Hot Tamales
Choreographed by Neil Hale
| Description: | 64 count, 2 wall, line dance |
| Music: | Country Down To My Soul by Lee Roy Parnell [ 167 bpm / CD: Line Dance Fever 7 ] |
| Big Heart by The Gibson Miller Band [ 128 bpm / CD: Where There's Smoke ] | |
| T-R-O-U-B-L-E by Travis Tritt [ 184 bpm / CD: T-R-O-U-B-L-E / CD: Simply The Best Linedancing Album ] |
| RIGHT K-B-C, RIGHT TOE, STRUT, LEFT TOE, STRUT |
| 1&2 | Right kick-ball-change |
| 3-4 | Touch right toe forward, step down on right |
| 5-6 | Touch left toe forward, step down on left |
| MONTEREY TURNS |
| 7 | Touch right toe to side |
| 8 | Pivot ½ turn right and step together right |
| 9-10 | Touch left toe to side, step together left |
| 11-14 | Repeat counts 7-10 |
| HEEL/TOE SWIVEL |
| 15 | With weight on ball of left and heel of right face right and "hitch" right thumb over right shoulder |
| 16 | Return to center and shift weight to right |
| VINE LEFT, STEP TOGETHER RIGHT |
| 17-18 | Side step left, step right behind left |
| 19-20 | Side step left, step together right |
| SLAP LEFT, SIDE LEFT, SLAP RIGHT FRONT, ¼ PIVOT LEFT AND SLAP RIGHT TO SIDE |
| 21 | Lift left boot behind right leg and slap with right hand |
| 22 | Side step left |
| 23 | Lift right boot across left leg and slap with left hand |
| 24 | Pivot ¼ turn left and swing right foot to side and slap with right hand |
| "HOT TAMALE" SHOULDER PUSHES/TURN ¼ LEFT |
| 25 | Side step right (feet apart and knees bent) push right shoulder forward as you begin a slow ¼ turn left |
| 26-32 | With feet apart and weight on balls of both feet, continue shoulder pushes to complete ¼ turn left ending with weight on left |
| Now these 8 counts are where the Hot Tamale shoulder pushes (shimmies) are done. It is a very gradual movement on balls of feet to make one more ¼ which will bring you around to back wall. |
| BACK TOE STRUTS WITH SNAPS |
| 33-34 | Touch right toe back, step back right/snap fingers |
| 35-36 | Touch left toe back, step back on left/snap fingers |
| 37-38 | Touch right toe back, step back right/snap fingers |
| 39-40 | Touch left toe back, hold and snap fingers |
| VINE LEFT, HOP |
| 41-42 | Side step left, step right behind left |
| 43 | Face ¼ turn left and step left |
| 44 | Bring feet together and hop into ¼ turn left |
| SWIVEL WALK |
| 45-46 | Swivel heels right, swivel toes right |
| 47-48 | Swivel heels right, swivel toes center |
| STEP LEFT, ½ TURN RIGHT, STEP LEFT, SCOOT LEFT, STOMP LEFT, CLAP-CLAP |
| 49-50 | Step forward left, ½ turn right |
| 51-51 | Step forward left, hitch right and scoot forward left |
| 53-54 | Step forward right, stomp together left |
| 55 | Clap with right palm up and left down |
| 56 | Clap with left palm up and right down |
| 2-COUNT KNEE ROLLS |
| 57 | Push left knee to center in front of right |
| 58 | Roll left knee to starting position |
| 59 | Push right knee to center in front of left |
| 60 | Roll right knee to starting position |
| KNEE POPS |
| 61 | Pop left knee to center in front of right |
| & | Return left to starting position |
| 62 | Pop right knee to center in front of left |
| & | Return right to starting position |
| 63 | Pop left knee to center in front of right |
| & | Return left to starting position |
| 64 | Pop right knee to center in front of left |
| REPEAT |