| Date sent: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 13:26:27 -0400 (EDT) |
| From: Erin Donnelly |
| Subject: West Coast Shuffle Line Dance |
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| WEST COAST SHUFFLE Line Dance |
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| NAME: WEST COAST SHUFFLE Line Dance |
| DESCRIPTION: 4 Wall Line Dance |
| LEVEL: Advanced Beginner |
| COUNTS: 32 |
| CHOREOGRAPHER: Unknown |
| (Moderator: this dance was taught by the choreographer on Jo |
| Thomson's Dance Line. Anybody recall his name?) |
| MUSIC: Fish Ain't Bitin' = David Lee Murphy |
| | I Feel Lucky = Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| | If I Ain't Got You = Marty Stuart |
| | She's Got the Rhythum and I Got the Blues = Alan Jackson |
| | Take it Back = Reba McEntire |
| | The City Put the Country Back in me = Neal McCoy |
| | Two Timin' Two Stepper = Conway Twitty |
| | Wink = Neal McCoy |
| | Any West Coast Swing Music. |
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| COUNTS / STEP DESCRIPTIONS |
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| WALK FORWARD, KICK FORWARD, WALK BACK, KICK-BALL-CHANGE: |
| (basic west coast swing step) |
| 1-2 Right step forward. Left step forward. |
| 3-4 Right kick forward. Right step back. |
| 5&6 Left step back. Step Right to Right side. |
| Cross Left in front of Right. |
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| WALK FORWARD, KICK FORWARD, WALK BACK, KICK-BALL-CHANGE: |
| 7-8 Right step forward. Left step forward. |
| 9-10 Right kick forward. Right step back. |
| 11&12 Left step back. Step Right to Right side. |
| Cross Left in front of Right. |
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| CROSS SWIVEL STEPS (4 Times): |
| (A.K.A. Prissy Walk or Toe Points) |
| (Moderator: I believe the choreographer called these 'prance' steps.) |
| 13 Cross Right over Left, pointing Right toe to Left (pigeon toe). |
| 14 Cross Left over Right, pointing Left toe to Right (pigeon toe). |
| 15 Cross Right over Left, pointing Right toe to Left (pigeon toe). |
| 16 Cross Left over Right, pointing Left toe to Right (pigeon toe). |
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| SIDE STEPS & KICKS: |
| 17-18 With weight on Left, touch Right Foot out to right side |
| & hold for a beat. |
| 19-20 Return Right beside Left, & shifting weight to Right, |
| Touch Left Foot out to Left side & hold for a beat. |
| 21 Return Left Foot beside Right, & shifting weight to Left, |
| Touch Right Foot out to Right side. |
| 22 Return Right beside Left, & shifting weight to Right, |
| Touch Left Foot out to Left side. |
| 23 Return Left beside Right, & shifting weight to Left, |
| Kick Right Foot forward. |
| 24 Kick Right forward. |
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| BACKWARDS PIVOT TURNS & HEEL SWIVELS: |
| 25-26 Step Right Foot in back & to the Left of the Left foot |
| & pivot 1/2 turn right. |
| 27-28 Step Right Foot in back & to the Left of the Left foot |
| & pivot 1/4 turn right. |
| 29-31 Swivel both Heels right, both Toes right, both Heels right. |
| 32 Stomp Left Foot and shift weight onto Left. |
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| BEGIN AGAIN. |
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| VARIATION FOR COUNTS 29-32: |
| 29-31 Large step Right Foot to right and |
| slowly slide Left Foot right next to Right for 3 counts, |
| 32 Stomp Left Foot. |
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| (MODERATOR NOTE: The choreographer on Dance Line did the following: |
| 29 Large step Right Foot to right. |
| 30-31 Slowly slide Left Foot right |
| while alternately quickly moving right toe right then |
| moving right heel right (2-4 times per beat). |
| 32 Stomp Left Foot and shift weight onto Left. |
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| Erin P. Donnelly |
| USGS Library-Cartographic Information Center |
| edonnell@igsrglib01.er.usgs.gov |
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