Conga Line

The Afro-Cuban 'Conga' (Spanish=a Congolese woman) is really a "Mixer" type dance, done by a solo or group of dancers most common in a single file line. When done as a couple, the dancers face each other and move opposite direction of one measure, then switch directions on the next measure (1,2,3,* 1,2,3,*).

-- Couples can join hands and do patterns to this rhythm as well as turn, When done as a couple, hands are changed on the third beat. The Conga may be done touching or separate or a mixture.

When done as a Conga Line, generally the person behind the next places their hands upon the front persons hips and this continues on down the line. The dance does not necessarily stay on the dance dance floor, it can and does zig-zag through out the room. The basic steps are (Left) 1-2-3-Kick (or Bump) then repeat, opposite. The Boomp-si-Doodle was often mixed with this dance

La Conga Lyrics:

In Havana every Cubana shakes her bandana to the La Conga.
It's a new dance, something new to dance
Wait till you dance to the La Conga.

Wait till you hear the beat of the bonga.
Just get that beat and you get the Conga.
It delights you and it excites you and it invites you to do the La Conga.

In Buenos Aires and London and Paris they Tango.
In old Vienna their favorite has long been a waltz.
In Wiakill in Madrid and Seville they Fandango.
But in Havana all the maidens go 1, 2, 3, Boom,
1, 2, 3, boom, 1, 2, 3, boom 1, 2, 3, boom.

In Hava-vana every Cub-ana shakes her ban-dana to the La Conga.
It's a new dance, something new to dance
Wait till you dance to the La Conga.

The La Cong... of the Bonga. ya da da get the Conga
Do ya ralla do ya ralla ralla da do do do Conga.
It delights you and it excites you and it invites you to do the La Conga.

Conga-Conga
Now you know the La Conga (Dance Break)
1, 2, 3, boom! (Dance Break)

Conga-Conga-Conga,
Now you know the Conga! Conga! Boom!