Here Comes The Rain (Itsy)

Here Comes The Rain (Itsy)
Choreographed by Michele Burton & Michael Barr
Description: 48 count, 4 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: Here Comes The Rain Itsy by Genius & Love [CD: Jazz & Swing For Kids / Available on iTunes]
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VINE RIGHT (4 COUNT VINE), TOUCH STEP TOUCH STEP
1-4 Step right to side, cross left behind right, step right to side, step left together
5-8 Touch right foot to right, step right together, touch left foot to left, step left together
Variation: make the touch step into a touch cross, moving forward

HEEL TURN, HEEL TURN, HEEL TURN, HEEL TURN
1-2 Touch right heel forward, turn ¼ left and step right beside left
3-4 Touch left heel forward, turn ¼ right and step left beside right
5-8 Repeat 1-4 (12:00 wall)

(DOWN CAME THE RAIN) LEAN FORWARD 3 HEEL DROPS, VINE LEFT WITH STOMP
1-4 Lean forward onto right, drop right heel 3 times, taking weight to right foot
Hand motion: same as in the nursery rhyme, down came the rain)
5-8 Step left to side, cross right behind left, step left to side, stomp right foot slightly to right (taking weight)

SLAP STEP SLAP SLAP (WITH ¼ TURN LEFT) 4 SHOULDER DROPS
1-2 Slap bottom of left foot with right hand (behind right calf), step left in place
3-4 Slap inside of right foot with left hand (in front of left shin), turning ¼ left, slap outside of right foot with right hand
5-8 Step right to side, lifting right shoulder, alternate shoulder lifts for counts 6-8
During these counts, lean to right. Optional styling: lift left foot off ground with pointed toe on count. 8 (9:00 wall)

CROSS HOLD SIDE HOLD, CROSS HOLD UNWIND ½ HOLD
1-4 Cross left over right, hold, right foot step to right, hold
5-8 Cross left over right, hold , unwind ½ to right, shift weight to right

SLOWJAZZ BOX, TOUCH
1-4 Cross left over right, hold, step right back, hold
5-6 Step left to side, hold
7-8 Touch right together, hold
Intermediate variation for counts 5-8
5-7 Step big step to left, right foot drags toward left (counts 6-7)
&8 Step on ball of right, step left foot in place (3:00 wall)

REPEAT

Michele Burton | EMail: mburtonmb@sbcglobal.net | Website: http://www.michaelandmichele.com
Address: A Waltz In Time Productions, 575 Divisadero, Corning, CA | Phone: (530) 824-6888
Michael Barr | EMail: mbarr@saber.net | Website: http://www.michaelandmichele.com
Address: A Waltz In Time Productions, 575 Divisadero, Corning, CA | Phone: (530) 824-6888

Jailhouse Creole

Jailhouse Creole
Choreographed by Double Trouble
Description: 32 count, 4 wall, beginner line dance
Music: Jailhouse Rock/King Creole by Billy Swan [126 bpm / Like Elvis Used To Do]
Celebrity by Brad Paisley [128 bpm / CD: CDX314 / Mud On The Tires]
Love A Night Like This by LoCash Cowboys [124 bpm / CD: LoCash Cowboys]
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LINDY RIGHT, LINDY LEFT
1&2-3-4 Step right to side, step left together, step right to side, rock left back, recover to right
5&6-7-8 Step left to side, step right together, step left to side, rock right back, recover to left

TOE STRUTS TO RIGHT, ROCK RECOVER, CROSS SHUFFLE
1-4 Touch right to side, drop right heel, cross/touch left toe over right, drop left heel
5-6-7&8 Rock right to side, recover to left, cross right over left, step left to side, cross right over left

TOE STRUTS TO LEFT, ROCK RECOVER, CROSS SHUFFLE
1-4 Touch left to side, drop left heel, cross/touch right toe over left, drop right heel
5-6-7&8 Rock left to side, recover to right, cross left over right, step right to side, cross left over right

ROCK RIGHT FOOT FORWARD, RECOVER, TURN ½ SHUFFLE, LEFT HEEL GRIND TURN ¼, LEFT COASTER
1-2-3&4 Rock right forward, recover to left, shuffle back turning ½ right and step right, left, right
5-6-7&8 Step left heel forward, turn ¼ left and step right back, step left back, step right together, step left forward

REPEAT

Double Trouble | EMail: cathy.montgomery@resolve.com
Address: Cathy Montgomery & Kathy Kazmarek, 90 Crozier St., Grand Valley, ON, Canada L0N 1G0 | Phone: 519-928-5256 or 905-279-3371