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Intermediate

Melancholy Child

Choreographed by Ian Dunn🇦🇺
Music: Melancholy Child by Pam Tillis
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Created: 12/30/1999
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Step Sheet
32 Count, 2 Wall
9/27/2025
ROCK, STEP, CROSS SHUFFLE, ¼ MONTEREY, HEEL & TOUCH
1-2
Rock/step right to right side, return weight to left
3&4
Cross shuffle (right over left) right-left-right
5-6
Touch left toe to left side, dragging left back beside right turn ¼ turn left (weight onto left)
&7&8
Step back on right, touch left heel forward, step left in place, touch right toe beside left
HEEL, AND TOE, ½ TURN, SCUFF, SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK, STEP
&1&2
Step back on right, left heel forward, step back on left, right heel forward
3-4
Turning ½ turn right step right forward, scuff left
5&6
Shuffle forward left-right-left
7-8
Rock forward onto right, return weight back onto left
¼ TURN, BEHIND, SIDE, CROSS, ROCK, STEP, LEFT SAILOR
1-2
Turning ¼ turn right step right to right side, turning ½ turn step left to left
3&4
Step right behind left, step left to left side, cross right in front of left
5-6
Rock step left to left side, return weight onto right foot
7&8
Step left behind right, step right to right side, step left beside right
** Restart for wall 5 (back wall)
RIGHT SAILOR FORWARD, PIVOT, SHUFFLE FORWARD, FULL TURN
1&2
Step right behind left, step left to left side, step right forward
*** Adagio interlude (front wall)
3-4
Step forward on left, pivot ½ turn right
5&6
Shuffle forward left-right-left
7-8
Turning full turn left step right-left
½ TURN, BRUSH
1-2
Step forward on right foot, turning ½ turn left brush left foot to knee
STEP, DRAG, HOP BRUSH, SHUFFLE, STEP, DRAG, HOP BRUSH, SHUFFLE
1
Step left forward at 45 degrees left
2
Drag right foot (toe angled at 45 degrees right) to meet left heel (weight transfer onto right)
&3&4
Hop on right foot brushing left foot to right knee, shuffle at 45 degrees left-right-left (keeping right foot angled to right 45)
5
Step right forward at 45 degrees right
6
Drag left foot (toe angled at 45 degrees left) to meet right heel (weight transfer onto left)
&7&8
Hop on left foot brushing right foot to left knee, shuffle at 45 degrees right-left-right (keeping left foot angled to left 45)
STEP, TURN TOUCH
1-2
Step left forward, turning ½ turn right touch right toe beside left foot (weight on left)
REPEAT
ADAGIO INTERLUDE Not a bridge but a connecting slow dance***Long step forward on left, drag right toe to meet left instep (heel raised)
My own (1-4)
Roll full turn right stepping right-left-right, drag left toe to right (heel raised)
I see (1-4)
Roll full turn left stepping left-right-left, drag right toe to left (heel raised)
Melancholy (1-4)
Long step back on right & drag left heel right foot
Child (1-4)
Long step back o left & drag right heel left foot
As instrumental begins again start on the down beat (1), allow 2 notes play first
1-8
Scuff right, touch right toe at 45 degrees forward, tap right heel for 5 counts, tap & step onto right
1-8
Scuff left, touch left toe at 45 degrees forward, tap left heel for 5 counts, tap & step onto left
Begin wall 7
THE FORM OF THE DANCE
Wall 1 front, 2 back, 3 front, wall 4 facing the back 24 beats ** Restart for wall 5 facing the back, wall 6 facing the front 26 beats *** The adagio faces the front. Wall 7 front, wall 8 back Ends wall 9 after 20 beats. Step left to left side, drag right beside left