Salsa
Sombrero Doble
The hat, both sides. A sombrero that crosses to the other side and back — the full, flowing version of casino's signature drape.
This move builds: Frame …on the always-on four — Connection, Frame, Comfort, Posture.
- Entry
- open, cross-hand (two-hand), facing
- Exit
- open, L-to-R, facing
- Tempo
- medium
- Musical use
- accent
- Connector
- No
- Level
- Intermediate
- Cluster
- Cuban-Core
- Style
- Cuban
What This Move Is
A doubled sombrero: you drape the joined hands over the head into a sombrero, then use a cross-body lead to move the follow to your other side and perform the sombrero again on that side — tap, go back-to-back, bring her round, drape overhead to her shoulder, and resolve with a cross-body lead. It's the showpiece version of the sombrero, all flow and overhead shapes.
Key Points
- Lead: Lead the first sombrero, then a clean cross-body to switch her side before the second drape — keep the joined hands high and untangled the whole way. The back-to-back moment is a pause, not a stop; keep travelling.
- Follow: Give generous overhead room on both drapes and keep your head level; travel through the cross-body and the back-to-back without anticipating — let each drape be led.
- Timing: First sombrero on one 8-count, cross-body and second sombrero across the next, resolve via cross-body lead.
- Common mistake: Tangling the arms on the switch, or dropping the height so a drape catches the head. Keep everything high and flowing.
Style Notes
Builds directly on Sombrero (SL038) and Medio Sombrero (SL039) — same overhead drape, doubled and travelled across both sides. Enters from the cross-hand hold (SL088). The most "performance" of the sombrero family, but it lives in social casino too when the music opens up.
Chains into
After this, you can flow into…