Start the dance with the vocals. |
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This dance is choreographed to the breaks in the song - feel free to add your own style for the breaks! |
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Breaks do not occur on the 7th, 8th, 11th, and 12th repetition - |
replace the hold and hip rolls with shimmies (see below). |
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This dance was awarded 2nd place in new line dance |
choreography competition at the CWDI California Country |
Harvest Dance Festival in Tres Pinos, October 27-29, 1995. |
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RIGHT TOE-HEEL, LEFT TOE-HEEL, RIGHT KICK FRONT, KICK SIDE, HOOK-BALL CHANGE: |
1-2 | | Right toe touch forward; Right heel step down |
3-4 | | Left toe touch forward; Left heel step down |
5-6 | | Right kick front; Right kick to side |
7&8 | | Hook and step right foot behind left; |
| | Step on ball of left foot in place; |
| | Change weight and step to right with right foot |
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LEFT KICK FRONT, KICK SIDE, 1/4 TURN LEFT AND HOOK-BALL-CHANGE |
FORWARD TURNING TOE-HEEL STRUTS: |
1-2 | | Left kick forward; Left kick to side |
3&4 | | Turn 1/4 to left, hook and step left foot behind right; |
| | Step on ball of right foot in place; |
| | Change weight and step to left with left foot |
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(The next 7 counts travel in a line toward the left wall from your original starting wall) |
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5-6 | | Right toe touch forward; Pivot 1/2 turn to right on ball of right foot |
| | and step right heel down |
7-8 | | Left toe touch back; Left heel step down |
| | (you will be facing the right wall, traveling backward) |
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1/2 TURN RIGHT TOE-HEEL STRUT, ROCK-STEP, BACK LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT: |
1-2 | | Turn 1/2 to right and touch right toe forward; Right heel step down |
| | (you will be traveling toward the left wall) |
3-4 | | Rock forward and step on left foot; Rock back onto right foot |
5-8 | | Step back left; Step back right; |
| | Step back left; Step back right |
| | (Touch right on patterns 7,8, 11 & 12) |
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ON BREAKS (PATTERNS 1-6, 9&10): |
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OUT-OUT-HOLD, ROLL HIPS RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT: |
&1-2 | | Left step out to left; Right step out to right; Hold |
3-4 | | Hold; Hold |
5-8 | | Roll hips in a counter-clockwise circle first to right, |
| | then left, then right, then left |
| | (weight transfers to left foot on 8) |
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Optional: |
look right on ct. 3, hold on ct. 4, look left on ct. 5, hold on ct. 6, |
bump hips right on ct. 7, bump hips left on ct. 8 |
- play with the break and add your own style here |
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WITHOUT BREAKS (PATTERNS 7-8, 11-12): |
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SHIMMY RIGHT, SHIMMY LEFT: |
1-4 | | Right step to right; Push hips to right; |
| | Push hips to right; Left touch next to right |
5-8 | | Left step to left; Push hips to left; |
| | Push hips to left; Right touch next to left |
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REPEAT FROM BEGINNING... |