West Coast Dreamin'

Choreographed by Laura Hannele Pitkänen🇫🇮
Music: West Coast by OneRepublic
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Created: 6/1/2022
Step Sheet
32 Count, 4 Wall
There’s one little TAG to get you smoothly through a 4 count silence in the track.
Start with the heavy beat, approx. 25 sec into the track.
The first verse starts: “I’ve been starin’ up…”, start on the word “up”.

[1-8]: Step Fwd, Step Together, Step Fwd, Rock-Recover, Step Back
1 - 2Step R fwd (1), Hold (2).
& 3 - 4Step L bsd R (&), Step R fwd (3), Hold (4).
5 - 6Rock L fwd (5), Recover R (6).
7 - 8Step L back (7), Hold (8).

[9-16]: Step Back, Step Together, Step Back, Rock-Recover, Step Fwd & Hitch
1 - 2Step R back (1), Hold (2).
& 3 - 4Step L bsd R (&), Step R back (3), Hold (4).
Styling option for counts 1-2 and 3-4: Bodyrolls x2
5 - 6Rock L back (5), Recover R (6).
7 - 8Step L fwd (7), Hitch R (8).
Styling option for the Hitch on count 8: Shoulder Pops x2
&Pop L shoulder fwd as you start the Hitch with RF,
8Pop R shoulder fwd and L shoulder back and hold the Hitch up.

[17-24]: Cross-Point x2, Syncopated Jazz Box with ¼ turn, Step to side
1 - 2Cross R over L (1), Point L to L (2).
3 - 4Cross L over R (3), Point R to R (4).
5 - 6Cross R over L (5), Step L back (6).
& 7 - 8Turn ¼ right stepping R to right (&), Cross L over R (7), Step R to right startin a vine (8).

[25-32]: Syncopated Vine, Unwind ½ Turn with 2 bounces, Hip Bump x2 RL, Hitch
1 - 2Step L bhd R (1), Hold (2).
& 3 - 4Step R to right (&), Cross L over R keeping weight centered (3), Hold (4).
5 - 6,Unwind ¼ to right bouncing both feet (5), repeat count 5 (6) (Weight ends on L). TAG COMES HERE ON WALL 10
7 & 8,Step R to right with a hip bump to right 7), Recover weight to L with a hip bump to left (&), Hitch R (8).

Start again.

TAG: when music faids away [just add 2 sways between unwind ½ turn (5-6) and Hip Bumps & Hitch (7&8)], TAG comes facing 6:00, at the end of wall 10 (and the wall starts facing 9:00)
Slow Sways RL, Hip Bumps RL, Hitch
1 - 2Step R to right with a sway to right,
3 - 4Sway to left,
5 & 6Hip bump to right, hip bump to left, Hitch R.

(The next verse starts with lyrics: “I’ve been dreamin’ ‘bout the west coast”, The beat comes back on the word “west” on count 1.)

OPTIONAL ENDING (counts 7 & 8), instead of Hip Bumps x2 RL & Hitch:
you can step R out to right side (7) and clap twice (& 8) (like the UFO does on the music video).

Have fun!

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