Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Gypsy Rose



Gypsy Rose
Choreographed by Lorraine Kurtela

Description: 64 count, 4 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose by Tony Orlando & Dawn
[168 bpm]
Start dancing on lyrics

CHARLESTON
1-4 Touch right forward, hold, step right back, hold
5-8 Touch left back, hold, step left forward, hold

TOE TOUCHES WITH FINGERS FLASHING
1-4 Touch right to side, hold, touch right to side, hold
5-8 Touch right to side, hold, touch right to side, hold
Arm styling: flash fingers from both hands to the right diagonal at waist level

COASTER STEP, ¼ TURN
1-4 Step right back, step left together, step right forward, hold
5-8 Step left forward, turn ¼ right (weight to right), cross left over right, hold (3:00)
Tag occurs here on 3rd rotation

WEAVE, DRAG STEP
1-4 Step right to side, cross left behind right, step right to side, cross left over right
5-8 Big step right to side, drag/step right together, step left together, hold

JAZZ BOX ¼ TURN
1-4 Cross right over left, hold, step left back, hold
5-8 Turn ¼ right and step right to side, hold, step left slightly forward, hold (6:00)

JAZZ BOX ¼ TURN
1-4 Cross right over left, hold, step left back, hold
5-8 Turn ¼ right and step right to side, hold, step left slightly forward, hold (9:00)

TOUCH RIGHT HOLD, TOGETHER HOLD, TOUCH LEFT HOLD, TOGETHER HOLD
1-4 Touch right to side, hold, step right together (or slightly forward), hold
5-8 Touch left to side, hold, step left together (or slightly forward), hold

MAMBO, COASTER
1-4 Rock right forward, recover to left, step right slightly back, hold
5-8 Step left back, step right together, step left forward, hold

REPEAT

TAG
After 24 counts of wall 3 (9:00)
1-4 Lunge right slightly side (assume the umpire's "safe" signal), hold, hold, hold
5-8 Recover to left over 4 counts (pulsing knees to the beat for 4 counts)
Optional styling: 4 small alternating shoulders as weight is shifted to left
1-8 Sway right, hold, sway left, hold, sway right, hold, sway left, hold

Restart dance from beginning

Lorraine Kurtela | EMail: mgoose4@pacbell.net
Phone: (650) 3665156
or (650) 366 8405 (fax)

All My X's


All My X's
Choreographed by Sherry Palencia

Description: 32 count, 4 wall, beginner two step line dance
Music: All My Ex's Live In Texas by George Strait [136 bpm / The Best Of George Strait, The
Millennium Collection ]

Start dancing on lyrics

1 Step right side
2 Touch left together
3 Step left side
4 Touch right together
5-8 Vine right (step right, cross left behind right, step right, touch left next to right)

1 Step left side
2 Touch right together
3 Step right side
4 Touch left together
5-8 Vine left (step left, step right behind left foot, step left, brush right foot next to left foot)

1 Step right forward
2 Step left forward
3 Step right forward
4 Brush left foot
5 Step left forward
6 Step right forward
7 Step left forward
8 Brush right foot

1 Step right forward
2 Step left forward
3 Step right forward
4 Brush left foot while turning ¼ turn to the right (still on right foot)
5 Rock left forward
6 Rock right back
7 Rock left forward
8 Touch right together

REPEAT

Sherry Palencia | EMail: s2step@aol.com | Website: http://www.dancewithsherry.com
Address: 76 Greenwood Drive, No. Babylon, N.Y. 11703 | Phone: (631) 2420686