Cane Dance
Track 1 • Mezmar Music 2000 • Yousry Sharif


Hold 8 counts (cane over R shoulder, arm extended)
8 walk (slinky - lead w/hip twist) to your “spot”
8 Chest circle (vert), end w/lift (on music “up”), undulate, vert. fig. 8
chest up, down, up, hip shimmy; Repeat
cross R foot over L w/slight kick, slow turn to face back; vert fig. 8 (slowly)
Cross R foot over L, turn to face front
roll cane down, roll cane up (alt: under arm), place cane down
chest circle (vert); undulate 4X quickly; slow fig 8 (vert)
KICK cane up & begin immediately

Section A
Back left, 2, 3, hop (cane twirls at side, rests on shoulder for hop)
Step right, 2, 3, hop (cane twirls at side, touch to floor for hop)
Repeat both sides
Turn 2 3 shoulder shimmy (to right, cane in both hands, shoulder level)
Turn 2 3 shimmy (to left)
Repeat both sides *transition - bring R foot in front of L, R side to audience, weight on L)
R hip down, down down down (cane rows slowly to rt, 3 counts, to left on 4)
repeat (total of 4 times, last time using 4th count to turn to front, catch cane)

Section B
group 1 -walk forward, twirling cane in front (grp 2 walks back, cane in front, tiny shoulder shimmy) 8 counts
Repeat, switching groups
group 1 - Shimmy - cane fig 8 around body 8 counts (L arm behind)
Group 2 - as above

cane behind head - camel to Rt 8 counts
Accents: cane slowly over head & down shile shimmying - chest up, down, up, roll up (cane overhead) • shimmy

Repeat Section A

1/4 turn w/thrust (face front, side, back) on 2, 4, 6
turn front, arms overhead &7&8
walk swivelhips forward 4 counts
maya, bringing cane down body 4 counts
Repeat, starting by facing L, ending back

walk R, L, R look (over R shoulder, push hip up in back) (cane over shoulder)
repeat 4X
camel around to front & to right 8 counts (bringing cane to shoulders 1st 4 counts)
cane overhead to solar plexis (4 counts), chest up, down, up roll up shimmy twist

Grp 1 walks forward, 2 back, cane twirling in front 8 counts
shimmy, cane fig 8 around body 8 counts -catch cane in front
chest up down, hips R L, chest up, roll up