The Camel's Heart

Position:

the dance is done in line of dance. The dance starts with men facing outside line of dance and women facing inside line of dance in an open double hand hold. The women should start with weight on left foot and the men with weight on right foot (RLOD foot)

The lady's steps are given below. The men do the same steps on the opposite foot for the entire dance

JAZZ BOX, TURNING JAZZ BOX

Release outside hands; go into open promenade position

FOUR SHUFFLES

HOOK, TOUCH, TRACE OUT A HEART, KICK, TOUCH

FOUR SHUFFLES

STEP-PIVOT, STEP, TOUCH, STEP, TOUCH, TURN, TOUCH

Recover outside hands after pivoting

Release outside hands

FOUR SHUFFLES (OR THREE SHUFFLES, STOMP, HOLD)

If you use 'The Camel's Heart' for your music, the third and fifth patterns will occur on the chorus. There is a rhythm break in the music on counts 47 and 48 here. I recommend doing the following variation on the third and fifth patterns

TWO JAZZ BOXES

3 SHUFFLES, STEP-PIVOT

Recover outside hands

REPEAT