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Intermediate

A Thousand Tears

Choreographed by Gary Lafferty🇬🇧
Music: This Side of Heaven by The Swon Brothers
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Created: 9/1/2018
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32 Count, 4 Wall
9/26/2025
Music Info: 16-count intro … the song is track 11 on their self-titled album
Note that the Swon Brothers video on YouTube is only an acoustic version & doesn’t have much beat behind it nor does it have Carrie Underwood on backing vocals & therefore I would recommend you do NOT use that (although the phrasing is the same)
 
ROCK FORWARD, RECOVER, BALL ¼ TURN, STEP FORWARD; STEP, ¾ STEP, ‘BEHIND SIDE CROSS’, ¼ HITCH
1-2
Rock forward on Right foot, recover weight onto Left foot
&3
Turn ¼ Right stepping forward on Right foot, step forward on Left foot
4&5
Step forward on Right foot, pivot ¾ turn to Left, step to Right on Right foot
6&7
Cross-step Left foot behind Right, step to Right on Right foot, cross-step Left foot over Right
8
Turn ¼ Left on Left foot, sweeping Right foot around into a slight (smooth) hitch
WALL 4 – Wall 4 starts facing 3 o’clock, you will dance 8 counts & then Restart facing the back 6 o’clock wall
 
WALK RIGHT, LEFT, TRIPLE ANCHOR STEP; FULL TURN STRAIGHT BACK, ¼ SAILOR with CROSS
1-2
Step forward on Right foot, step forward on Left foot
3&4
Step on Right foot in place, step on Left foot in place, step slightly back on Right foot (opening body ready for turn)
5-6
Turn ½ Left stepping forward onto Left foot, turn ½ Left stepping back onto Right foot
7&8
Turn ¼ Left stepping Left foot behind Right, step to Right on Right foot, cross-step Left foot over Right
WALL 7 – Wall 7 starts facing 12 o’clock, you will dance 16 counts, add the 4-count Tag (still facing 12 o’clock) & then Restart
 
STEP RIGHT, LEFT BASIC NIGHTCLUB; ‘BEHIND-SIDE-CROSS ROCK’, RECOVER, BALL CROSS, SWEEP
1
Step to Right on Right foot
2&3
Rock back on Left foot behind Right, recover weight onto Right foot, step to Left on Left foot
4&5
Cross-step Right foot behind Left, step to Left on Left foot, cross-rock Right foot over Left
6&7
Recover weight onto Left foot, step to Right on Right foot, cross-step Left foot over Right
8
Sweep Right foot around from back to front
 
WEAVE ‘FRONT, SIDE, BEHIND’; WEAVE ‘BEHIND, ¼ TURN, STEP FORWARD’
1&2
Cross-step Right foot over Left, step to Left on Left foot, cross-step Right foot behind Left
3&4
Cross-step Left foot behind Right, turn ¼ Right stepping forward onto Right foot, step forward on Left foot
TOUCH FORWARD, HIP BUMPS; ½ TURN HIP BUMPS
5&6
Touch Right foot forward bumping Right hip forward, bump Left hip back, bump Right hip forward (taking weight)
&
Turn ½ Left in place keeping weight back on Right foot (left foot will be touched forward already as you do this)
7&8
Bump Left hip forward, bump Right hip back, bump Left hip forward (taking weight)
NOTE These hips bumps are smooth & gentle, not sharp
 
START AGAIN
 
TAG – 4 SWAYS
1-4
Step to Right swaying hips to Right, sway hips to Left, sway hips to Right, sway hips to Left
 
The Tag is inserted after 16 counts on wall 7 – you will be facing the front 12 o’clock wall – then Restart the dance from count 1
 
OPTIONAL FINISH –change count 14 into a ¼ turn stepping back onto Right foot (instead of ½ turn) … this will have you facing the front 12 o’clock wall, then do 15&16 (¼ sailor cross)
 
T: 0797 999 4037 | E: gary@garylafferty.co.uk | W : www.garylafferty.co.uk