Long Tall Texan
Choreographed by Jo Ann Hilbish
Description: 48 count, 2 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: Long Tall Texan by Beach Boys & Doug Supernaw [196 bpm / Stars And Stripes Vol. 1]
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CROSS & CROSS & CROSS & CROSS, STEP LEFT, 3-STEP TURN RIGHT
1 Step right across front (keep toe pointing forward) (counts &2 &3 &4 travel left)
& Step left toe behind right
2 Step right across front, moving slightly left of previous position
& Step left toe behind right
3 Step right across front, moving slightly left of previous position
& Step left toe behind right
4 Step right across front, moving slightly left of previous position
5 Step left to side (with a slight lunge)
6-8 3-step turn right (right left right), turning a full turn right
9-16 Reverse counts 1-8 (crosses travel right this time)
SAILOR SHUFFLE (2), OUT-OUT, KNEE POPS (3)
17&18 Sailor shuffle right
19&20 Sailor shuffle left
&21 Step feet apart right left (place thumbs behind belt buckle)
22-24 Drop heels in place ("knee pops") 3 times
SHUFFLE (4) (CIRCLING RIGHT)
25-32 Shuffle 4 times, beginning right left right, making a full circle to the right
GIDDY-UP'S (FORWARD, THEN BACK)
When moving forward, counts 33-35, reach right arm high and lasso...
33& Step right to right diagonal, slide left behind right
34& Step right to right diagonal, slide left behind right
35-36 Step right to right diagonal, touch left next to right/& clap
When moving back, counts 37-39, reach left arm high and lasso...
37& Step left to back diagonal, slide right to front of left
38& Step left to back diagonal, slide right to front of left
39-40 Step left to back diagonal, touch right next to left & clap
HEEL BALL-CHANGE (4 TIMES, TURNING LEFT)
41 Heel right forward
&42 Step right toe slightly back, step left in place (a "ball change")
43-48 Repeat 41&42 three times (making a ½ turn left)
REPEAT
Jo Ann Hilbish | EMail: ja.hilbish@verizon.net
