The Happy Wanderer Polka
Choreographer:
Bette Pouros
September 2003
(262)626-1920
Submitted by:
Description: 32 ct., circle partner dance, beginner level.
Start position: Right open promenade, inside hands joined,
outside hand on hip. (Mirror image
dance).
Music: Who Stole The Kishka?, The Sauerkrauts, 120 BPM
The Happy
Wanderer, The Sauerkrauts, 128 BPM
any 32 count polka song. Start on
vocals.
Men’s
Steps Ladies’ Steps
4 SHUFFLES FORWARD
1&2 LRL RLR
3&4 RLR LRL
5&6 LRL RLR
7&8 RLR LRL
SIDE SHUFFLE AWAY FROM PARTNER; SIDE SHUFFLE TOWARD PARTNER
9&10 LRL RLR
11&12 RLR LRL
PIVOT ¼ TO FACE PARTNER, SIDE SHUFFLE LOD, FAN HANDS LOD
13&14 (CW) LRL (CCW) RLR
SIDE SHUFFLE RLOD, FAN HANDS RLOD
15&16 RLR LRL
PIVOT ½ AWAY FROM PARTNER (BACK TO BACK), SIDE
- SHUFFLE RLOD, BOTH HANDS ON
HIPS
17&18 (CCW)
LRL (CW) RLR
SIDE SHUFFLE LOD, BOTH HANDS ON HIPS
19&20 RLR LRL
¼ TURN SHUFFLE TO FACE RLOD, HANDS ON HIPS
21&22 (CCW)
LRL (CW) RLR
¼ TURN SHUFFLE TO FACE PARTNER, HANDS ON HIPS
23&24 (CCW)
RLR (CW) LRL
¼ TURN SHUFFLE TO FACE LOD, JOIN INSIDE HANDS, OUTSIDE HAND ON HIP.
25&26 (CCW)
LRL (CW) RLR
FORWARD SHUFFLE
27&28 RLR LRL
4 WALKS FORWARD
29-32 LRLR RLRL
Repeat dance
CW= Clockwise CCW= Counter clockwise
LOD= Line of dance RLOD= Reverse line of dance
Note: When last stanza of “The
Happy Wanderer” is sung, wave your outside hand to your audience: “I wave my
hand to all I see and they wave back to me.”