Moonlight Rhumba PDF version

Choreographed by Larry Cowley & Sue White
Description:88 count, intermediate partner/circle dance
Music: Elvis Rhumba by Line Dance Heaven [118bpm / CD: Linedance Heaven / CD: Line Dance Fever 8]

Position: Skaters Position- (Lady on right side of man, with mans right arm around ladies waist, left hands held in front, facing line of dance) Same footwork
unless otherwise stated

RHUMBA BOX STEPS
1-4 Step left to left side, right together, step forward left, hold
5-8 Step right to right side, left together, step back right, hold

WALK BACK X 3, HITCH, COASTER STEP, HOLD
9-12 Walk back left right left, hitch right
13-16 Step back on right, step left beside right, step forward right, hold

WALK FORWARD, HOLD TWICE
17-24 Walk forward left right left, hold, right left right, hold

TURN TO THE RIGHT RAISING LEFT HANDS
25-28 MAN: Making ¼ turn to the right - stepping left right touch left, hold
LADY: Making ¾ turn to the right - stepping left right left, hold
Change hands to closed position, man facing OLOD, lady facing ILOD

RHUMBA BOX STEPS
29-32 MAN: Step left to left side, right together, step forward left, hold
LADY: Step right to right side, left together, step back right, hold
33-36 MAN: Step right to right side, left together, step back right, hold
LADY: Step left to left side, right together, step forward left, hold

BOTH TURN RAISING MANS LEFT HAND, LADIES RIGHT
37-40 MAN: Making ¼ turn to the left - stepping left right left, hold (facing LOD)
LADY: Making ¾ turn to the right - stepping right left right, hold (facing RLOD)
Closed position

ROCK, ROCK, STEP HOLD TWICE
41-44 MAN: Rock diagonally forward on right, rock in place left, step right beside left, hold
LADY: Rock diagonally back on left, rock in place right, step left beside right, hold
45-48 MAN: Rock diagonally forward on left, rock in place right, step left beside right, hold
LADY: Rock diagonally back on right, rock in place left, step right beside left, hold

BOTH TURN RAISING MANS LEFT HAND, LADIES RIGHT
49-52 MAN: Making ¼ turn to the left - stepping right left right, hold
LADY: Making ¾ turn to the right - stepping left right left, hold

RHUMBA BOX STEPS
53-56 MAN: Step left to left side, right together, step forward left, hold
LADY: Step right to right side, left together, step back right, hold
57-60 MAN: Step right to right side, left together, step back right, hold
LADY: Step left to left side, right together, step forward left, hold

BOTH TURN RAISING MANS LEFT HAND, LADIES RIGHT
61-64 MAN: Making ¼ turn to the left - stepping left right left, hold
LADY: Making ¾ turn to the right - stepping right left right, hold

ROCK, ROCK, STEP, HOLD
65-68 MAN: Rock forward on right, in place left, step right beside left, hold
LADY: Rock back on left, in place on right, step left beside right, hold

BOTH TURN RAISING MANS LEFT HAND, LADIES RIGHT
69-72 MAN: Making ½ turn to the left stepping left right left, hold (under raised hands, man now on ladies
right side facing LOD)
LADY: Stepping in place right left right, hold

WALK, WALK, WALK, HOLD X 3
73-84 MAN: Walk forward LOD right left right, hold, left right left, hold, right left right, hold
LADY: Walk forward LOD left right left, hold, right left right, hold, left right left, hold

MAN LEFT GRAPEVINE, LADY STEP SLIDE STEP, HOLD
85-88 MAN: Step left to left side, step right behind left, step left to left, step right in front of left (crossing
behind lady, changing hands back into skaters position)
LADY: Step right to right side, slide left up to right, step right to right side, hold (crossing in front of
man)
REPEAT