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The Art of Calling

Part 1: Rueda Awareness 
  1. Always make eye contact across the rueda to make sure the group is following along. 
  2. Use (learn) proper hand signals. Most moves have a non-verbal hand signal 
  3. Enunciate and extend the calls (project your voice). 
  4. Call with good energy (your voice helps create the mood of the rueda. Happy voices = happy wheel).  
  5. Practice to a song you like before calling the rueda in a social situation to feel more confident.

Part II: Moves to Call at the Start of a Rueda
  • Al Medio 
  • Una Bulla (hey!) - Largo
  • Saca Agua del Pozo (scoop water from the well)  
  • Abajo 
  • Exhibala (dos veces)  
  • Arriba Tiempo Espana 
    • Un Tarro (leads move forward to next partner) 
    • Un Tarro Mentira (leads turn in a circle) 
  • Abajo (when called after Arriba, it is typically to switch direction – but it could also mean to go in and out of the circle (side to side for leads and enchufla step for follows) so follow what the caller does). 
    • When the direction is switched, calling Un Tarro means that follows move forward to the next partner. 
    • Un Tarro Mentira – follows walk around leads in one full measure (8 count). 
 
Part III: Other Parts of a Song and the Moves to Call 
 
Mambo (horns) 
  • Enchufla con Mambo
  • Sombrero con Mambo
  • Echeveria con Mambo 
  • Enchufla Mambo Havana
  • Mambo con la Vecina  
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Reggaeton (heavy beats) 
  • Enchufla con el Medico 
  • Echeveria con Sabor 
  • Para ti para mi (patty cake
  • Pelota con dos, cuatro  
  • Pelota Loca  
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Son (percussion salsa) 
  • Dile que si (pegale un tarrito) 
  • Dame por las manos  
  • Cadena 
  • Tumba Francesa  
  • Son Monturno  
 
Rumba (clave) 
Enchufla con Rumba  
Can use moves from the Son category  
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