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Red Wine
Choreographed by Dan Albro
Description:  40 count, intermediate partner/circle dance
Music:   Any Favorite Cha-cha
Position:  Side By Side, man inside, lady outside, facing LOD. Footwork same except where noted
 
HEEL TOE STRUTS, 2 SHUFFLES FORWARD
1-2-3-4 Touch right heel forward, step right together, touch left heel forward, step left together
5&6      Chassé forward right, left, right
7&8      Chassé forward left, right, left
 
ROCKING CHAIR (LADY TURNS), SHUFFLE, ¼ TURN SHUFFLE
1-2    Rock right forward, recover to left
Right hand over lady's head, drop left hands
3-4 MAN: Rock right back, recover to left
Pick up lady's left hand
 LADY: Step right forward, turn ½ left (weight to left)
5&6  Chassé forward right, left, right
7&8  Turn ¼ right and step left to side, step right together, step left to side (facing OLOD)
 
ROCK, STEP, SHUFFLE SIDE, ROCK, STEP, SHUFFLE SIDE
1-2-3&4 Rock right back, recover to left, step right to side, step left together, step right to side
5-6-7&8 Rock left back, recover to right, step left to side, step right together, step left to side
 
SHUFFLE ½ TURN, SHUFFLE ½ TURN, LADY'S ½ TURN, ROCK, STEP
Drop left hands & bring right hands over lady's head
1&2    Turn ½ left and step right to side, step left together, turn ¼ left and step right back
Pick up left hands.
Release right hands & bring left hands over lady's head
3&4   Turn ¼ left and step left to side, step right together (picking up right hands), turn ¼ left and step left forward (facing LOD)
Bring right hands over lady's head
5&6 MAN: Step right forward, step left together, step right forward
 LADY: Turn ½ left and step right back, step left together, step right back
7-8  MAN: Rock left forward, recover to right
 LADY: Rock left back, recover to right
 
LADY ½ TURN, SWAY, SWAY, WALK, WALK, SHUFFLE
Bring right hands over lady's head
1-2 MAN: Stepping left to side, step right to side
 LADY: Step left forward, turn ½ right (weight to right)
Weight on right, both facing LOD & close
3-4  Step left to side (sway hips left), step right to side (sway hips right)
5-6  Step left to side (sway hips left), step right to side (sway hips right)
7&8 Chassé forward left, right, left
Lady travels slightly right, man traveling slightly left to return to Side By Side Position during counts 7&8
 
REPEAT