THE HAMPSTER DANCE MIXER

CHOREOGRAPHER: Trent & Mary Cummings, Hartland, WI (262) 367-4846 Email: TrentRAC@aol.com
COUNT: 40
TYPE: Mixer Circle Dance
LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate
MUSIC: The Hampster Dance (Radio Edit) by Hampton the Hampster

22-beat introduction after the hard beat starts - start after the words "Here We Go!"

Man facing the outside of the circle
Lady facing both the man and the inside of the circle
Partners are each three steps apart
Steps are the same for both the man and the lady

1-3	Three steps forward Right, Left, Right
4	Touch Left next to Right while clapping hands with your starting partner

5-7	Vine left (Left, Right, Left) to the first person to your left
8	Touch Right next to Left while clapping hands
	(The man vines along LOD and the lady vines OLOD)

9-11	Vine right (Right, Left, Right) to starting partner
12	Touch Left next to Right while clapping hands
	(The man vines OLOD and the lady vines along LOD)

13-15	Three steps backward Left, Right, Left
16	Touch Right next to Left

17-18	Step slightly forward on Right, pivot 1/8 turn to the Left
19-20	Step slightly forward on Right, pivot 1/8 turn to the Left
	(The man is now facing LOD and the lady is now facing OLOD)

21-23	Vine diagonally right (Right, Left, Right)
24	Touch Left next to Right while clapping left hands with the first dancer in front of you
	(The man vines to the outside of the circle between his starting partner
	and the first lady in front of him)
	(The lady vines to the inside of the circle between her starting partner
	and the first man in front of her)

25-27	Three steps backward Left, Right, Left
28	Touch Right next to Left while clapping left hands with starting partner
	(The man steps back along OLOD and the lady steps back along LOD)

29-31	Three steps backward Right, Left, Right
32	Touch Left next to Right while clapping left hands with the first person behind you
	(Your "new" starting partner)
	(The man steps back along OLOD and the lady steps back along LOD)

33-34	Step Left and slide Right next to Left
35-36	Step Left and slide Right next to Left
37-38	Step Left and slide Right next to Left
	(Get funky on the step-slides! Sway the hips, and with the hands at shoulder height,
	move the upper body so that the hands are moving like windshield wipers from side-to-side.
	When stepping left, swing them in an arc to the left, and when sliding right foot,
	swing them in an arc to the right.)
	(Dancers pass between each other in a straight line, facing your "new" starting partner)
	(The man moves to the inside of the circle and the lady to the outside of the circle.
	Adjust the distance of the step-slides so that after the turn (steps 39-40),
	partners are each three steps apart.)

39-40	Turn 1/4 turn right with the Left, touch Right next to Left
	(Both the man and the lady have a new starting partner, and each are facing each other
	as at the beginning of the dance.)
	(The man has moved one lady along OLOD and the lady has moved one man along LOD)

START OVER

From: TrentRAC@aol.com (Trent and Mary Cummings)

Reformatted for display on web site
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
by Don & Patti Brown
http://members.aol.com/CactusStar/home.htm


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