Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Long Tall Texan

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]
Start dancing on lyrics

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

King Of The Road

King Of The Road
Choreographed by Pedro Machado & Jo Thompson

Description: 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance
Music: King Of The Road by Randy Travis [120 bpm / CD: Simply The Best Linedancing Album]
King Of The Road by Roger Miller [124 bpm / CD: Millenniums Greatest Line Dance Party / CD: Steppin' Country 2]
Start dancing on lyrics

VINE RIGHT, BRUSH, ½ TURN RIGHT, SHUFFLE SIDE, ROCK STEP
1-3 Step right to side, cross left behind right turning ¼ right on left foot, step right forward facing side wall
& Small brush forward with left sole
4 Brush ball of left back, lifting left foot up bending left knee slightly turning another ¼ right to end facing back
Option: As an easier variation for counts &4, you can just brush the ball of left foot forward on count 4 like a regular vine ½ turn with a brush
5&6 Shuffle left to left side
7-8 Rock back on ball of right, replace weight forward to left foot

STEP, LOCK, TURN AND SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK STEP, COASTER STEP
1 Step right to side
2 Cross left tightly behind right popping right knee up, keeping ball of right on floor (left leg should be straight)
3&4 Toward the wall ¼ to your right, chassé forward with right foot
5-6 Rock left forward, replace weight back to right foot
7&8 Coaster step (step back with left, step right together, step forward with left)

4 SLOW CROSS WALKS WITH SNAPS
1-2 Step right across in front of left allowing left foot to swivel naturally, snap with right hand
3-4 Step left across in front of right allowing right foot to swivel naturally, snap with right hand
5-6 Step right across in front of left allowing left foot to swivel naturally, snap with right hand
7-8 Step left across in front of right allowing right foot to swivel naturally, snap with right hand

OUT, OUT, HOLD, KNEE, HOLD, 4 ELVIS KNEES
&1 Step back to right side with right foot, place left foot back to left side so feet are apart
2 Hold
3-4 Turn right knee in like Elvis, hold
5-8 Elvis knees left, right, left, right

REPEAT

If you want to do this dance to Randy Travis' version of "King Of The Road" from the Traveler soundtrack, there is a very irregular break in the normal rhythm at the 2:00 point which puts you badly off beat. This happens after the 7th repetition of the dance and it only happens once. To make it work you can add more Elvis knees for approximately 16"ish" counts(instrumentals with snaps) at this point and then start again from the beginning with his lyrics through the rest of the song. The extra Elvis knees can be slow, fast, or whatever, be creative.
The original version by Roger Miller does not do this and you will do the dance straight through with no problems. With either version you should start the dance with the lyrics so that it phrases out right.

Jo Thompson | EMail: jo.thompson@comcast.net | Website: http://www.jothompson.blogspot.com
Address: Jo Thompson Szymanski, 10950 Bellbrook Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 | Phone: 303-791-5717

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Dizzy

Dizzy
Choreographed by Jo Thompson

Description: 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance
Music: Dizzy by Scooter Lee [124 bpm / CD: By Request / CD: Line Dance Fever 6 / Available on iTunes]
Start dancing on lyrics

ROCK, STEP, COASTER STEP, STEP, TURN ½, STEP, TURN ½
1-2 Rock right forward, recover to left
3&4 Step right back, step left together, step right forward
5-6 Step left forward, turn ½ right (weight to right)
7-8 Step left forward, turn ½ right (weight to right)

CROSS, SIDE, SAILOR SHUFFLE, CROSS, SIDE, SAILOR SHUFFLE
1-2 Cross left over right, step right to side
3&4 Cross left behind right, rock right to side (with ball of right foot), step left slightly forward
5-6 Cross right over left, step left to side
7&8 Cross right behind left, rock left to side (with ball of left foot), step right slightly forward

CROSS, SIDE, BACK SHUFFLE, ROCK BACK, FULL TURN LEFT TURN FORWARD
1-2 Cross left over right, step right to side
3&4 Turn ¼ left and step left back, step right together, step left back
5-6 Rock right back, recover to left
Allow body to turn slightly right to prep for upcoming turn as you rock back
7-8 Turn ½ left and step right back, turn ½ left and step left forward
You will have done one full turn forward

SHUFFLE FORWARD, STEP, TURN ½, SHUFFLE FORWARD, STEP, TURN ½
1&2 Chassé forward right, left, right
3-4 Step left forward, turn ½ right (weight to right)
5&6 Chassé forward left, right, left
7-8 Step right forward, turn ½ left (weight to left)

REPEAT
At the end of the song, you will have 2 extra beats. Stomp right, left in place to finish

Jo Thompson | EMail: jo.thompson@comcast.net | Website: http://www.jothompson.blogspot.com
Address: Jo Thompson Szymanski, 10950 Bellbrook Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 | Phone: 303-791-5717

Stomping The Bug

STOMPING THE BUG

Choreographed by Unknown
Descriptions: 40 count, beginner line dance
Music: Wine, Women and Song by Patty Loveless
Two of a Kind, Working on a Full House by Garth Brooks

HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL
1-2 Tap right heel out, step right beside left
3-4 Tap left heel out, step left beside right
5-6 Tap right heel out, step right beside left
7-8 Tap left heel out, step left beside right

HEEL, TOGETHER, OUT, TOGETHER, HEEL, TOGETHER, OUT, TOGETHER
1-2 Tap right heel out, touch right beside left
3-4 Tap right toe out to the side, step right beside left
5-6 Tap left heel out, touch left beside right
7-8 Tap left toe out to side, step left beside right

STOMP, CIRCLE, STEP, STOMP, CIRCLE, STEP
1 Stomp right foot
2-4 Make a circle with right foot and step right foot beside left
5 Stomp left foot
6-8 Make a circle with left foot and step left foot beside right

HEEL SWIVELS TO THE RIGHT, HEEL SWIVELS TO THE LEFT
1-4 Heel swivels to the right – heel, toe, heel, toe
5-8 Heel swivels to the left – toe, heel, toe, heel

BACK, HEEL OUT, TOGETHER, BRUSH, ¼ TURN, STOMP, CLAP, CLAP
1 Lean back on right
2 Heel out on left
3 Step left next to right
4 Brush right
5 Step right with ¼ turn to the left
6 Stomp left next to right
7-8 Clap, Clap

REPEAT

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Kookaburra Blues

Kookaburra Blues (Beginner/Intermediate)
Choreographed by Jan Wyllie

Description: 32 count, 2 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: Kookaburra Blues by The Bellamy Brothers [120 bpm / CD: Lonely Planet (Deluxe Edition) / Lonely Planet / Available on iTunes]
Start dancing on lyrics

ROCK FORWARD BACK, SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK BACK FORWARD, SHUFFLE FORWARD
1-2-3&4 Rock left forward, recover to right, chassé back left, right, left
5-6-7&8 Rock right back, step left forward, chassé forward right, left, right

ROCK FORWARD BACK, SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK BACK FORWARD, SHUFFLE FORWARD
9-10- Rock left forward, recover to right, chassé back left, right, left
11&12
13-14- Rock right back, step left forward, chassé forward right, left, right
15&16

STEP LEFT TOGETHER, STEP TOUCH, STEP RIGHT TOGETHER, STEP TOUCH
17-18-19- Step left to side, step right together, step left to side, touch right together
20
21-22-23- Step right to side, step left together, step right to side, touch left together
24

ROCK FORWARD BACK, ¼ TRIPLE STEP, STEP PIVOT ¼, STEP FORWARD HOLD
25-26 Rock left forward, recover to right
27&28 Making ¼ turn left triple step on the spot left, right, left
29-30 Step right forward, turn ¼ left (weight to left)
31-32 Step right forward, hold

REPEAT

TAG
At the end of walls 2 and 5
ROCKING CHAIRS
1-2-3-4 Rock left forward, step right back, rock left back, step right forward

Jan Wyllie | EMail: janwyllie@iinet.net.au | Website: http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~janwyllie
Address: 3 Richardson Close, Hervey Bay, 4655 Qld. Aust. | Phone: 07 4124 5534

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Blue Night Cha

Blue Night Cha
Choreographed by Kim Ray

Description: 32 count, 4 wall, beginner line dance
Music: *Blue Night by Michael Learns To Rock 19 Love Ballads / Blue Night
We Were in Love by Toby Keith 35 Biggist Hits
*Start dancing on lyrics

RIGHT ROCK FORWARD/RECOVER, SHUFFLE BACK, LEFT ROCK BACK/RECOVER, SHUFFLE FORWARD
1-2 Rock right forward, recover to left
3&4 Shuffle back stepping right, left right
5-6 Rock left back, recover to right
7&8 Chassé forward stepping left, right left

RIGHT SIDE ROCK/RECOVER, CROSS SHUFFLE, LEFT SIDE ROCK/RECOVER, CROSS SHUFFLE
1-2 Rock right to side, recover to left
3&4 Crossing chassé right, left, right
5-6 Rock left to side, recover to right
7&8 Crossing chassé left, right, left

TURN ¼ LEFT AND STEP BACK, STEP SIDE, TRIPLE TURN ½ LEFT, WALK BACK, COASTER STEP
1-2 Turn ¼ left and step right back, step left to side
3&4 Turn ¼ left and step right to side, turn ¼ left and step left together, step right back (shuffle turn ½ left)
5-6 Step left back, step right back
7&8 Step left back, step right together, step left forward

SIDE RIGHT, TOGETHER, SHUFFLE FORWARD, SIDE LEFT, TOGETHER, COASTER STEP
1-2 Step right to side, step left together
3&4 Chassé forward right, left, right
5-6 Step left to side, step right together
7&8 Step left back, step right together, step left forward

REPEAT

ENDING
For a nice finish you will start final wall facing 3:00. Dance up to counts 3&4 of section 2 then turn ¼ left and step left forward to face front and touch right together

Mike & Betty Weeks
Move Your Body – Dance
POB 9927, Richmond, VA 23228 Betty cell: 804-399-3525
Mike cell: 804-399-2525 Email: mikeandbetty@hotmail.com

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Choreographed by Jo Thompson Szymanski

Description: 32 count, 2 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: Swing Low Sweet Chariot by Scooter Lee [CD: Go To The Rock / Available on iTunes]
Wait for the slow vocal intro, then there will be 8 heavy beats, start on the word "swing"

TRIPLE RIGHT, ROCK BACK, RECOVER, TRIPLE LEFT, ROCK BACK, RECOVER
1&2 Chassé side right, left, right
3-4 Rock back with left foot, replace weight forward to right foot
5&6 Chassé side left, right, left
7-8 Rock right back, recover to left

DIAGONAL, TOUCH, KICK BALL CHANGE, DIAGONAL, TOUCH, KICK BALL CHANGE
1 Step right diagonally forward
2 Touch ball of left foot beside right, keep weight on right foot
The diagonal step on count 1 can be a slightly larger step for emphasis
3&4 Kick left forward, rock back with ball of left, recover weight forward to right foot
5 Step left diagonally forward
6 Touch ball of right foot beside left, keep weight on left foot
The diagonal step on count 5 can be a slightly larger step for emphasis
7&8 Kick right forward, rock back with ball of right, recover weight forward to left foot
During the above 8 counts, keep your body facing forward

FORWARD ROCK, BACK ROCK, TWO ¼ TURNS LEFT
1-2 Rock right forward, recover to left
3-4 Rock right back, recover to left
5-6 Step right forward, turn ¼ left, shift weight to left foot
7-8 Step right forward, turn ¼ left, shift weight to left foot

WALK FORWARD 3 STEPS, KICK AND CLAP, BACK 2, COASTER STEP
1-3 Step right forward, step left forward, step right forward
4 Kick left forward, clap hands and say whooo!
5-6 Step left back, step right back foot
7&8 Step left back, step right together, with left foot, step forward and slightly across in front of right

REPEAT

Jo Thompson Szymanski | EMail: jo.thompson@comcast.net | Website: http://www.jothompson.com
Address: 10950 Bellbrook Circle Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 | Phone: 303-791-5717

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Blue Boy Blues

Blue Boy Blues
Choreographed by Vicki E. Rader

Description: 32 count, 4 wall, line dance
Music: Blue Boy by John Fogerty [120 bpm / Blue Moon Swamp]
If You Want To Touch Her, Ask! by Shania Twain [Come On Over]
Start dancing on lyrics

FORWARD SHUFFLES, REVERSE ROCK-STEPS
1&2 Chassé forward right, left, right
3-4 Rock left back, step right forward
5&6 Chassé forward left, right, left
7-8 Rock right back, step left forward

MODIFIED MONTEREY ¼ TURN, HEEL TWIST, KICK-BALL-CHANGE, WALK, WALK
9-10 Touch right to side, pivot ¼ turn right on left foot, bringing right foot together with left
11-12 Twist both heels to the left, return heels to center
13&14 Right kick ball change
15-16 Step right forward, step left forward

LEFT AND RIGHT WEAVES
17-18 Cross right over left, step left to side
19-20 Cross right behind left, touch left to side
21-22 Cross left over right, step right to side
23-24 Cross left behind right, touch right to side

CROSS-ROCK LEFT, CROSS-ROCK RIGHT, FORWARD COASTER, REVERSE COASTER
25&26 Cross/rock right foot over left and rock weight back onto left foot; return right foot home
27&28 Cross/rock left foot over right and rock weight back onto right foot; return left foot home
29&30 Step right forward and step left foot forward next to right, step right back
31&32 Step left back and step right foot back next to left, step left forward

REPEAT

Vicki E. Rader | EMail: rader_vicki@bah.com
Address: Mechanicsville, MD | Phone: (301) 884-5797

Rockin' Josie Jo

Rockin' Josie-Jo
Choreographed by jg2

Description: 32 count, 4 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: Rock My World by Brooks & Dunn [120 bpm / Greatest Hits / Available on iTunes]
That's My Story by Collin Raye [140 bpm / Extremes / Available on iTunes]
Baby I'm Yours by Steve Wariner [148 bpm / CD: Denim & Diamonds]
I Love You Cause I Want To by Carlene Carter [160 bpm / Hindsight 20/20 / Little Love
Letters / Available on iTunes]
Third Rock From The Sun by Joe Diffie [152 bpm / Third Rock From The Sun / Greatest Hits / Available on iTunes]
or any good Tush Push Song
Start dancing on lyrics

TOE TOUCHES:
1 Touch right toe straight forward
2 Touch right together (toe turned in)
3 Touch right to side
4 Step right together
5 Touch left toe straight forward
6 Touch left together (toe turned in)
7 Touch left to side
8 Cross left behind right

ROCKING TOE STRUTS (TOE-HEEL STRUTS IN PLACE):
9 Step slightly forward on ball of right
10 Slap right heel down (leave foot in place)
11 Rock back on ball of left
12 Slap left heel down (leave foot in place)
13 Rock right forward
14 Rock left back
15 Rock right forward
16 Rock back on left (weight)

HEEL SHUFFLES (QUICK WEIGHT CHANGE AS IN TUSH PUSH):
17 Touch right heel slightly forward of left (weight on left)
& Step right together
18 Touch left heel slightly forward of right (weight on right)
& Cross left behind right
19 Touch right heel slightly forward of left (weight on left)
20 Clap

RIGHT VINE ¼ TURN:
21 Step right to side
22 Cross left behind right
23 Step right to side
24 Brushing left beside right turn ¼ turn right on ball of right

SHOULDER SHIMMIES:
25-26 Stepping down on left to left side, shimmy shoulders
27 Touch right together
28 Clap
29-30 Stepping right to right side, shimmy shoulders
31 Cross left behind right
32 Clap (weight on left)

REPEAT

jg2 | EMail: jg2dancer@earthlink.net | Website: http://www.jg2country.com
Address: jg2 (James & Jean), 104 Hogan Drive, Garner, NC 27529 | Phone: (919) 779-1044