Cab Driver

Formation: Individual dancers all begin facing the same direction in loose lines or it could be danced in a circle.
Music: “Cab Driver” by the Mills Brothers

Download RTF file: Cab Driver Line

Prompts:
Intro or
29-32   – – Vine Right;
    1-4   – – Vine Left;
    5-8   – – Vine Right;
  9-12   – – Vine Left;

13-16   – Back slow four;
17-20   – – – – ;
21-24   – Forward quick four;
25-28   Side, Touch, Side, Touch;

Description:
    1-4   Dancers step to the right, cross the left foot behind the right foot, step to the right again, and touch their left toe next to the instep of the right foot.
    5-8   Dancers step to the left, cross the right foot behind the left foot, step to the left again, and touch their right toe next to the instep of the left foot.
  9-16   Repeat counts 1-8.

17-24   Dancers start with the right foot and take four slow steps backward. (This takes 8 counts).
25-28   Dancers start with the right foot and take four quick steps forward.
25-32   Dancers step to the right, touch the left beside the right. Then they step to the left, and touch the left with the right.

Choreography by: (unknown)
Source: From the community dance collection of Bob Riggs
Usage: “Cab Driver” is a classic Two-Step round dance. Here is a way to repurpose the music.

This page from http://dances.callerlab.org (CALLERLAB Dance Resource).


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