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Mack the Knife

Choreographed by S.M. Fulton🇺🇸
Music: Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin
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Also: Going Back to Louisiana by Delbert McClinton
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Created: 4/1/2025
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32 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
Mack the Knife intro: 16 counts, on lyrics
Going Back to Louisiana intro: About 36 seconds into the track after the initial lyrics, the big pause with audience noise, and 16 counts from the "Going back to Louisiana..."
 
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Section 1: Toe-strut, cross toe-strut, scissors
1 2
R toe-strut: R toe touch to right side (1), drop R heel shifting wt to R (2)
3 4
L cross toe-strut: L toe touch in front of R (3), drop L heel shifting wt to L (4)
5 6 7 8
Scissors step: Step R to side (5), close L next to R (6), cross R in front of L (7), hold (8)
 
Section 2: Half a rumba box, quarter-turn-cross
1 2 3 4
Half a rumba box: Step L to left side (1), close R next to L (2), step L forward (3), hold (4)
5 6 7 8
Quarter-turn-cross: Step R forward (5), pivot-quarter onto L at 9:00 (6), cross R over L (7), hold (8)
 
Section 3: Vine with cross, side-rock-cross-side
1 2 3 4
Step L to left side (1), R behind L (2), L side (3), cross R over L (4)
5 6 7 8
L side-rock (5), recover R to side (6), cross L over R (7), step R to right side (8)
TURNING OPTION FOR 5 6 7 8: Step L a quarter to 6:00, step forward R, pivot-half onto L (12:00), turn to the left a quarter stepping R (9:00)
 
Section 4: Weave quarter, quarter pivot, cross-and-cross
1 2 3 4
Step L behind R (1), R step a quarter to 12:00 (2), step L forward (3), pivot-quarter onto R at 3:00 (4)
5 6 7 8
Cross L over R (5), step R to side (6) (7), cross L over R (7), hold (8). For styling, you can do a cross pushing forward-back-forward action, a sort of diagonal sway-sway-sway toward 4:30.
 
NOTE: Counts 17 through 31 are done with no holds so the dance will feel fast during this compared with the first two sets.