SEQUENCE DANCES :

RUMBAS
music: 4/4, 100 beats/minute, 16 bar choruses,

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

(updated 15 January 2008)

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.

    • FOREVER
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic (lady: turn half to L, man: close WOW, end SSH), cucaracha L, cucaracha R (turning quarter L, man: close WOW, end: facing LOD), forward walks, forward walks (lady: 3 step turn, end OEH), fencing, curl, alemana (end: OH, man facing LOD), backward walks (lady: forward, end OEH facing ALOD), backward walks, hip roll, spot turn, natural top, 2 sweethearts.

    MIAMI (Choreography by Audrey Bromage & Ron Lane, 1993)
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, alemana (end OEH, facing LOD), cucaracha out, circling walks (lady: rolls in, end: SSH, facing LOD), back basic (man: close WOW), forward walks (lady: 3 step turn, end: OH, man facing W), chasse, fencing, basic, circling walks (end: man facing LOD), backward walks (lady: forward), curl, alemana, aida, spot turn, 2 cucarachas, change of place.

    ONE (Choreography by Peter Varley)
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, alemana, 2 shoulder to shoulders (end PP), fencing, spot turn, backward walks, hip roll, forward walks, 2 cucarachas, chasse (end SH), 2 forward walks, spot turn.

    RAVELLE
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, alemana (end: OEH, facing LOD), hand to hand, forward walks (in OEH), cucaracha out, cross over, cucaracha out, solo forward turning walks (along LOD, end: OH, man facing C), surprise cucaracha, basic, turkish towel (end: SSH, facing LOD), forward walks (lady: turning to cross over), forward walks, solo forward turning walks (end: OH, man facing W), fencing.

    RENO (Choregraphy by Sid & Shirley Robson, 1996)
    start: CH, man facing W.
    basic, top, round the world, 678 of hockey stick, step, close (end: COEH, facing LOD), cucaracha out, cuban break, spot turn (end: PP, facing LOD), surprise cucaracha, curl, 2 promenade runs, fencing, 2 shoulder to shoulder.

    ROSAMAR
    start: man's R to lady's R, man facing W.
    basic, alemana, (end : skating hold, both facing LOD) back basic, forward walks, lady's swivels, open hip twist (end: man facing C, lady facing W), aida, aida, surprise cucharacha, alemana, ronde, spot, fencing, curl, top, opening out, curl.