LA JOYA
(The Jewel)

Composer:	Fred and Gail Jabour, 605 Hampton Cove, Clinton, MS.39056,  (601)-924-5766
Record:		Roper 127A "La Cumparasita"
Rhythm/Phase:	Tango/III				Speed: 40-41 or to suit

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Footwork:	Opposite throughout, directions for M unless otherwise stated
Sequence:	INTRO AB AB(mod) A			Release date: January 1995

INTRO
SCP wait 2 meas;; (start with mess 3 of PART A)

PART A
1-4		CORTE REC;, TANGO DRAW; WALK FC WALL; SD CL PT;
SS QQS	1	CP/Wall bk & sd L. with slight lowering action, -, rec R, -;  fwd L, fwd & sd R, draw L to R no wgt, -; 
SS	3	Trn heads SCP  fwd L, -, fwd R blend to fc CP/Wall, -;
QQS	4	Sd L, cl R, pt sd. L tch insd edge of  ball of ft 8-10in from R and trn heads sharply to SCP, -;

5-8		WALK FC; SERPIENTE;; RK REC PICKUP:
SS QQS	5-6	Fwd L, -, fwd R blend CP/Wall, -; sd L, bhnd R{W bhnd L), fan  L ccw (W cw), -;
QQQQ	7	Bhnd L (w bhnd R), sd R. blend SCP/RLOD thru L, fan R thru to SCP/LOD no wgt;
QQS 	8	Rk thru R, rec L, thru R pu W CP/LOD, -;

9-12		GAUCHO TRN 4; TANGO DRAW; GAUCHO TRN 4; TANGO DRAW;
QQQQ QQS	 9-10	Rk fwd L, rec R trng ¼LF, rk fwd L, rec R trng ¼LF to CP/RLOD; fwd L, fwd & sd R, draw L to R no wgt, -;
QQQQ QQS	11-12	Rk fwd L, rec R trng ¼LF, rk fwd L, rec R trng ¼LF to CP/LOD; fwd L, fwd & sd R, draw L to R no wgt, -;

13-15		WALK FC; TWIST VINE 4; SD CL PT;
SS QQQQ	13-14	Fwd L, -, fwd R blend CP/Wall, -; sd L, XRIBL (W XLIFR), sd L, XRIF (W XLIB);
QQS	15	Repeat meas 4 PART A; 

PART B
1-4		WALK PICKUP; TANGO DRAW; WALK 2; TANGO DRAW/BRUSH PT;
SS QQS 	1-2	SCP/LOD fwd L, -, fwd R pu W CP/LOD, -; fwd L, fwd & sd R, draw L to R no wgt, -;
SS QQ&S	3	Fwd L, -, fwd R, -; fwd L, fwd & sd R/brush L to R, pt L sd tch insd edge bail of ft 6-10 in from R stay CP/LOD, -;

5-8		SCP/COH FWD MANUV; BK TANGO DRAW; CORTE REC; TANGO DRAW;
SS QQS	5-6	Sd & fwd L to SCP/COH, -, fwd R manuv in front of W to CP/Wall, -; bk L, sd & bk R, draw L to R no wgt, -;
SS QQS	7-8	Repeat Meas 1-2 PART A;;

9-12		WHISK; THRU FC CL; VINE 3; RK REC PICKUP:
QQS	9	Fwd L, fwd & sd R, XLIBR (W XRIBL) to tight SCP feet 6-8in apt no rise, -;
QQS	l0	Thru R, blend CP/Wall sd L, cl R, -;
QQS QQS	11-12	Sd L, XRIBL (W XLIBR), sd L, -;  repeat meas 8 PART A;

13-16		FWD STAIRS 6;; WALK FC; RK REC PICKUP;
QQQQ QQQQ13-14	Fwd L, cl R, sd L, cl R; fwd L, cl R, sd L, cl R;
SS QQS 	15-16	Fwd L, -, fwd R blend CP/Wall, -; sd L, cl R, tch L, -;

PART B (MOD)
1-4		WALK PICKUP; TANGO DRAW; WALK 2; TANGO DRAW/BRUSH PT;
	1-4	Repeat Meas 1-4 PART B;;;;

5-8		SCP/COH FWD MANUV; BK TANGO DRAW; CORTE REC; TRNG TANGO DRAW;
	5-7	Repeat Meas 5-7 PART B;;;
QQS	8	Fwd L comm LF trn, sd & fwd R cont trn to CP/LOD, draw L to R no wgt, -;

9-12		2 SLO; 2 OK 2SLO 2OK;; WALK FC;
SSQQS	9-10	Fwd L, -, fwd R, -; fwd L, fwd R, fwd L, -;
SSQQS	l1-12	Fwd R, -, fwd L, fwd R; fwd L, -, fwd R blend to CP/Wall, -;
 
13-16		SD CL SD; RK THRU REC; SD CL SD; BHND SD TCH;
QQS SS	13-14	Sd L, cl R, sd L, -; rk thru SCP R, -, rec L fc ptr, -;
QQS QQS 	15-16	Sd R RLOD, cl L, sd R, -; XLIBR (W XRIBL), sd R tch L, -;

THE TANGO

It is generally accepted that the Tango originated among the lower classes in the neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, particularly in the ill-famed 'Barrio de las Ranas', the most disreputable quarter of the city, when it Was in the first instance known as baile con corte - the 'dance with a stop'. The girls wore very full ,skirts and the men the gaucho costume, with high top boots and spurs, and the · attempt to dance in this cumbersome gear brought about several movements which afterwards
became associated with the Tango.
The gallants of the town saw this dance and introduced it into their own favourite cares, also of doubtful respectability, making two changes. To produce a more dreamy effect they substituted the habanera rhythm, and to show that their dance was no longer the common baile con corte they called it the Tango, For many years it was never danced by anybody in Buenos Aires who had his or her good name at heart.                          ..
It was probably towards the close of the nineteenth century that the Tango Was. first heard of in Europe, and after 1900 several sporadic attempts were made by amateurs from the Argentine to show it in Paris.
A number of dance leaders set to work to experiment with the tango in Paris, and about 1907 - shorn of it's more objectionable features - it became a dance possible fort he ballroom.
A description of the dance was given in England around 1911 and 'Tango Teas' became all the rage. With the ebbing of the tango craze in the early days of 1914 other dances came to the fore. The Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep and Tango are now universally recognised as the 'standard' ballroom dances.