Here Comes The Rain (Itsy)
Choreographed by Michele Burton & Michael Barr
Description: 48 count, 4 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: Here Comes The Rain Itsy by Genius & Love [CD: Jazz & Swing For Kids / Available on iTunes]
Start dancing on lyrics
VINE RIGHT (4 COUNT VINE), TOUCH STEP TOUCH STEP
1-4 Step right to side, cross left behind right, step right to side, step left together
5-8 Touch right foot to right, step right together, touch left foot to left, step left together
Variation: make the touch step into a touch cross, moving forward
HEEL TURN, HEEL TURN, HEEL TURN, HEEL TURN
1-2 Touch right heel forward, turn ¼ left and step right beside left
3-4 Touch left heel forward, turn ¼ right and step left beside right
5-8 Repeat 1-4 (12:00 wall)
(DOWN CAME THE RAIN) LEAN FORWARD 3 HEEL DROPS, VINE LEFT WITH STOMP
1-4 Lean forward onto right, drop right heel 3 times, taking weight to right foot
Hand motion: same as in the nursery rhyme, down came the rain)
5-8 Step left to side, cross right behind left, step left to side, stomp right foot slightly to right (taking weight)
SLAP STEP SLAP SLAP (WITH ¼ TURN LEFT) 4 SHOULDER DROPS
1-2 Slap bottom of left foot with right hand (behind right calf), step left in place
3-4 Slap inside of right foot with left hand (in front of left shin), turning ¼ left, slap outside of right foot with right hand
5-8 Step right to side, lifting right shoulder, alternate shoulder lifts for counts 6-8
During these counts, lean to right. Optional styling: lift left foot off ground with pointed toe on count. 8 (9:00 wall)
CROSS HOLD SIDE HOLD, CROSS HOLD UNWIND ½ HOLD
1-4 Cross left over right, hold, right foot step to right, hold
5-8 Cross left over right, hold , unwind ½ to right, shift weight to right
SLOWJAZZ BOX, TOUCH
1-4 Cross left over right, hold, step right back, hold
5-6 Step left to side, hold
7-8 Touch right together, hold
Intermediate variation for counts 5-8
5-7 Step big step to left, right foot drags toward left (counts 6-7)
&8 Step on ball of right, step left foot in place (3:00 wall)
REPEAT
Michele Burton | EMail: mburtonmb@sbcglobal.net | Website: http://www.michaelandmichele.com
Address: A Waltz In Time Productions, 575 Divisadero, Corning, CA | Phone: (530) 824-6888
Michael Barr | EMail: mbarr@saber.net | Website: http://www.michaelandmichele.com
Address: A Waltz In Time Productions, 575 Divisadero, Corning, CA | Phone: (530) 824-6888
