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Marisol's Macarena Page ~ straight from Miami

¡Olé! NUMBER ONE IN AMERICA SINCE AUGUST!!! Everybody on your feet! ¡Olé!

¡Hola!
I'm Marisol, I'm 22, I work at a travel agency in Little Havana, and I have done the Macarena at every single party I have been to this year. EVERY ONE. I made this page because my friends told me to stop talking about it and "put it on the Internet," so here we are.

If you have been living under a rock: the Macarena is a song by Los del Río, two gentlemen from near Seville, Spain, who have been singing together since the sixties. The song was a hit in Spain and all over Latin America first, and then two Miami guys called the Bayside Boys made a dance remix with some English parts, and it took over the whole country. Miami, baby! We had it first!

And no, I'm not going to put the words up. Buy the tape!

HOW TO DO THE MACARENA
One move per beat. Say it in your head: arm, arm, flip, flip...

Right arm straight out in front, palm down.
Left arm out, palm down.
Flip your right hand so the palm faces up.
Flip your left hand palm up.
Right hand on your left shoulder.
Left hand on your right shoulder.
Right hand behind your head.
Left hand behind your head.
Right hand on your left hip (the front).
Left hand on your right hip.
Right hand on your right back pocket.
Left hand on your left back pocket.
Wiggle those hips! Three times!
Jump and turn a quarter turn, clap if you want, and start all over facing the next wall.

Marisol's tip: Don't think about it too much. The first time I did it at my cousin's wedding I was one wall behind everybody the whole song and it didn't matter one bit.

WHERE I HAVE DONE THE MACARENA (1996)

My cousin Yami's wedding in Hialeah (twice, the DJ played it twice)
My little sister's quince. My abuela did it too, in her good shoes.
A Marlins game, in the upper deck, with about five thousand strangers
On a cruise to the Bahamas with the girls from work
The office lunch for Columbus Day
In the kitchen, alone, making coffee. It counts.
On Ocean Drive at 1 in the morning. It definitely counts.

Running total: I stopped counting at 80.

MACARENA HALL OF FAME
Your Macarena records, sent in by e-mail! Beat one and I'll put you up.

Oldest dancer: Señora Pilar, 91, at her great-grandson's baptism party. Sent in by Rafael, Tampa.
Youngest dancer: Brianna, age 2 and a half. She only does the hip part. Sent in by her mom, Orlando.
Biggest group: A whole high school gym at a homecoming dance, about 600 people. Sent in by Luis, Houston.
Strangest place: On a stopped elevator between the 9th and 10th floors, four people. Sent in by Donna, Atlanta.
Most in one day: 23 times at a wedding in New Jersey (the DJ had "a problem," says Chris).

New records added October 20!

MACARENA IN THE NEWS

When the Democrats had their convention in Chicago in August, the delegates did the Macarena right there on the floor, on TV. My dad, who says he doesn't dance, watched it and said "well, now it's over." It is NOT over, Papi. It's still number one.

COMING SOON: The Macarena in sign language (my friend Deb is teaching me) · Pictures from our office Macarena Christmas party · More about Los del Río

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