GONNA HAVE A LOTTA FUN Over the length of this phrase, the hands shimmy up to about chest height in preparation for the next move. Surprise!!

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1 South Rampart St Parade choreo notes LT January 24, 2015 DO YOU HEAR THE BEAT? Step slightly forward on right foot and push body up and forward - BooBoo! AWAY DOWN THE STREET Make scooping motion from right to left to look AWAY DOWN THE STREET Christmas morning magical anticipation! Big secret the little girl smiling and shushing us. DO YOU HEAR Look front (pop head) BooBoo! THE NEAT LITTLE RHYTHM OF THE HAPPY DANCING FEET Shake head on NEAT LITTLE RHYTHM and step right, left, right on HAPPY, DANCING FEET WELL LOOK THERE THE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AND Step and look left (11:00), big, excited point left with left hand keep the motion extended. Playful, teasing look RIGHT NOW YOU'RE Step back to original place and bring arms down to sides with some force GONNA HAVE A LOTTA FUN Over the length of this phrase, the hands shimmy up to about chest height in preparation for the next move. Surprise!! MAKE WAY CAUSE EVERYBODY'S COMIN' AND Still at chest height, hands spread out forward push out with palms out, as if you're pushing people out of the way Sexy strutting woman! Julia Roberts big mistake!! YOU LL SEE No move just act excited A BIG PARADE No move - excited MARCHIN AROUND March in place, arms to music, right, left, right, left Jazz marching band strut it! WONDERFUL SOUND Hands burst up and around React on the breath here excited with fists in the air (Move) I HEAR THE RAT-TLE-DE- TAT Split move: (Move) stomp outside foot to 11:00/1:00 RAT...TAT stay facing right/left and do drum motions LOVE THE WAY THE DRUMMER DOES THAT

2 step back to face front, glide arms up and over on the way back to bringing them to your sides GLORIOUS DAY (COME ON) GET OUTTA MY WAY, flare arms/hands overhead, circling out and down big and slow, only arriving to sides of face by the end of this whole phrase. Hands make a window there to prepare for the next move HEY- which is to poke you face forward through the window you just made with your hands No Stop on Hey hands up - picture the sexy guy (woo hoo)! MAKE ROOM, GIMME SOME AIR Push people out of the way strutting sexy girl again I GOT SOME RHYTHM TO SPARE bring arms up to chest height in front with bent elbows, palms down. Keep it rockin!! WE ALL SWING HIGH - Clamshell move, split by rows, movement lasts for the length of the note on HIGH Rows 1-2 bring arms down (front row goes to one knee on the floor) Rows 3-5 brings arms up (Julie Andrews lots of freedom girl with the kite flowing in the breeze) SWING LOW Everyone brings hands back to chest height over the length of the word LOW, closing the clamshell, front row stands back up EVERYBODY ROCKIN TO-OO-OO AND FRO-OH-OH On everybody rockin to-oo-oo - just rock it in place no structure until Fro-oh-oh. On FRO-OO-OO rock three times to the outside, raising hands slightly more on each rock Feisty and playful IT AIN T FAST Ripple move left to right right hand up and then left hand quickly up/down to the beat, lasts the length of the word FAST lots of excitement kids on Chrismas morning can t wait attitude! OR SLOW Lean to the left and sweep hands down across body from right to left for length of word SLOW but still lots of excitement BUT OH THAT OH - Arms move up in front of body, palms in, THAT - push two hands upward from shoulders, palms out lots of force in the hands Can t wait attitude - building and explodes on next phrase GLORY HALLELUJAH Fling up hallelujah hands, shimmer them, then bring arms down with the decrescendo

3 SWING (SWING SWING) THAT THING tap left foot out and in to the beat (4 times) with hands behind back, elbows out Sexy tongue in cheek streetwalker kind of attitude MAKE THE RIVER BOTTOM RING AND SING do the same thing with right foot (4 times) HUSH MY MOUTH Hands come up in front of mouth and on the word MOUTH snap in with southern belle blushing look LORDY THAT S THE SOUTH RAMPART STREET PARADE Flings hands forward from mouth, then compress towards the center of the risers over the rest of the phrase and basses move down to front (Bass solo) EVERY BOY S GOT A GIRL...TONIGHT S A JAMBOREE Turn it on, basses! Basess must shout it out - educating the rest of the group as to what a cool party it s going to be. Risers have a sort of exploding conversation with the other riser folk about what They re doing. Chorus is answering with kind of uh huh, uh huh attitude. I TELL YOU Split move: point three times with outside hand, as if chiding someone (More bass solo) AND IF YOU COME ALONG... Move back to your place over this phrase, conversing with the audience using your hands the whole way, inviting them to come along and join the fun HEY DAD, NOT BAD I M GLAD YOU DIG Still walking back to your place, land on DIG, and bring your hands up to two fists in front of your chest, the beginning of the trombone position. Keep energy up! NOW THE TROMBONE'S Trombone motions - right arm goes up left stays still, as if playing a trombone PLAYIN OUT A TUNE Trombone motions - right arm goes forward left stays still THAT SHINY TROMBONE TRO-OM-BONE 3 motions up, front and then farther down in front don t bend over use your knees to squat down so you don t cut off your sound New Orleans JAZZY! BAYIN AT THE MOON, YEAH (BAYIN AT THE MOON) hands come back together at chest on MOON (the main one, not the echo) and then definitively down to sides on YEAH PLAYING MIGHTY FINE Rockin it in place in your own space

4 AS THEY MARCH ALONG YOU KNOW I NEVER NEVER GET ENOUGH OF THAT CREOLE SONG HE-EAR NOW AIN'T THE MUSIC GRAND Circle-spread arms out from chest, palms up, move lasts the length of the phrase. Grow into the move with arms forward and up and body moving freely IT'S RINGIN' CLE-E-EAR DOWN TO THE RIVER, (split move) Arms starts at about shoulder height, then descends in patted steps on each beat through down Don t turn too far into the center. Tell a big secret! and slink down, don t bend over (TO THE RIVER BOTTOM SAND) Stand back up on this echo I REALLY GET A THRILL (move) Move/step left left, right, then left with right low kick and facing right - arms pump at sides to beat hands come up to a quick shake on THRILL fingers spread Act thrilled!!! I KNOW I ALWAYS WILL (move) reverse of above move hands up on WILL WHENEVER I CAN HEAR THE RHYTHM OF A BAND (RHYTHM OF A BAND), YEAH Rock it and then on YEAH - Hands down to sides I REALLY GET A THRILL Arms come up the body on each side, palms in Building energy I KNOW I ALWAYS WILL Extend arms forward, palms down, on WILL WHEN I HEAR suck arms back quickly on WHEN lots of energy! THE RHYTHM OF A BAND Hands push out palms up and open out big Then immediately go into lean for tag I STILL HEAR THE BEAT Lean forward - you re telling a big secret! put a rocking pulse in it as you bring your body upright Exclamation breath just before How I love that beat

5 HOW I LOVE THAT BEAT Rock to the beat - lots of excitement building again THE BEAT OF THAT RAMPART STREET Rock to the beat - keep building PARADE, PARADE, PARADE, PARADE Rock to the beat (no more shoulder turns) I LOVE A PARADE Hands start at waist, both hands up and slightly out - move on each syllable LOVE A PA-RADE RAMPART STREET PA-RADE Bring right arm straight up body with palm turned towards cheek push arm straight up on RAM PART STREET PA RADE Big finish!!!! Keep arm straight up for 9 counts Brisk cutoff on 9 bring hand down in a fist immediately on 9 th count.