SEQUENCE DANCES :

JIVES
music: 2/4 (emphasis on 2), 180 beats/minute, 16 bar choruses

scripted by Don Herbison-Evans
don@it.uts.edu.au

(updated 28 March 2009)

using various abbreviations for holds and directions.

More detailed scripts are available from

  • Brockbank Lane Script Servicce, PO Box 2341, Weymouth, Dorset DT49YZ, UK., Tel: UK 01305 770157
  • Christchurch Dancing Club Script Library,
  • Northern Dance Services, 18-20 Commercial St, Shipley, West Yorks., BD183SP, UK.
  • Muston Family
    • ALPHABET
    start: OH, man facing W.
    whip, double tap, promenade, throw away, american spin, bunny hug, point L, point R, 3 toe heel kicks, 2 kick ball change, side L, close R WOW, side R, close L WOW.

    BOOGIE BEAT
    start: OH, man facing W.
    throw away, double whip, underarm turn R to L, underarm turn L to R (end SSH, facing LOD), point L, point R, slow side R, close L, quick side R, close L WOW, kick L ball change, slow side L, close R, quick side L, close R, 2 walks (lady: 3 step turn, end CH, man facing W), toe heel kick, break, chasse R.

    JAMBO JIVE
    start: OH, man facing W.
    underarm american spin, behind the back, stop and go, underarm turn L to R, solo turn (3 chasses), cross, twinkle diagonally L, chasse R, toe heel cross L and R, kick ball change, change places, american spin, behind the back.