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Intermediate

Don't Ruin It!

Choreographed by Vera Fisher🇬🇧 & Teresa Lawrence🇬🇧
Music: Don't Ruin It for the Rest of Us by Joe Nichols
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64counts4walls0tags0restarts9views0videos
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Created: 12/30/1999
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Step Sheet
64 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
On the word "don't", start to count "6-7-8" & you will start the dance on the word "Rest" with the Kick-Ball-Change
KICK BALL CROSS, TWICE CHASSE ¼ TURN RIGHT, CROSS LEFT OVER RIGHT, UNWIND ¾ TURN RIGHT
1&2
Right kick ball cross
3&4
Right kick ball cross
5&6
Chasse ¼ turn right
7-8
Cross left over right, unwind ¾ turn right, weight to end on right (12:00)
KICK BALL CROSS, TWICE CHASSE ¼ TURN LEFT, CROSS RIGHT OVER LEFT, UNWIND ¾ TURN RIGHT
1&2
Left kick ball cross
3&4
Left kick ball cross
5&6
Chasse ¼ turn left
7-8
Cross right over left, unwind ¾ turn left weight to end on left (12:00)
ROCK FORWARD REPLACE, ROCK BACK REPLACE, PIVOT ½ TURN, SHUFFLE FORWARD
1-2
Rock forward on right, replace weight on left
3-4
Rock back on right, replace weight on left
5-6
Step forward right, pivot ½ left (6:00)
7&8
Shuffle forward right
ROCK FORWARD REPLACE, ROCK BACK REPLACE, PIVOT ¼ TURN RIGHT, CROSS SHUFFLE
1-2
Rock forward on left, replace weight on right
3-4
Rock back on left, replace weight on right
5-6
Step forward on left, pivot ¼ turn right (9:00)
7-8
Cross shuffle left over right
STEP HOLD, BALL SIDE HOLD, LEFT SAILOR, RIGHT SAILOR
1-2
Step right to right side, hold
&3-4
Step left next to right, step right to right side, hold on count 4
5&6
Sailor left
7&8
Sailor right
HALF TURN LEFT, TOE HEEL STRUTS
1-2
Cross left behind right, unwind ½ turn left weight to end on left (3:00)
3-4
Toe heel strut right
5-6
Toe heel strut left
7-8
Toe heel strut right (note: struts to travel forward)
ROCK REPLACE & COASTER STEP, PIVOT ½ TURN AND SHUFFLE
1-2
Rock forward left, replace weight on right
3&4
Left coaster
5-6
Step forward on right, pivot ½ left (9:00)
7&8
Shuffle forward right, left, right
KICK BALL STEP, KICK BALL STEP, STEP FORWARD LEFT AND HOLD FOR 3 COUNTS
1&2
Kick left forward, step left next to right, step forward right
3&4
Kick left forward, step left next to right, step forward right
5-6-7-8
Step forward left, hold for 3 counts, & shout "6-7-8" or click fingers for 3 counts
REPEAT
When the tempo changes, keep going through at the end wall to face the front