
Orchids in the Moonlight
Focus on cue TRAVELING DOOR
ABBREV.: M=Man W=Woman S = Slow Q = Quick
Spoken cue: TRAVELING DOOR
Timing: SS; QQS
Definition: Both M & W
[Facing Partner] Rock Side, -, Recover,-; Cross in front, Side, Cross in front, -;
GAUCHO TURNS Caution!
In the video clips, some dancers are going in the wrong direction.
Man should ROCK forward on Left Foot while Left-Face turning and
RECOVER BACK Left-Face turning. Couple rotates counter-clockwise.
Woman opposite footwork.
Orchids in the Moonlight
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Cue Sheet Punctuation:
Measures of dance match measures of music.
The measures are separated by a semi-colon [ ; ].
The beats are separated by comas [ , ],
with a hyphen [ - ] used to indicate a hold or pause (no step) within the measure.
Orchids in the Moonlight
CUE SHEET
Abbrev: COH = Center of Hall FC = Face REC = Recover SCP = Semi Closed Position
Sequence: AB AB
Intro: CORTE & REC; CORTE & REC
A
VINE 3 TO SCP; ROCK 3;
VINE 3 TO SCP; ROCK 3;
WALK & FACE; SIDE DRAW CLOSE;
CORTE & REC; TANGO DRAW;
SLOW TRAVELING DOOR; ; SLOW TRAVELING DOOR TO SCP; ;
WALK & FACE; SIDE DRAW CLOSE;
CORTE & REC; TANGO DRAW;
B
WALK & PICKUP; TANGO DRAW;
WALK 2 ;TANGO DRAW COH;
WALK & MANEUVER; BACK TANGO DRAW;
CORTE & REC; TANGO DRAW;
WALK & PICKUP; TANGO DRAW;
WALK 2 BANJO; TANGO DRAW;
GAUCHO TURN 8 FC WALL; ;
CORTE & REC;
END
TANGO DRAW; CORTE & HOLD;