Basic Step - Cha-Cha-Cha

Leads: Step forward with your left foot (1), shift weight to your right foot (2), return left foot next to right (3), step quickly in place left, right (and 4). Step back with right foot (5), shift weight to your left foot (6), return right foot next to left (7), step quickly in place right, left (and 8). Repeat

Follows: Step back with right foot (1), shift weight to your left foot (2), return right foot next to left (3), step quickly in place right, left (and 4). Step forward with your left foot (5), shift weight to your right foot (6), return left foot next to right (7), step quickly in place left, right (and 8). Repeat

The 3 quick steps on 3 & 4 and 7 & 8 are the "cha-cha-cha" part of the dance.