Indian Summer 1977

POINT & CROSS STEP

MONTERREY ½ TURN, CROSS TOE-HEELS STRUTS

CROSS ROCK STEP, ¼ TURN RIGHT, SCUFF, STEP, LOCKSTEP, STEP, HOLD

HIP BUMPS, MODIFIED CHARLESTON

½ PIVOT, STEP RIGHT, STEP LEFT

¼ PIVOT TURN TWICE

REPEAT

TAG After ending the 1st, 2nd, 4th wall for the first time do a modified Charleston once1-4Step right forward, kick left forward, step left back, touch right toe backRESTART Dancing the 2nd wall for the second time (after the long instrumental part) leave out the counts 25-32 (hip bumps & modified Charleston) in order to start the 3rd wall in timeENDING Starting the first wall for the third time dance 1-20 as they should. The song ends on beat 21 with a long note. Cross the scuffing left over the right, turn ¼ right and shift your weight to left and cross your arms on your chest (look cool & relaxed)SIMPLE VERSION The description above is the (full) version that allows you to start the dance from the beginning at the beginning of each verse. You can simplify the dance by doing the tag just once after ending the 4th wall for the first time (in the beginning of the instrumental part or, if you miss it, after the next 1st wall in the end of the instrumental part). You leave out the restart completely. In this version ending is the same as in full versionSIMPLEST VERSION You can dance the whole song without any tag or restart. In this version the ending changes, because in the last wall (1st wall for the third time) lasts 6 whole bars instead of 5. You dance counts 1-24 as they should, the last four being left step, right lock-step, left step, hold. On the beat 25 you step right to right turning simultaneously ¼ right and cross your arms on your chest (look cool & relaxed) This dance is dedicated to my older brother Markku and the memory of summer 1977, and of course our theme song of that summer and every summer since: Indian Summer by Poco.