Source: Country Dance Lines June 1994

Description:  32-count, 4 wall, line dance

MUSIC:	104-120 BPM "cha-cha" music
	The choreography of Cha Cha Con TeJas was inspired by 
	Eddie Raven's song "Hot Pink".  
	Most any Latin Rhythms will do nicely.

SUGGESTED DANCE STYLE: Cha Cha Con Tejas has a rhythm of a Cha Cha
(see Comment Section), it has lots of movement in it, and style is 
quite important in order to look good while performing the dance, 
as well as being able to perform it correctly and perform it well.  
The slow steps should be long and pronounced and the quick steps 
should be made small, quick and sharp.  Cha Cha Con Tejas is an 
isolation dance from the hips on down, any arm movements should 
be used only to accentuate foot and lower body movements.  
Proper dance styling should be adhered to at all times.

COMMENTS: The rhythm throughout the Cha Cha Con Tejas line dance is 
that of a Cha Cha with a slow, slow, quick, quick, quick, and rhythm.  
In most cases a slow step usually signifies two beats and a quick step
signifies one beat.  But the true definition of slows and quicks is they
are relative to each other in that a quick is half the length of a slow 
no mauer how long the slow is.  So in the case of the Cha Cha and Cha 
Cha Con Tejas, the slows are equal to one beat and the quacks are equal 
to 1/2 a beat.  This is true because one basic pattern of two slows, three
quicks and a pause takes four full beats - one measure of music.  T
herefore the rhythm of the dance is as follows:

Beats:	1 2 3 & 4 & ---Rhythm: Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick, Quick, And ---

NOTE.  Remember that this Cha Cha rhythm is performed continually throughout
the Cha Cha Con Tejas line dance, and the dance will be quite a bit simpler 
to learn and to perform


COUNT	STEP DESCRIPIRION
1-8	L HEEL DIAG, HEEL FWD, L BACK-BALL-CHANGE (L COASTER)
1	Left toe touch forward with heel angling out to the side
2	Left heel touch forward Left
3	Left foot step back
&	Right foot step center next to left foot
4	Left foot step forward
	R HEEL DIAG, HEEL FWD, R BACK-BALL-CHANGE (R COASTER)
1	Right toe touch forward with heel angling out to the side
2	Right heel touch forward
3	Right foot step back
&	Left foot step center next to right foot
4	Right foot step forward


9-16	ROCK L, BACK R, 1/2 TURN L CHA-CHA
1	Left foot step forward (rock forward) and twist body slightly to the right
2	Rock back on right foot and twist back to center
3&4	Make a three count 1/2 turn to the left with a left foot lead
	ROCK R, BACK L, 3/4 TURN R CHA-CHA
1	Right foot step forward (rock forward) and twist body slightly to the left
2	Rock back on left foot and twist back to center
3&4	Make a three count 3/4 turn to the right with a right foot lead

17-24	ROCK L, BACK R, 1/2 TURN L CHA-CHA
1	Left foot step forward (rock for-ward) and twist body slightly to the right
2	Rock back on right foot and twist back to center
3&4	Make a three count 1/2 turn to the left with a left foot lead
	STEP R, 1/2 L, 1/2 TURN L ON R CHA-CHA
1	Right foot step forward
2	Make a 1/2 pivot turn left
3&4	Make a three count 1/2 turn left with a right foot lead

25-32	L BEHIND, R SIDE, ACROSS-SIDE-IN PLACE
1	Left foot step behind Right foot
2	Right foot step to the side
3	Left foot step across and in front of right foot
&	Right foot touch to the side and take the weight
4	Shift weight to left foot
	R ACROSS, SIDE L, ACROSS-SIDE-IN PLACE
1	Right foot step in front of left foot
2	Left foot step to the side
3	Right foot step across and in back of left foot
&	Left foot touch to the side and take the weight
4	Shift weight to right foot

BEGIN AGAIN.....


Variations:	
Additional turns can be performed during the vines and during the Cha Cha steps.