SIRTAKI - Song of Joy

Greek Line Dance

Formation:	Leader at right. Hands held.
Record:	Worldtone Wt 10008 Side A, or Philips 8445 Sirtaki goes on.
	DESCRIPTION
Counts	FIGURE I
	Fast Music - FAST HASAPIKOS STEP
1-2	Facing LOD, take 2 running steps starting with R foot.
3-4	Facing center, step on R to right (3). Swing L in front of R (4).
5—6	Step on L to Left (5). Swing R in front of L (6).
7—30	Do all of the above (fast Hasapikos step) 4 more times - 5 in all.
	TRANSITION
	FOUR SLOW COUNTS
1	Facing center, take big step on R to right.
2	Close L to R.
3	Big step on L to left.
4	Step on R next to L, transferring wt. to R foot.
	FIGURE 2
	SLOW HASAPIKOS
1-6	Ct. 1 - Step forward on L. Ct. 2 - Swing R forward and around behind L. Ct. 3 - Step on R behind L. Ct. 4 - Step on L behind R. Ct. 5,& - Take two steps to R, L. (quick steps). Ct. 6 - Step back from center of circle on R (slow ct.)
7-12	Repeat basic Slow Hasapikos pattern of cts. 1-6.
13—16	Repeat cts. 1-4 of basic Slow Hasapikos step, ending with L behind R.
17—32	Three's to left, beginning with R ft., step R across L. (quick ct. 17). Step on L to left (quick ct. &) Step on R crossing in front of L (slow ct. 18). Three's to right (19, &, 20), starting with L crossing in front of R, stepping L, R, L (quick-quick-slow). (21, &, 22) Three's again to left - R, L, R. (23, &, 24) Three's to right, stepping L, R, L. (25-28) - Four slow single crossing steps, moving to center, R, L, R, L. (29)-Step on R to right. (30)-Close L to R. (31)-Step on L to left. (32)-Step on R next to L, shifting wt. to R ft.
33-64	Same as above cts. 1-32, except that on ct. 64, do not shift wt. to R ft. so that fast part which follows can begin on the R. ft.
	FIGURE 3
	TWO HASAPASERVIKOS STEPS
	THREE FAST HASAPIKOS STEPS
1-6	Hasapaservikos step as follows: Ct.1 - Step on R to right. Ct.2 - Step on L behind R. Ct.3 - Step on R to right. Ct.4 - Close L to R. Ct.5 - Step on L. to left. Ct.6 - Close R to L (with no wt on R.)
7-12	Repeat Hasapaservikos step to right (as above 6 cts.)
13-18	Do fast Hasapikos step, cts. 1-6 of Figure I above.
19-30	Two more fast Hasapikos steps.
	TRANSITION
	FOUR SLOW COUNTS
	(Same as previous transition)
	FIGURE 4
	SLOW HASAPIKOS
	(Same as Cts. 33-64 [Figure 2])
	FIGURE 5
	HASAPASERVIKOS AND FAST HASAPIKOS REPETITION
1-12	Do two Hasapaservikos steps as described in Figure 3 (cts. 1-12).
13-64	Do fast Hasapikos steps to end of selection.

From Kentucky Dance Institute Syllabus, 1977, pages 64, 65