Happy days |
Choreographed by: |
Arne Stakkestad |
Music: |
Happy Days by Pratt & McClain (BPM: 192) |
Descriptions: |
64 Counts 1 Wall –Phrased Intermediate Level |
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| Info: start the dance after 40 counts intro, 1 bridge 8 counts after 3th time part B |
| Order of dance: A, B, A, B, A, A, B, Bridge, A, B, A, B, A, A, A Ending |
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| Part A 32 counts |
| Rumba Box |
| 1-4 |
Right step to right side, Left step beside Right, Right step forward, hold |
| 5-8 |
Left step to left side, Right step beside Left, Left step back, hold |
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| ¼ hitch right, step, lock, step, hold, ½ hitch left, step, lock, step, hold |
| &9-12 |
¼ right and hitch Right knee, Right step forward, Left cross behind Right, Right step forward, hold (3h) |
| &13-16 |
½ left and hitch Left knee, Left step forward, Right cross behind Left, Left step forward, hold (9h) |
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| Toe struts, touch heel forward, hold, touch toe back, hold |
| 17-20 |
Right toe strut forward, Left toe strut forward |
| 21-22 |
Right touch heel forward , hold (bend backwards and Right thumb up) |
| 23-24 |
Right touch toe backwards, hold (bend forward and Left thumb up) |
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| Heel struts turn ¾ left |
| 25-28 |
Right heel strut (begin ¾ turn left), Left heel strut |
| 29-32 |
Right heel strut, Left heel strut (end the ¾ turn left) (12h) |
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Wave arms right, left, right, left, palm of hand forward |
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| Part B 32 counts |
| Jazz box ½ right with holds |
| 1-4 |
Right cross over Left, hold, Left step back, hold |
| 5-8 |
½ right and step Right forward, hold, Left step to left side, hold (6h) |
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| Hip bumps with claps |
| 9-12 |
Bump hips right (clap Rhand on Rhip), hold, bump hips Left (clap Lhand on Lhip), hold |
| 13-16 |
Bump hips right, left, right, hold |
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Keep hands on hips |
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| Pivot with holds, chug walk, hold |
| 17-20 |
Left step forward, hold, ½ right and weight on Right, hold |
| 21-22 |
Left forward with knees apart and together, Right forward with knees apart and together |
| 23-24 |
Left forward with knees apart and together, hold |
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Option: 3 steps forward Left, Right, Left, hold |
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| Shimmy shoulders, the Fonz attitude with thumbs up |
| 25-28 |
Right step diagonal right forward and shake shoulders while you bend forward |
| 29-32 |
Bend backwards with thumbs up, while you bend knees 4 counts (put weight on Left) |
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Add a “The Fonz” attitude |
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| Bridge, once, after you danced part B for the third time |
| Rock step, cross behind, rock step, cross behind, rock step |
| 1-2 |
Right rock to right side, recover on Left |
| 3 |
Right cross behind Left |
| 4-5 |
Left rock to left side, recover on Right |
| 6 |
Left cross behind Right |
| 7-8 |
Right rock to right side, recover on Left |
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| Ending |
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| After you have danced part AAA , the music is coming to an end. Use this counts to gather with heel struts at the center of the dance floor, the men with a “The Fonz” attitude, and the lady’s around the man, to end in a Broadway pose. |
| Have a “Happy Dance”, Arne Stakkestad |
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