Yolanda

Choreographed by 	Gilles Labrecque
Description 	64 count partner dance starting right shoulder to right shoulder, slightly
		diagonal, right palm to right palm, man facing LOD lady facing RLOD.
Music 		Yolanda – Joe Merrick

	BOTH: ROCK STEP FWD, SHUFFLE ½ TURN, PIVOT ½ TURN.
	MAN: SHUFFLE FWD, LADY SHUFFLE ½ TURN.
1-4 	Rock forward o nright, recover on left, shuffle ½ turn on right left right.
5-8 	Step forward on left, pivot ½ turn right. Man: Shuffle fwd. Left right left.
	Lady: Shuffle ½ turn right on left right left.
	(End facing LOD in sweetheart position).

	ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLEF WD, WALKX2,SHUFFLE FWD.
9-12. 	Rock back on right, recover on left, shuffle forward right left right.
13-16. 	Walk forward left right, shuffle fwd. Left right left.

	MAN: SIDE TOGETHER X 2, PIVOT ½ TURN, SHUFFLE FWD.
	LADY: STEP BACK, TOGETHER, STEP IN PLACE X 2. ROCK STEP FWD, STEP BACK, STEP IN PLACE.
	Release left hand, lady passes under man’s right arm.
17-20. 	Man: Step to right on right, step left next to right, repeat.
	Lady: Step back on right, step left next to right, step right in place, step left in place.
	(Lady now behind man, left hands to left hands, release right hand.)
21-22. 	Man:Step fwd. On right, pivot ½ turn left. Lady: Rock fwd. On right, recover on left.
	(Now left shoulder to left shoulder, man facing RLOD, lady facing LOD).
23-24 .	Man:Shuffle fwd. Right left right. Lady: Step back right, left. NOW WEIGHT ON OPPOSITE FEET.
	Pick up man’s right hand in lady’s right hand, crossed hands right over left.)

	MAN: ROCK STEP FWD, COASTER STEP, PIVOT ½ TURN, SHUFFLE FWD.
	LADY: ROCK STEP BACK,MAMBO STEP, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FWD.
25-28. 	Man: Rock fwd on left, recover on right, step back on left, step right beside left, step fwd on left.
	Lady: Rock back on right, recover on left, step fwd on right, recover on left, step right beside left.
	Pass right arm over lady’s head.
29-32. 	Man: Step fwd on right, pivot ½ left, shuffle wd right left right.
	Lady: Rock back on left, recover on right, shuffle fwd left right left.
	(Ending in sweetheart facing LOD).

	BOTH: STEP, SLIDE, SHUFFLEX2.( Lady on opposite feet).
33-40. 	Step forward on left, slide right to left, shuffle forward left right left. Repeat on opposite feet.

	BOTH: ¼TURN, STEP TOGETHER, SIDE SHUFFLE, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE½TURN.
	Pass right arm over lady’s head.
41-44 	¼ turn to face each other, step together, sides shuffle down LOD.
45-48 	Rock back, recover,
	(Do not release hands, lady passes in front of man, arms pass over lady’s head).
	Shuffle 1/2 turn.
	(Now facing each other, man ILOD, lady OLOD, arms crossed left over right).

	BOTH: SIDE ROCK, CROSS SHUFFLE, CROSS ¼TURN, MAN: SHUFFLE FWD, LADY; STEP FWD X 2.
49-52. 	Rock to side, recover, cross shuffle. (Lady passes in front of man, left arm passes over lady).
53-54 	Cross step making ¼ turn right for man, left for lady, step forward.
55-56 	Man: shuffle forward right left right. Lady: Walk forward left, right. NOW WIGHT ON SAME FEET.
	Ending in sweetheart position facing LOD.

	BOTH:STEPFWD.X2,SHUFFLE FWD.
57-60 	Step forward left, right, shuffle forward left right left. (Release L hand pass R hand over lady.

	MAN: ROCKING CHAIR. LADY: STEP ½ TURN, STEP BACK, ROCK STEP BACK.
61-64 	Man: Rock forward on right, recover on left, rock back on right, recover on left.
	Lady: ½ turn left on right , step back on left, rock back on right, recover on left.
	BEGIN AGAIN