Picnic Polka

The Picnic Polka
Choreographed by David Paden

Description: 48 count, 4 wall, line/partner dance
Music: Cowboy Sweetheart by LeAnn Rimes [131 bpm / Unchained Melody: The Early Years /
CD: Greatest Hits Of Country Dance / CD: Line Dance Fever 9 / Available on iTunes]
Turbo Polka by Atomik Harmonik [138 bpm / CD: Compilation Dance: ToCo Dance Party,
Vol. 12 / CD: Turbo Polka / Available on iTunes]
Position: When danced as a partner dance, start in SideBySide Position
Start dancing on lyrics

RIGHT TOE/HEEL, CHACHACHA
1 Touch right together (toe turned in)
2 Touch right heel to side
3&4 Triple in place right, left, right

LEFT TOE/HEEL, CHA, CHA, CHA
5 Touch left together (toe turned in)
6 Touch left heel to right instep
7&8 Triple in place stepping left, right, left

SHUFFLE FORWARD AND BACK
1&2 Chassé forward right, left, right
3&4 Chassé forward left, right, left
5&6 Chassé back right, left, right
7&8 Chassé back left, right, left

VINES & STOMPS
1-4 Rolling vine to right, stomp and clap on count 4
5-8 Rolling vine to left, stomp and clap on count 8
When danced as a partner dance, change that to
1-3 MAN: Man vines right
      LADY: Lady rolls left
4    BOTH: Stomp and clap
5-7 MAN: Man vines left
     LADY: Lady rolls right
8 BOTH: Stomp and clap


TWO RIGHT KICK-BALL-CHANGES/TWO ½ TURN PIVOTS LEFT
1&2 Right kick ball change
3&4 Right kick ball change
5-6 ½ turn pivot to left
7-8 ½ turn pivot to left

STOMP, CLAPS
1 Stomp right forward
2-4 Clap hands three times (keep weight on right foot)
When danced as a partner dance, change that to
1 Stomp right foot, turn to face each other
2-4 Clap lady's right hand to man's, clap lady's left hand to man's, clap right hands and hold onto it

SHUFFLES
5&6 Cross left over right and shuffle to right (left, right, left)
7&8 Turn ¼ right and shuffle forward (right, left, right)
1&2 Turn ¼ right and side shuffle to left (left, right, left)
3&4 Turn ¼ right and shuffle backwards (right, left, right)
When danced as a partner dance, change that to
5&6 Lady begins shuffling around man while man shuffles slightly forward
7&8 Lady continues shuffling around man while man shuffles slightly forward
1&2 Lady continues shuffling around man while man shuffles slightly forward
3&4 LADY: Finish shuffling all the way around the man
             MAN: Shuffle slightly forward and turn ¼ left to face LOD
   Now in SideBySide Position again


WALK FORWARD WITH STOMP
5-7 Step left forward, step right forward, step left forward
8 Stomp right together

REPEAT


David Paden | EMail: dfpadenjr@aol.com
Address: P.O. Box 199 Levittown, PA, 19059 | Phone: (215) 9455038