ZYDECO LADY

CHOREOGRAPHER: Chris Hookie, (November 1990)
TYPE:4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced
COUNT: 40
BPM: 104-144

Time Signature: 4/4
Suggested MPM: 26-36

General Dance Description: Four corner type line dance. All dancers start off in 
single file lines all facing LOD. It is recommended that dancers read the comment 
section first before proceeding with learning the dance it will help greatly.

NOTE: Remember that this Cha Cha rhythm is performed continually throughout the 
Zydeco Lady line and the dance will be quite a bit simpler to learn and to perform.

1-4	Left foot touch: forward, side, 
	left foot crossback-ball-change 
	(left foot cross behind right foot- 
	right foot step to the side- 
	left foot step to the side and- slightly forward

5-8	Right foot touch: forward, side, 
	right foot crossback-ball-change 
	(right foot cross behind left foot, 
	left foot step to the side- 
	right foot step to the side and slightly forward

9-12	Left foot step forward and begin a 1/2 turn to the left, 
	right foot step forward and complete turn to the left (facing RLOD), 
	left foot begins a normal back-ball-change 
	(left foot step back, right foot step back, left foot step forward)

13-16	Right foot step forward and begin a 1/2 turn to the right, 
	right foot step forward and complete turn to the right (facing LOD), 
	right foot begins a normal back-ball-change 
	(right foot step back, right foot step back, left foot step forward)

17-20	Left foot step forward and make a 1/4 turn to the right, 
	right foot cross behind left foot (Lock Step), 
	make a 3/4- three step turn to the left with a left foot lead (facing RLOD)

21-24	Right foot step forward and make a 1/4 turn to the left, 
	left foot cross behind right foot (Lock Step), 
	make a 3/4- three step turn to the right with a right foot lead (facing LOD)

25-28	Left foot step back, right foot step back, 
	left foot begins a normal back-ball-change

29-32	Right foot step forward, left foot cross behind right foot (Lock Step)
	normal shuffle forward with a right foot lead

33-36	(Sailor Shuffle forward): 
	Left foot step forward, right foot cross behind left foot (Lock Step)
	normal shuffle forward with a left foot lead

37-40	Right foot step forward, 
	1/2 pivot turn- weight on left foot, 
	make a 3/4 turn to the left with a right foot lead (1-1/4 turn in all)

Suggested Dance Style: Zydeco Lady has a rhythm that of a Cha Cha 
(see Comment Section) it has lots of movement in it and style is quite 
important in order to look good while performing the dance as well as being 
able to perform it correctly and performing it well. The slow steps should
be long and pronounced and the quick steps should be made small, quick and 
sharp Zydeco Lady is an isolation dance from the hips on down, excessive arm 
movements should be avoided and proper dance styling should be adhered to at 
all times.

Suggested Songs/Types Of Songs: Zydeco Lady by Eddie Raven. Most any Latin 
rhythm or up beat bluesy songs or moderately up beat swing tunes.

Comments: The rhythm throughout the Zydeco Lady line dance is that of a 
Cha Cha with a slow, slow, quick, quick, quick, and rhythm. In most cases 
a slow step usually signifies two beats and a quick step signifies one be; 
But the true definition of slows and quicks, they are relative to each other 
in that a quick is half the length of a slow no matter how long the slow is. 
So in the case of the Cha Cha and Zydeco Lady, the slows are equal to one 
beat and the quicks are equal to 1/2 a beat. This is true because one basic 
pattern of two slows, three quicks and a pause takes four full beats- 
one measure of music. Therefore the rhythm pattern of the dance is as follows:

            Beats:        1      2     3      &      4     & -
            Rhythm:      slow, slow, quick, quick, quick, and -

NOTE: Remember that this  Cha Cha rhythm is performed continually throughout 
the Zydeco Lady line dance and the dance will be quite a bit simpler to learn 
and to perform.

Write Up By: Chris Hookie
From:	Chris_Hookie@cor.gov (Chris Hookie)

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