Three Cha Cha Cha’s (Patacake Stylez) in Cha Cha

Ballroom Blitz #128

Three Cha Cha Cha’s (Patacake Stylez) in Cha Cha - Oct 17, 2024

Transcript

Ian: Hey, boys and girls from the interwebs. My name is Ian

Lindsey: and my name is Lindsay.

Ian: Welcome back to

Ian & Lindsey: Ballroom Blitz.

Ian: Hello, Blitzers, welcome back to the Ballroom Blitz channel. We've had a couple of months hiatus while we've got through a busy period, but we are back to it. We're going to be finishing off the blitz series, filling in all the gaps with all the figures that we want to do before we move on to other content, and we are going to kick off after our short break with a request from one of you. This goes out to David Miller, he requested Three Cha Cha’s, but with a little bit of a different Patacake action. So we are going to be doing that one today.

So we have already looked at the Three Cha Cha Chas, and I will leave a link in the description for that video, but we'll go over it in a little bit more detail. A little bit of different detail for you here, and adding a little bit of something different up top, which gives it the Patacake appearance, which is a very easy, nice upgrade to make your Three Cha Chas a little bit easier to execute and a little bit funkier to watch.

[Demonstration without music]

Ian: So the simple key to getting this out on the social floor and leading it without pre arranging it with your partner is simply allowing the side of your body to lead forward when you are taking the appropriate foot forward. So as you saw there with the forwards and backwards, when I was coming forward on my right side, I have my right side leading and that would pancake across to Lindsay's right side and then we would cross in this fashion.

This also happens if we are doing them in a sidewards type of Cha Cha arrangement, because you are leading facing your partner with the side that you're traveling towards, and you will Patacake on that side as well. So it has a very good feel factor, and it's very easy to lead when you change hands and alternate from one side to the other with that side lead your follower knows exactly what's going on. Really, really nice out of a Hockey Stick. If you’re going to do a Hockey Stick and then Three Cha Cha’s. It's really nice to pimp it up with this Petacake style, just for a little bit of extra flair. I'll leave a link for the Hockey Stick in the description as well. Same timing for your Three Cha Cha’s as always Four-and One, Two-and Three, Four-and One, that doesn't change at all; and a little bit of rotation in the arms can sometimes make it: a) bit easier; c) look a little bit better; and c) easier to follow as well.

[Demonstration with counts]

[Demonstration with music]

Ian: There you go, boys and girls. A very simple, easy upgrade to your Three Cha Cha Cha’s. Adding those Patacake arms. Easy does it, a nice, easy one to ease back into the blitzing scene after a break. Thank you to David Miller for the shout out. Sorry it took so long for us to get to it, but we'll always get that in the end. Try it out on the social floor, try it out in your Cha Cha, find new ways and new ways of Three Cha Cha-ing to add it in and let us know how you go. For now, we'll see you next time.

Ian: Well, that's it for this Blitz boys and girls, don't forget to like,

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Lindsey: and subscribe.

Ian: See you next time.

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