Wanna Be Happy
Count: 32
Wall: 4
Level: intermediate
Choreographer: Ed White
Music: I Just Wanna Be Happy by Gloria Estefan
SYNCOPATED JAZZ BOX, SIDE SHUFFLE, ¼ TURN COASTER, SHUFFLE FORWARD
1-2 Cross right over left, hold
&3&4 Quickly step left on left, shuffle right (stepping side, together, side)
5&6 Making ¼ turn left step back left, step right beside left, step forward left
7&8 Shuffle forward (stepping right, left, right)
FULL TURN RIGHT, SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK, STEP, SCOOT, STEP, SCOOT, STEP
1-2 Turn ½ right stepping back on left, turn ½ right stepping forward on right
3&4 Shuffle forward (stepping left, right, left)
5-6 Rock forward on right, step left in place
&7&8 Scoot back on left, step back on right, scoot back on right, step back on left
BACK, BACK, HOLD & SNAP(REPEAT), KICK, BALL, CHANGE, STEP PIVOT ¼ TURN LEFT
&1-2 Quickly step back on right, step back on left, hold & snap fingers (feet shoulder width-arms parallel to floor-elbows at sides)
&3-4 Repeat &1-2
5&6 Kick right forward, quickly step right in place, step left beside right
7-8 Step forward on right, pivot ¼ turn left (weight to left)
¼ TURN LEFT STOMPING 3X, SYNCOPATED HEEL TOUCHES, HOLD & CLAP, STEP, HOLD & CLAP
1&2 As you stomp right heel three times turn ¼ left (weight remains left-option is to do another step pivot turn ¼ left)
3&4 Touch right heel forward, quickly step right in place, touch left heel forward
&5-6 Quickly step left in place, touch right heel forward, hold & clap
&7-8 Quickly step right in place, step left slightly forward & to left, hold & clap
REPEAT