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Trying to find someone who remembers the original Latin Hustle dance steps as seen in Los Angeles area back in 1977. Unlike New York hustle, the orignal Latin Hustle was not a mirrored step dance. Both the lead and follower would step forward with the right foot while side by side in the pattern. There’s a very short snippet of this at about 2:00 into this youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZXvAXa92s
The pace in the video is faster than normal. Bozz Scagg – Lowdown was a song with the typical pace for the orignal Latin Hustle.
Later some dancers switched this to a mirrored dance step, but the original version was non-mirrored.
I remember doing the Latin Hustle around 1976. I remember it being rather difficult to learn (but I was a beginner at that time). It involved a cha-cha type rhythm. It was a 6-count pattern.
Thanks Jeff, for giving me the link to the Buddy Schwimmer video!
I remember vaguely doing the New York Hustle Latin style and as I remember it, it was similar to what you describe. It had 6 counts and a kind of cha-cha rhythm in it. Sorry I don’t remember the exact details. That was many, many decades ago!