DERRINGER (THE)

Choreographed by: Cathie Burns and Michele Burton
Music: Joe Diffie: Honky Tonk Attitude (104)
Little Texas: God Blessed Texas (132)
Counts: 48
Type: 2 wall line dance - Intermediate

HEEL TOGETHER, BACK TOGETHER, RIGHT TOGETHER, LEFT TOGETHER
1   Touch right heel forward (lean back) and shoot your Derringer with both hands
2   Step right foot beside left
3   Touch left toe back (lean forward)
4   Step left foot beside right
5   Touch right toe to right (bend left leg...lunge position)
6   Step right foot beside left
7   Touch left toe to left (bend right leg...lunge position)
8   Step left foot beside right
 
VINE RIGHT
9-12   Vine right, stomp left foot and clap (wt stays on right foot)
 
HIP ROCKS
13   Step to left and rock hips to left
14   Hip rock again to left
15   Hip rock to right (wt on right foot)
16   Hip rock to left (wt on left foot)
 
PIVOTS AND SHUFFLES
17   Step forward with right foot
18   Pivot 180 to the left (wt ending on left foot)
19&20  Shuffle forward leading with the right foot
21&22  Shuffle forward leading with the left foot
23  Step forward with right foot
24  Pivot 180 to the left (wt ending on left foot)
 
YOU ARE NOW FACING START OF DANCE
 
SCOOTS
25   Step forward with right foot
26   Scoot forward on right foot, left knee raised
27   Step forward on left foot
28   Scoot forward on left foot, right knee raised
29-32  Repeat steps 25-28
 
JAZZ BOX AND TURNS
33   Cross right over left
34   Step back on left foot
35   Step to right with right foot while turning 90 deg. to the right
36   Step left foot beside right
37-40  Repeat steps 33-36
 
YOU ARE NOW FACING REVERSE START OF DANCE
 
FORWARD JUMPS AND BACKWARD JUMPS
&   Step right foot forward to the right
41   Step left foot forward to the left (feet are apart)
42   Clap
&   Step right foot forward to the right
43   Step left foot forward to the left (feet are apart)
44   Clap
&   Step right foot backward to the right
45   Step left foot backward to the left (feet are apart)
46   Clap
&   Step right foot backward to the right
47   Step left foot backward to the left (feet are apart)
48   Clap
 
Repeat


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


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