Dance Choochoo 21167
Jig · 40 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: 4123)
- Devised by
- Viktor Lehmann (2021)
- Intensity
- 8888|8888|8888|8888|8888 = 100% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands across - 4 - left (HX;4P;L;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Online Sources
- Extra Info
- Deviser says: “The dance is about trains and how the ride, come to a hold in a train station, shift …
Deviser says: “The dance is about trains and how the ride, come to a hold in a train station, shift tracks. This dance introduces the ‘Choochoo Reel’.”
Choochoo 4S · J40
- 1–4
- 1C+3C eight slip steps to opp side while 2C+4C four slip steps to the left, four slip steps to the right, finish in center, 2C facing down, 4C facing up
- 5–8
- 1C+3C 1/2 chase back home while 2C+4C LA
- 9–16
- “Choochoo reels” half way: 1C+3C always in tandem dance into the center (men in the lead), couples pass LS in the center, dance out to opp sides, all set (no hands, stay facing clw) while 2C+4C in tandem dance out to sides (ladies in the lead), all set (no hands, stay facing clw), dance into the center and pass LS in the center, finish facing out.
- 17–18
- 1C+2C and 3C+4C all pass opp person RS.
- 19–20
- 1C+3C pass opp person LS in the center and pull back LS while 2C+4C chase 1plc clw.
- 21–24
- 1C+3C LA while 2C+4C 1/2 chase.
- 25–32
- Repeat “Choochoo reels” half way across the dance: 2C, 3L+1M, 1L+3M, 2C (ladies lead from the center), center cpls finish facing out.
- 33–40
- 1C+3C set (second step to finish side by side with partner), set to opp person, link with partner (no hands), dance out to next side place clw while 2C+4C set, link with partner (no hands), 1/2 TR, then chase to next side place clw (to 4, 1, 2, 3)
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Deviser says: "Only minor glitches, hardly visible. Deviser …
Added on: 2022-11-21 (Viktor Lehmann)
Quality: Demonstration quality
