Be a Light! (Born to Shine)
Choreographed by Aisha Phillips🇺🇸 & Colleen Axelrod🇺🇸
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Step Sheet
64 Count, 4 Wall
Introduction: 16 count.
[1-16] (A): SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE, ROCK, RECOVER, SHUFFLE BACK, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE, ROCK BACK, RECOVER, SHUFFLE FORWARD
[17- 32] & [49-64] (B): CROSS ROCK, SHUFFLE, CROSS ROCK, SHUFFLE, PADDLE TURN, JAZZ BOX
[33-48] (C - Chorus): GRAPEVINE, SHUFFLE, HALF PIVOT, HALF PIVOT, SHUFFLE, GRAPEVINE, HALF PIVOT, HALF PIVOT
Sequence: A, B, C, B, (Tag #1), A, B, C, B, A, B, (Restart), A, B, (Tag #2), C, B, B. Finish to the front wall.
*1st Tag: Wall #2/6:00 - two 1/2 pivots (counterclockwise) plus a 1/4 pivot and pause (7-8).
Restart: Wall #3 - 24 counts in (A, B), facing 6:00 (Wall 4), restart Dance instead of Chorus.
Styling: Restart Wall, Thomas Rhett and Reba sing - "slow down" - hands go down as if to slow down." "You get one go around," point left hand in #1 hand sign toward audience, left hand draws in toward chest and then points to straight up to sky when dancer rocks back, and returns to side on shuffle L forward.
**2nd Tag: Wall #4 - End of Part B - last 4 counts, as Reba sings "Slow it down," instead of paddle turns, do a full turn + 1/4 turn counterclockwise with right toe touch over left to face 12:00 and continue dance with Part C/Chorus facing 12:00 (Audience).
Finish: Rhett sings solo, repeat Part B ends facing 6:00 and toe turn 1/2 turn to face 12:00 and raise hands to "Be a Light!"
[1-16] (A): SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE, ROCK, RECOVER, SHUFFLE BACK, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE, ROCK BACK, RECOVER, SHUFFLE FORWARD
1 & 2Shuffle forward right (right, left, right)
3 & 4Shuffle forward left (left, right, left)
5 - 6Rock forward right, step back left
7 & 8Back shuffle right (right, left, right)
1 & 2Turning shuffle back left (left, right, left)
3 & 4Shuffle back right (right, left, right, counterclockwise over left shoulder)
5 - 6Rock back left, step forward right
7 & 8Shuffle left (left, right, left)
[17- 32] & [49-64] (B): CROSS ROCK, SHUFFLE, CROSS ROCK, SHUFFLE, PADDLE TURN, JAZZ BOX
1 - 2Cross rock right over left, recover right
3 & 4Triple to the right (right, left, right)
5 - 6Cross left over right, recover left
7 & 8Triple to the left (left, right, left)
1,2,3,4Two 1/8 paddle turns left to new wall (weight left, slight turn left using right foot to paddle twice)
5,6,7,8Jazz box (cross R over L, step L slightly left and back, step R to side, step L next to right, L takes weight)
[33-48] (C - Chorus): GRAPEVINE, SHUFFLE, HALF PIVOT, HALF PIVOT, SHUFFLE, GRAPEVINE, HALF PIVOT, HALF PIVOT
1 - 2Grapevine right (right to side, left to right behind right)
3 & 4Shuffle right (right, left, right), shoulder turned facing right-hand wall.
5, 6Two Half Turn Pivots to the right (R weight, Left pivots around right x 2), immediately into count 7 & 8
7 & 8Shuffle left (left, right left)
1,2,3,4Grapevine left (place weight on left, right in front of left, left to side, right behind left, left step)
5,6,7,8Two slow 1/2 pivots to the left, keep weight left (right pivots around left).
Sequence: A, B, C, B, (Tag #1), A, B, C, B, A, B, (Restart), A, B, (Tag #2), C, B, B. Finish to the front wall.
*1st Tag: Wall #2/6:00 - two 1/2 pivots (counterclockwise) plus a 1/4 pivot and pause (7-8).
Restart: Wall #3 - 24 counts in (A, B), facing 6:00 (Wall 4), restart Dance instead of Chorus.
Styling: Restart Wall, Thomas Rhett and Reba sing - "slow down" - hands go down as if to slow down." "You get one go around," point left hand in #1 hand sign toward audience, left hand draws in toward chest and then points to straight up to sky when dancer rocks back, and returns to side on shuffle L forward.
**2nd Tag: Wall #4 - End of Part B - last 4 counts, as Reba sings "Slow it down," instead of paddle turns, do a full turn + 1/4 turn counterclockwise with right toe touch over left to face 12:00 and continue dance with Part C/Chorus facing 12:00 (Audience).
Finish: Rhett sings solo, repeat Part B ends facing 6:00 and toe turn 1/2 turn to face 12:00 and raise hands to "Be a Light!"
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