El Coco No by Ivan Medrano Y La Banda del Machete

Coaching Notes:

Pre-Teach: Yes, the combo
Focus: External
Purpose: To increase heart rate and play with cheesy expression

Pre-teach: ’In this song we are gonna have fun with a combo – it only comes one time in the song, so I want to do it with you guys before the music starts.
It’s a fun and silly latin song, so dance with playfulness and goofyness as much as you want!
He’s gonna sing this in Spanish and we are gonna follow his directions: first we boogie down for four, try it with me, yes, then we dance our way up again, then you walk to the right, then to the left, then we go backwards for four, and forward again’.

First move: Is merengue walk. Connect people to the 1-2 rhythm. Then get them into the merengue style by adding lots of hips and allowing the upper body to twist as you walk.
Play with the cheesy expression – tell them to put a big fat smile on their face – makes it so much fun! Have people smile at each other and interact as they dance.

Second move: Is a butt circle. Have them stay OTS and circle their hips. Invite them to try and circle around themselves as they do the hip circle.
They decide when they want to go the other way. But make sure to tell them that they choose when to do it.

Third move: is the combo. Simply gather them in the middle a few counts before and then guide them through as you did in the pre teach.
Make sure to tell them it doesn’t matter if they get it right on the right and left and so on – it’s all about having fun with it and playing with that cheesy attitude.
Transition:
0:00 Merengue walk
0:41 Hip circle
0:54 Merengue walk
1:19 Hip circle
1:32 Merengue walk
1:50 Combo
2:09 Hip circle
2:19 Merengue walk
3:09 Hip circle
3:22 Merengue walk