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Choreography
The underlying beat, as expressed by the drums, is ONE (hold on two) three four, ONE (hold on two) three four. In practice, this ends up feeling like it’s in three.
Begin facing left, right leg crossed forward, namaste hands overhead, to hit the chorus first thing!
LOUD VOCAL CHORD right into
CHORUS (voice singing):
* Weight on left foot; right foot, tap forward (ONE [hold]), tap back (three), tap forward (four)
* Tap back (ONE [hold]), tap back (three), tap foward (four)
* Tap forward (ONE [hold]), tap back (three), tap forward (four)
* Tap back (ONE [hold]), tap back (three), tap foward (four)
* Arms match feet: namaste hands overhead when tapping forward, wave out to sides when tapping back
Switch sides
VERSE
* March ONE (hold), three, four; ONE (hold), three, four; let hips move
* Add in arms to wave side to side, matching hip as it goes up
* As students get the feet, add in a slide to the side on the big ONE step
REPEAT chorus and verse
Smooth brass INTERVAL:
* Step right eight steps, crossing forward, then back (hora step)
* Leading arm waves low, then high
* Repeat 4x total
Fast instrumental INTERVAL:
* Step backward with right foot, so facing side, and do a fast hip shake with rolling arms close in to body (8 beats); repeat with left foot back (8 beats)
* Plant right foot and hit around in a circle with left foot, lots of hip, alternating arms (8 beats); repeat with left foot back (8 beats)
REPEAT fast instrumental interval 3x total; each set of instruments is different for each grouping of hip/circle
DRUM INTERVAL:
* Plant wide feet, squat down, and wave arms to the sides
* When music resolves into vocal chord, freeze, pulling arms down to the side, palms to the ceiling
* Hold while voice begins chorus; immediately after first phrase, hop up and down 4x in time to the big drumbeat
* Immediately go into chorus, right leg forward, 2x
* Switch left 4x
Verse as above: ONE (hold) three four march, to end
Note
The ONE (hold) three four march thing can be confusing, but once the students get it, varying the arms can be really fun: instead of just swinging them to match hips, try scooping out to the side; or scooping up and out, crossing hands at chest level—just have fun with it. Likewise, for the legs, adding in a slide to the side is easy and emphasizes the beat, but it’s also fun to do a cross forward or cross back. I currently only march for verse 1, adding only swinging arms, and add in the slide on verse 2. I alter the arms for verse 3.
