Earthquake Shake EUR 1801

EARTHQUAKE SHAKE
(EUR 1801)
Vocal by Dan Nordbye
23.09

Note: Dan speaks to dancers on how to do the Earthquake Shake, relating the action to a richter scale measurement pf 7.5. With each richter reading, the dancers speed up the action of clapping right hands, then left hands, then both hands as they hold on and shake. Listen to the vocal version to hear Dan's presentation.

OPENER

[Spoken] Chain the girls over and back
Circle Left
Well now, OOEE! Baby, don´t you know you set my soul on fire
Left Allemande the corner, Dosado you own
Left Allemande and Weave The Ring
You know you got what it takes
To make my body shake
Swing your girl around and Promenade
It´s like an earthquake...
You shake my body down

FIGURE

Heads Square Thru count 'em 4 hands round
You Swing Thru tonight
Boy Run around that girl, you Ferris Wheel
Centers Pass Thru, here we go, a little 7.5
Right, left, right, left, both, shake
Swing her, take that girl and Promenade
Go 'round that ring
It´s like an earthquake...
You shake my body down

MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER

Sides Face, Grand Square
A hurricane ain´t got nothin´ on you...
No, no, ain't got nothin' on you
Oh! Cuz you blow me away
There´s nothing I can say or do
Allemande and Weave
Except shake, shake me like an earthquake
Shake, shake me like an earthquake
You got me shake, shaking like an earthquake
You got me shake, shaking like an earthquake

TAG

[Spoken] Chain the girls over and back
Oh, honey, when you love me it's like 7.5 on the richter scale!