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Intermediate

Talking Optimistic

Choreographed by Fran Girvan🇦🇺
Music: Talking Optimist Blues by Neil Diamond
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32counts4walls0tags0restarts11views0videos
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Created: 12/30/1999
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Step Sheet
32 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
4 CROSS HEEL JACKS
1&2
Cross right over left, step back on left, put right heel at 45 degrees right
&3&4
Step back on right, cross left over right, step back on right, put left heel at 45 degrees left
&5&6
Step back on left, cross right over left, step back on left, put right heel at 45 degrees right
&7&8
Step back on right, cross left over right, step back on right, put left heel at 45 degrees left
4 HEELS FORWARD, (TRAVELING BACK SLIGHTLY)
&9
Step weight to left, touch right heel forward
&10
Step weight to right, touch left heel forward
&11
Step weight to left, touch right heel forward
&12
Step weight to right, touch left heel forward
AND SHUFFLE FORWARD; ROCK STEP; SHUFFLE BACK; TWO ½ TURNS RIGHT
&13&14
Step weight on left, shuffle forward right-left-right
15-16
Rock forward on left, and back onto right
17&18
Shuffle back left-right-left
19
Making ½ turn right, step onto right foot
20
Make another ½ turn right, stepping back on left
SHUFFLE BACK; ROCK STEP
21&22
Shuffle back, right-left-right
23-24
Rock back on left and forward on right
SHUFFLE FORWARD; FORWARD COASTER; BACK COASTER; ¼ TURN LEFT
25&26
Shuffle forward left-right-left
27&28
Step forward on right, bring left together, step back on right
29&30
Step back on left, bring right together, step forward on left
31-32
Step forward on right into a ¼ turn left, return weight to left foot
REPEAT