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Intermediate

The Way Things Are

Choreographed by Jim Grice🇬🇧
Music: The Way Things Are by Scooter Lee
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Created: 12/30/1999
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Step Sheet
48 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
LEFT CHASSE ¼ TURN LEFT, SIDE TAP, ROCK, ROCK, TAP, KICK
1&2
Step left to left, close right beside left, step left to left turning ¼ left
3-4
Step right to right side, tap left toe behind right heel
5-6
Rock to left side on left, rock to right on right
7-8
Tap left toe behind right heel, kick left foot forward
You are now facing 9:00
STEP BACK LEFT, HALF TURN RIGHT, LEFT SHUFFLE, RIGHT KICK BALL STEP, HIP BUMPS
1-2
Step back on left, turn ½ turn right on right
3&4
Left shuffle forward,
5&6
Kick right foot forward, step right in place, step forward on left
7&8
Hip bumps left, right, left
You are now facing 3:00
RIGHT SAILOR, LEFT SAILOR WITH ¼ TURN LEFT, RIGHT SAILOR, ROCK FORWARD, ROCK BACK
1&2
Step right behind left, step left to left, step right in place
3&4
Step left behind right, step right to right with a ¼ turn left, step left in place
5&6
Step right behind left, step left to left, step right in place
7-8
Rock forward onto left foot, rock back onto right foot
You are now facing 12:00
TURN ¼ TURN LEFT, PAUSE, ROCK, ROCK SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE
1-2
Turn ¼ turn left onto left, hold
3-4
Angling your body diagonally to the right rock onto right, angling your body to the left rock onto left
5&6
Angling you body diagonally to the right, shuffle right
7&8
Angling your body diagonally to the left, shuffle left
You are now facing 9:00
WALK FORWARD RIGHT LEFT RIGHT, KICK LEFT FORWARD, ROCK ROCK, LEFT SHUFFLE FORWARD
1-2
Walk forward right, walk forward left
3-4
Walk forward right, kick left foot forward
5-6
Rock back onto left foot, rock forward onto right
7&8
Left shuffle forward
You are facing 9:00
PIVOT ½ TURN LEFT, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN LEFT, STEP LEFT BEHIND RIGHT TURN ¼ TURN RIGHT, STOMP LEFT, STOMP RIGHT
1-2
Step forward on right, pivot ½ turn left
3&4
Step onto right turning ¼ turn left, close left beside right, step right to right
You are now facing 12:00
5-6
Step left behind right, turn ¼ turn right onto right
7-8
Stomp left beside right, stomp right beside left
You are now facing 3:00
REPEAT