Bobby Medieros

Back in 1990, Bobby Medieros, Mary French's friend and teacher who died young, taught the Boston Dance Teachers Club some varieties of Latin dance. I just watched two hours on VHS videotape as I copied it to DVD, starting with his Brazilian, Cuban and Dominican actions in Rumba and Cha cha.
Some of his steps relate to Cuban musical styles I've studied. Guajira (pronounced Wah-heara) was a hip/knee sway instead of cha-chas. Pachanga, another knee action, used a sliding foot. Guaracha (Wahracha) showed up as a closely held slow body rhythm. Rumba (Roomba) was originally a style of shoulder shimmy, he said.
Mary French, who he called Mary French throughout, never just Mary, picked up the Guapacha (Wahpacha) and taught it to our classes, though no one seemed to pick up on the rhythm change, essentially a change to straight rhythm instead of quicks and slows.
The fancy combinations with multiple turns would be for an advanced class in American style.
Maybe some day, I'll pull them out.