BABY STEPS

Choreographed by: Don Deyne
Music: Garth Brooks: We Shall Be Free (100)
Counts: 32
Type: 4 wall line dance - Intermediate

"SLIDE STEP" LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, STEP LEFT, 1/2 TURN RIGHT
1  Slide left foot forward till left instep is even with ball of right foot
  (push alternate knee forward for extra style)
2  Slide right foot forward till right instep is even with ball of left foot
3  Slide left foot forward till left instep is even with ball of right foot
4  Slide right foot forward till right instep is even with ball of left foot
5-6  Step forward left, 1/2 turn right shifting weight to right foot
7&8  Shuffle slightly forward left
 
"PONY" STEP RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, STEP RIGHT, 1/2 TURN LEFT
9  Slide right foot forward till right instep is even with ball of left foot
10  Slide left foot forward till left instep is even with ball of right foot
11  Slide right foot forward till right instep is even with ball of left foot
12  Slide left foot forward till left instep is even with ball of right foot
13-14  Step forward right, 1/2 turn left shifting weight to left foot
15&16  Shuffle slightly forward right
 
STEP LEFT, 1/4 TURN RIGHT, SHUFFLE LEFT/TURN RIGHT, ROCK BACK RIGHT,
RECOVER LEFT, SHUFFLE RIGHT/TURN LEFT
17-18  Step forward left, 1/4 turn right shifting weight to right foot
19&20  Turn 1/2 turn right as you shuffle left
21-22  Rock step back right, recover weight forward left
23&24  Turn 1/2 turn left as you shuffle right
 
ROCK BACK LEFT, RECOVER RIGHT, CROSS LEFT OVER RIGHT, 3/4 TURN RIGHT,
ROCK LEFT OVER RIGHT, RECOVER RIGHT, 1/4 TURN LEFT AND STEP-TOGETHER-TOUCH
25-26  Rock step back left, recover weight forward right
27-28  Touch left across right, unwind 3/4 turn right ending with weight on right foot
29-30  Rock step left across right, recover weight to right foot
31  Face 1/4 turn left and step left & step together right
32  Touch left toe beside right instep
 
Repeat
 
Alternate styling for steps 1-4 and 9-12:
Make it easier: Step left, right, left, right (take "baby steps" instep to ball of opposite foot).
Make it harder: Counting 1&2&3&4, take "baby steps" on # and hitch opposite knee on & counts. Make it even harder: Turn the hitches (from "Make it harder") into scoots: Do the "running man"


Also in the book 'Country Line Dance Collection' by Jorma Leitzinger Jr


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