Cha+Cha+Cha


 * Please put your infomation about the Cha Cha Cha dance we learned today here! (Tuesday 10th March 2009)

I saw this website which had the history of the cha cha! It was at [|www.latindanceforever.com] did you know that the cha cha originated in the late 1940's(reatorical question)? -Liam **

In the late 1940s, Havana which was in Cuba, was one of the most popular resorts for North Americans especially those residing along the east coast. The best American dance bands as well as the many good Latin bands native to Cuba played in the city's casinos. Some of these orchestras tried combining the American JAZZ beat with the Cuban RUMBA rhythm; The result was a new rhythm called the MAMBO.Fact: did you know that the cha cha or mambo normaly have 100-120 beats? heres a picture i have found.These are pros doing the cha cha! Until next time Liam=D please dont delete hard work put in!  Here is a video of someone who choreographed their own dance called the Mambo Cha! (Andrew) media type="youtube" key="FRNNirO-Nag" height="344" width="425"

Did you know that the name Cha Cha Cha is an onomatopoeia? It copies the sound made by the dancers shuffling their feet. Find out about the Cha Cha Ch**á dance at this website [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha-cha-cha_(dance]) Estella**

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I found a vidoe on youtube of a couple dancing the 'CHA CHA'! Here's the link: [] -Please watch it! -Tina Qi

That's cool Tina! Something that mr Moran got wrong was that the dance we are doing only has 2 "cha"s. And "rhetorical" is spelt R-H-E-T-O-R-I-C-A-L, Liam.Just so you know... Wow,this font looks cool... -Anita  WELL EXCUSE ME! (i dont take criticism lightly) Liam

'Twasn't a criticism...and you should probably have written ur name next to ur comment...so I did it for u. I put in your video, Tina And I have to say they don't have very much hip movement... -Anita
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Thankyou Anita!-Tina Qi

Hehe! That's so cool Anita! How did you do that? And by the way, that's video you have there Tina is really cool yet strange at the same time! : ) Jackie~

If you want to put a video on the page...you click the little TV sign on the "editor" tool bar when you press "edit page".To select a movie that is from YouTube,find the movie and when you are watching it there will be a little box next to the window showing the video.In that box it will have two other boxes, one saying "html"or something along the lines of.Underneath that will be a box entitled "embed code".Copy this,then go to the page you want to put the video onto.When you've clicked the little television icon, it will come up with this other little window.On the left you can select "video" and then select "YouTube".Then it'll tell you to paste in the embed code.Remember that big jumble of words and numbers you copied earlier?Paste that one in.Once you press save, when anyone goes onto the page they can look at the video! -Anita IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WATCH MY VIDEO BELOW (Andrew)  media type="custom" key="3728849" Sorry about the video being offline for a little while. It's back on now. Tell me when it goes off. (Andrew) If you didn't understand Anita's explanation, I have created a video for us on how to add a video to wikispace! (Andrew)
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That's cool! But how did you make a video of what you were oing on the screen??? All I can ever do is take snapshots...(Anita)

Oh, I used a software called HYPERCAM 2 (registered). Most people use HYPERCAM 2 (unregistered) but when its registered it allows you to move the hypercam with your mouse. (Registered cost money) You can just search on google 'hypercam 2 download' or use this link. (Andrew) [|CLICK HERE FOR LINK!]

thanks :) (Anita)

No PROBLEM. (Andrew)  Hehe! That video is so funny!!!!!!!! (and creepy at the same time) Bec P.S. Does anyone apart from me not quite get what language it is in????  I have no idea what the language is either, but we can infer that it is somewhere from Europe.It could be Spanish, but I'm not quite sure.-Tina Qi

I scaned the video 7 times through my iphone to figure out what language it was and after twenty minutes or so it turned out to be a mixed language of Spanish and direct Latin. So bravo Tina. Alex (P.S if you have an iphone and you want the language scanner app, go to [|www.**app**rater.com/] )

Just a question Alex, why do you have to scan it SEVEN times? Why not once...? (Andrew)

You have an IPHONE??????!!!! (Anita)

<span style="color: rgb(245,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(159,173,249); background-color: rgb(85,123,236);">I reckon it's Russian. But I'm probably wrong. Y'know... Just forget I said anything. -Anita

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> Anita thats not my idea of the cha cha but ill go with the flow.dont tak it personally im just sayin... Liam

OH IM AM SOOOO SORRY I MENT TINA REALLY SORRY ANITA!=( Liam

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(254,205,254);">And Russian people can't do the cha cha because...? Whatever Anita <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255); background-color: rgb(0,255,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> Do you like my dancing picture? Mia

Yes Michaela, very nice. - Stella (Dahli Dawler) <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(166,0,255); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Cha to the top!Caroline

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<span style="color: rgb(174,250,248); background-color: rgb(62,53,146);">Adding onto Liam's secound comment, the "cha-cha" was created from the "mambo" when people began to complain that the "mambo" dance's speed was too fast. Also, the name "cha-cha" originated from the component of a kind of bell from Haiti because the plat of the bell made "cha-cha" noises when rubbed ======

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<span style="color: rgb(146,64,53); background-color: rgb(192,255,0);">To Angela- the mambo is like a vigorous and speedy version of the cha cha. You probably heard our dance teacher say it when giving out new moves this week (week 8). ======

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<span style="color: rgb(245,5,5);">This next comment may sound kind of without purpose but, cha cha is a make up product, a shoe brand, a film and a sports drink.( Exactly like powerade but with 20 times more sugar). Random huh? ====== <span style="color: rgb(245,5,5);">Alex

<span style="color: rgb(0,128,0); background-color: rgb(125,255,0);">Do you reckon we're getting marked on this...? Let's hope not! (Anita)

Hello people! I was just wondering,what will our costumes be for the dance? Will it be classic cha cha clothing, or some kind of wierd outfit? I'm just curious... Please put down some suggestions..! I keep thinking cha cha clothing willl be bright red and very wide for the girls, and black for the boys.( Or would that be the can can? ) Grace:-)

Hello again..... It seems wierd that previously I thought our costume was going to be so random, but I guess I was right in a way. Don't you think the girl's costume is disgusting? Thank goodness we're allowed to wear something underneath. The techers are being sexist!!! I wish we could wear the same clothes! Why don't the teachers call our dance like...macha or something?( Combination of cha cha and mambo...) Do you people like the new arrangement we have got? I keep going the wrong way and crashing into the person infront of me!(Like Bora saw...) Anyway... Grace

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: #ffff00;">You're right- i DESPISE the new costume!!!! Anita

Hello people. The lady in this video certainly is not afraid of using her body. By the way, this dance thing is called [|Basic - **chacha** - **latin**-tornsberg]. Stella

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