IKO IKO

CHOREOGRAPHER: Pascal Siereveld, E-Mail: pascalsiereveld@hotmail.com
		Website: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/sierland
COUNT: 40
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced
MUSIC: Iko Iko by The Belle Stars (CD: Line Dance Fever 15)

1-8	2 MAMBO STEPS, CHASSE 1/4 WHOLE TURN

1&2	Right step to the right, Left recover, Right step next to Left
3&4	Left step to the left, Right recover, Left step next to Right
5&6	Right chassé with 1/4 turn right on count 6 (Side, together, side with 1/4 right)
7&8	Left step forward and begin a whole turn to the right,
	Right foot complete the turn, Left step forward

9-16	CROSS OUT OUT, ROCK 1/2, WHOLE TURN, MAMBO STEP

1&2	Right cross over Left, Left step to the right (Out), Right step to the left (Out)
3&4	Left rock forward, Right recover, Left step forward with 1/2 turn left
5&6	Right step forward and begin a whole turn to the left,
	Left foot complete the turn, Right step forward
7&8	Left step forward, Right step in place, Left step next to Right

17-24	VAUDEVILLE WITH 1/4 TURN, VAUDEVILLE, CROSS 1/2, CHASSE

1&2	Right cross over Left, Left step back with 1/4 turn right, Right heel forward
&3&	Right step back, Left cross over Right, Right step back
4&	Left heel forward, Left step to the left
	Note: these are the 2 slowest counts of the whole dance
5-6	Right cross over Left, Left step back with 1/2 turn right
7&8	Right chassé to the right (Right side, Left together, Right side)

25-32	ROCKS FORWARD, SIDE, BACK, STEP SIDE, HITCH CROSS SHUFFLE, HITCH CROSS SHUFFLE

1&	Left rock forward, Right recover
2&	Left rock to the left, Right recover
3&	Left rock back, Right recover
4	Left step to the left
	(small step because there's an & count coming that you have to do quick)
&5&6	Right hitch, Right cross shuffle over Left (Right cross, Left side, Right cross)
	Note: Do these steps diagonally to the left!!
&7&8	Left hitch, Left cross shuffle over Right (Left cross, Right side, Left cross)
	Note: Do these steps diagonally to the right.

33-40	KNEE, STEP, KNEE STEP, KNEE, CHASSÉ 2X

	On the next & count move back to back wall NOT DIAGONALLY!
&1	Right hitch, Right step to the right
&2	Left hitch, Left step to the left
&3&4	Right hitch, Right chassé to the right (Right side, Left together, Right side)
&5	Left hitch, Left step to the left
&6&7&8	Right hitch, Right step to the left, Left hitch,
	Left chassé (Left side, Right together, Left side)
	Note: These hitches are not really hitches but you move them above the ground (hitch)
	but you move them as knee pops so above and in the front of your other foot

BEGIN AGAIN.

BRIDGES
These bridges are not very hard, after wall 3 & 4 (back and front wall)
you do these following 4 counts after count 32.

1&2	Right rock forward, Left recover, Right step to the right
3&4	Left rock forward, Right recover, Left step to the right,
	then start doing counts 33-40 and then start over from count 1.

Afer wall 5 & 6 (back and front wall) You don't do the counts 33-40 !!! leave them out.
After wall 7 (back wall) you do count 33-40 but now count & before count 5 you turn 1/2 left
and as you do that 2 times you turn back with right to front wall

Have great fun with my dance

From: pascalsiereveld@hotmail.com

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