Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Barefoot And Crazy

Barefoot And Crazy
Choreographed by Earleen Florka

Description: 32 count, 4 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: Barefoot And Crazy (New Single Remix) by Jack Ingram
Barefoot And Crazy (Radio Version) by Jack Ingram
Start on vocal

CROSS WALKS, TOUCH RIGHT, HOLD, TOUCH LEFT & RIGHT, TURN ¼ RIGHT, KICK RIGHT
1-2 Cross right over left, cross left over right
3-4 Touch right to side, hold
&5&6 Step right together, touch left to side, step left together, touch right to side
7-8 Turn ¼ right, kick right forward (low) (3:00)
Beginners can do a touch instead of a kick

STEP RIGHT, TOUCH LEFT/REPEAT TO LEFT, HEEL TOUCHES LEFT/RIGHT, BIG LEFT STEP
FORWARD, TOUCH RIGHT

9-10 Step right to side, touch left forward
11-12 Step left to side, touch right forward
&13&14 Step right together, touch left heel forward, step left together, touch left heel forward
&15-16 Step right together, big step left forward drag/touch right together (3:00)

STEP RIGHT, CROSS LEFT BEHIND RIGHT, STEP TURN ¼ RIGHT, STEP OUT LEFT, STEP RIGHT
TOUCH LEFT WITH SHAKE, REPEAT TO LEFT

17-18 Step right to side, cross left behind right
19-20 Turn ¼ right and step right forward, step left to side
21-24 Step right to side, touch left together, step left to side, touch right together (6:00)
On counts 21-24, you are shaking your shoulders/hips on a slight angle leaning slightly down to right & to left

¼ RIGHT TURN JAZZ BOX, ROLL KNEE RIGHT/LEFT, FUNKY FEET HEEL TWIST25-28 Cross right over left, step left back, turn ¼ right and step right to side, step left together
29-30 Step right to side (roll right knee out/down), step left to side (roll left knee out/down)
You should be even weight & pigeon toe position, on ball of toes to get ready for 31&32
31&32 Twist heels in, out, in (weight to left) (9:00)

REPEAT
Earleen Florka | EMail: eflorka@att.net

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Hold Your Horses

Hold Your Horses
Choreographed by A.T. Kinson & Tom Mickers

Description: 64 count, 4 wall, intermediate/advanced line dance
Music: Hold Your Horses by E-Type [140 bpm / CD: The Ultimate In Dance (Superstar Productions)]
Start dancing on lyrics

KICK BALL STEP, ¼ TURN, SKATER STEP FOUR TIMES
1&2 Kick right to side, step right in place, step left forward
3-4 Step right forward, turn ¼ left and step left
5-6 Skate right, skate left (traveling forward)
7-8 Skate right, skate left (traveling forward)

STEP TOUCH, STEP TOUCH, TROT STEP BACKWARDS
1-2 Step right to side, touch left back
Raise your hands high and stretch you body nice and tall during count 1. Drop your hands to your side and click your fingers while bringing your body back down on count 2. The lower you get, the farther you can cross that foot behind.
3-4 Step left to side, touch right back
Raise your hands high and stretch you body nice and tall during count 3. Drop your hands to your side and click your fingers while bringing your body back down on count 4. The lower you get, the farther you can cross that foot behind.
&5&6 Gallop back right, left, right, left (feet shoulder width apart)
&7&8 Repeat &5&6
Counts &5&6&7&8 are the "Spank The Horsey" part. As you gallop backwards, get up on the balls of your feet and make your legs as bowlegged as possible. Roll those hips as you move backward. Place your left fist forward, knuckles up, as if holding the reins of your horse. On each count, slap the air below your left arm with your right hand, as if slapping the side of your horse. Slapping your horse makes it gallop backwards?

GRAPEVINE RIGHT, GRAPEVINE LEFT
1 Step right to side (right arm across chest, forearm parallel to floor, as palm of left hand pushes right fist to the right)
2 Step left behind right (left arm across chest, forearm parallel to floor, as palm of right hand pushes left fist to the left)
3 Step right to side (both hands touch shoulders and snap your fingers)
4 Touch left next to right (bring both arms straight down and snap your fingers)
5 Step left to side (left arm across chest, forearm parallel to floor, as palm of right hand pushes left fist to the left)
6 Step right behind left (right arm across chest, forearm parallel to floor, as palm of left hand pushes right fist to the right)
7 Step left to side (both hands touch shoulders and snap your fingers)
8 Touch right next to left (bring both arms straight down and snap your fingers)

KNEE KNOCKS
1-4 With feet together knock knees in and out starting with knees knocking in (lean body to the right as you stretch your left arm forward and circle from the center to the left side)
5-8 Repeat for 1-4 (lean body to the left as you stretch your right arm forward and circle from the center to the right side)

STEP, KICK, CROSS, BACK, POINT, AND HEEL, AND TOUCH TURN
1-2 Step left forward, kick right down towards floor
3-4 Cross right over left, step left back
5&6 Touch right to side, step right together, left heel forward
&7-8 Step left together, touch right toe back, turn ½ to the right and transfer weight to right foot

STEP SCUFF, STEP, STOMP, SWIVEL AND SWIVEL, STEP BACK, TOGETHER
1-2 Step left forward, scuff right forward
3-4 Step down on right foot, stomp left foot in front of right
&5&6 Swivel heels left, center, left, center
7-8 Step left back, step right together

ALL THOSE STEPS AGAIN
1-16 Repeat those last 16 counts, except end with a touch instead of a step so your right foot is free to start the dance again.

REPEAT

TAG
Start the dance 32 counts after the drum kicks in. Then do the tag at the end of walls 2 and 4
GRAPEVINE RIGHT, GRAPEVINE LEFT WITH ¼ TURN
1-2 Step right to side, cross left behind right
3-4 Step right to side, touch left together
5-6 Step left to side, cross right behind left
7-8 Step left to side with ¼ turn left, touch right together

PADDLE TURN
&1 Turn ¼ left, point the right toe to the right side
&2 Turn ¼ left, point the right toe to the right side
&3 Turn ¼ left, point the right toe to the right side
4 Step right together
Some folks leave out the ¼ turn in the second grapevine and add it back in here on count 4. Realistically, it doesn't matter even a tiny bit where you put it.
&5 Turn ¼ right, point the left toe to the left side
&6 Turn ¼ right, point the left toe to the left side
&7 Turn ¼ right, point the left toe to the left side
8 Turn ¼ right and step the left foot forward
During the entire tag, you are rolling your fists around each other in front of your body. You could roll forward on the vine right, and backward on the vine left. You can roll them one revolution per count, or for a more exciting look, try two revolutions per count.
You can also try to turn all of those ¼ paddle turns into ½ turns so that you do two full turns to the left and then two full turns to the right. Rolling your arms while turning your body tests the laws of physics so it may not be as easy as it sounds. And rolling at double speed while spinning at double speed is downright frightening!


STARTING WALL
According to the Fédération d'Association de Kinetic Exactitude (F.A.K.E.), the official starting direction for this dance is 35 degrees East of Magnetic North. However, the committee has agreed that, under certain conditions, it is acceptable to begin the dance facing the 3:00 wall (¼ turn to the right of your normal starting wall). The ¼ turn on count 4 then brings you to the front wall. It is also acceptable to begin the dance facing the 12:00 wall (a.k.a. the "Front" wall), though doing so on a dance floor where everyone else is starting elsewhere could lead to laughter, so that is highly contra-indicated.
Truthfully, you will find that some dancers start at 12:00, and some start at 3:00. Somewhere, probably, there is someone starting 35 degrees East of Magnetic North. As long as the dancers can agree on a common start direction during the lengthy intro to the song, nobody really cares at all which way this dance begins. It's a FOUR WALL dance. It faces ALL

DIRECTIONS!
If you are having trouble coming to an agreement with your neighboring dancers during the intro, please return to your
chair, collect your belongings, access the egress, employ cartage to your abode, consume a Valium, apply a cool
compress to your ocular region, and assume a horizontal position in a darkened sanctum. Your angst level is WAAAY
too high.


A.T. Kinson | EMail: shaun49@verizon.net
Address: 135 6th Ave. N. Apt 3, St.Petersburg, FL 33701 | Phone: 727-393-7060

Where I From

Where I From
Choreographed by Charlotte Williams

Description: 32 count, 4 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: Where I Come From by Alan Jackson [124 bpm / When Somebody Loves You / Available on iTunes]
Start dancing on lyrics

RIGHT VINE WITH LEFT HEEL; LEFT VINE WITH RIGHT HEEL
1-4 Step right to side, cross left behind right, step right to side, tap left heel forward at left angle
7-8 Step left to side, cross right behind left, step left to side, tap right heel forward at right angle

WALK FORWARD WITH LEFT KICK; WALK BACK WITH RIGHT STOMP UP
1-4 Walk forward: right, left, right, kick left forward
5-8 Walk back: left, right, left, stomp (up) right next to left (weight is on left)

STEP STOMP; STEP STOMP; RIGHT AND LEFT TRIPLE
1-2 Step right to side, stomp (up) left next to right
3-4 Step left to side, stomp (up) right next to left
5&6 Right triple in place (right, left, right -- angling to right)
7&8 Left triple in place (left, right, left -- angling to left)

STEP, SCUFF FOUR TIMES MAKING A THREE-FOURTHS (¾) CIRCLE TO LEFT
1-2 Step right forward, scuff left turning one-fourth (¼) to left
3-4 Step left forward, scuff right turning one-fourth (¼) to left
5-6 Step right forward, scuff left turning one-fourth (¼) to left
7-8 Step left forward, scuff right next to left

REPEAT

TAG
At beginning of 3rd wall (first time you face 6:00); the 5th wall (the first time you return to 12:00), and the 9th wall
(second time you face the front)

1-2 Bump hips right
3-4 Bump hips left
5-8 Slow body roll forward and back

Charlotte Williams | EMail: cmwill1024@aol.com
Address: 285 Warton St., Jacksonville, FL 32220 | Phone: (904) 781-4194 or (904) 398-2090

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Scrap It

Scrap It!
Choreographed by Kathy K.
Description: 48 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance
Music: Scrap Piece Of Paper by Paul Brandt [120 bpm / That's The Truth / CD: Step In Line Once
More]
Play Something Country by Brooks & Dunn [115 bpm / Hillbilly Deluxe / Available on
iTunes]
Funky Cold Medina by Ton Loc [120 bpm / Hip Hop Back In The Day]
1st place winner at 2000 Canadian Country Classic Event
1st place winner at 2000 Little Bit Of Texas Dance Fest
4th place winner at UCWDC World 2001 Country Western Dance Championship

WALK, WALK, TAP, STEP, ½ TURN TRIPLE STEP, KICK BALL-CHANGE
1-4 Walk forward right, left, tap right toe behind left foot, step back onto right foot
5&6 Triple step (left, right, left) while making ½ turn to left
7&8 Kick right forward, step quickly onto ball of right foot and change weight to left foot

WALK, WALK, TAP, STEP, ½ TURN TRIPLE STEP, KICK BALL-CHANGE
9-12 Walk forward right, left, tap right toe behind left foot, step back onto right foot
13&14 Triple step (left, right, left) while making ½ turn to left
15&16 Kick right foot forward, step quickly onto ball of right foot and change weight to left foot

TOE STRUT, CROSS TOE STRUT, ROCK STEP, COASTER STEP
17-18 Step to right with right toe, flap right heel down
19-20 Cross left toe in front of right foot, flap left heel down
21-22 Rock forward at an angle on right foot, step in place on left foot
23&24 Step back on right foot, step together with left foot, step forward onto right foot

TOE STRUT, CROSS TOE STRUT, ROCK STEP, COASTER STEP
25-26 Step to left with left toe, flap left heel down
27-28 Cross right toe in front of left foot, flap right heel down
29-30 Rock forward at an angle on left foot, step in place on right foot
31&32 Step back on left foot, quickly step together with right foot, step forward onto left foot

LINDY RIGHT, ROCK STEP
33&34 Shuffle to right, (right, left, right)
35-36 Rock back on left foot, step in place on right foot

VINE LEFT, ¼ TURN LEFT, HITCH RIGHT KNEE
37-38 Step to left on left foot, cross behind with right foot
39-40 Step on to left foot making ¼ turn to left. Hitch right knee

BUMPS AND GRINDS
41&42 Step down onto right foot while double bumping right hip
43&44 Double bump left hip
45-48 Rotate hips counter to the right for 4 beats

Repeat

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Kathy K. | EMail: dancewithkathyk@hotmail.com
Address: Kathy Kaczmarek | Phone: (905) 279-3371

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

S.B.S. (Shuffle Boogie Soul)

S.B.S. (Shuffle Boogie Soul)
Choreographed by Ira Weisburd

Description: 48 count, 4 wall, beginner line dance
Music: Honky Tonk by Preston Shannon [CD: Midnight in Memphis / Available on iTunes]
This choreography is a minor variation of my other dance, Shuffle Boogie, a 1-wall dance I wrote to "T-Bone Shuffle" by Boz Scaggs, which works well for this dance, too.

LINDY RIGHT, LINDY LEFT
1&2 Chassé side right, left, right
3-4 Rock left back, recover to right
5&6 Chassé side left, right, left
7-8 Rock right back, recover to left

RIGHT TRIPLE STEP FORWARD, LEFT TRIPLE STEP FORWARD ROCK (FORWARD, BACK, FORWARD, BACK)
1&2 Chassé forward right, left, right
3&4 Chassé forward left, right, left
5-6 Rock right forward, recover to left
7-8 Rock right forward, recover to left

RIGHT TRIPLE STEP BACK, LEFT TRIPLE STEP BACK ROCK (BACK, FORWARD, BACK, FORWARD)
1&2 Chassé back right, left, right
3&4 Chassé back left, right, left
5-6 Rock right back, recover to left
7-8 Rock right back, recover to left

RIGHT TRIPLE STEP FORWARD, ½ PIVOT TURN RIGHT, LEFT TRIPLE STEP FORWARD, ½ PIVOT TURN LEFT
1&2 Chassé forward right, left, right
3-4 Step left forward, turn ½ right (weight to right) (6:00)
5&6 Chassé forward left, right, left
7-8 Step right forward, turn ½ left (weight to left) (12:00)

STEP TO RIGHT, CLAP, STEP TO LEFT, CLAP STEP TO RIGHT, CLAP, STEP TO LEFT, CLAP
1-4 Step right to side, clap, step left to side, clap
5-8 Step right to side, clap, step left to side, clap

TEMPTATIONS TO RIGHT, TEMPTATIONS WITH TURN ¼ LEFT
1-2 Rock right diagonally forward, recover to left
3-4 Step right diagonally forward, clap
5-6 Rock left diagonally forward, recover to right
7-8 Turn ¼ left and step left forward, clap

REPEAT
Ira Weisburd | EMail: dancewithira@comcast.net | Website: http://www.copavisionmagazine.com
Phone: 561-901-1200

Thunderfoot

Thunderfoot
Choreographed by Georgeanne Valis

Description: 36 count, beginner line dance
Music: If Bubba Can Dance by Shenandoah;
Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox by Joe Diffie
Who Says You Can't Go Home by Bon Jovi Jennifer Nettles
Start dancing on lyrics

RIGHT AND LEFT HEEL HOOKS
1 Touch right heel out
2 Cross right over left leg
3 Touch right heel out
4 Step right foot back together
5 Touch left heel out
6 Cross left over right leg
7 Touch left heel out
8 Step left foot back together

SIDE, TOGETHER, SIDE, STOMP (TWICE)
9 Step right to side
10 Step left together
11 Step right to side
12 Step left together with a stomp
13 Step left to side
14 Step right together
15 Step left to side
16 Step right together with a stomp

SIDE, STOMP, SIDE, STOMP, SWIVEL, SWIVEL, KICK, KICK
17 Step right to side
18 Bring left together with a stomp
19 Step left to side
20 Bring right together with a stomp
21 Swivel heels ¼ turn to left (body facing right from where you started)
22 Swivel heels ½ turn to right (body now turned left from where you started)
23 Shake right foot in air
24 Shake right foot in air

WALK BACK, CHUG, FORWARD, CHUG, STEP, TOGETHER
25 Step right back
26 Step left back
27 Step right back
28 Chug with left foot
29 Step left forward
30 Chug with right foot
31 Step right forward
32 Step left together

HEEL SWIVELS
33 Swivel heels left
34 Swivel heels together
35 Swivel heels right
36 Swivel heels together

REPEAT
Georgeanne Valis | EMail: gvalis@eclipse.net
Address: Hillsborough, NJ | Phone: 908-369-7611