Bad Habit
Choreographed by Peter Metelnick🇬🇧 & Kelvin Elvidge🇺🇸
Step Sheet
64 Count, 4 Wall
RIGHT STEP BACK, LEFT HEEL TOUCH, LEFT STEP BACK, RIGHT HEEL TOUCH, RIGHT BOOT SLAP, RIGHT APART, HEEL SWIVEL RIGHT & LEFT
HEELS BACK TO CENTER & HIP BUMPS RIGHT TWICE, LEFT TWICE, RIGHT, LEFT, PIVOT ½ RIGHT ON LEFT FOOT, RIGHT TOGETHER
VINE LEFT 6, WEAVE RIGHT 2
½ LEFT & LEFT TO LEFT SIDE, RIGHT CROSS OVER LEFT, VINE RIGHT 2, ¼ LEFT & 2 FORWARD STEP SCUFFS
WALK BACK 3, RIGHT HITCH WITH ¼ RIGHT TURN, ¼ RIGHT ON RIGHT, LEFT HITCH, ¼ RIGHT ON LEFT, RIGHT HITCH
RIGHT DIAGONAL FORWARD STEP-SLIDE-STEP-SLAP, LEFT HEEL HOOK TWICE
LEFT DIAGONAL FORWARD STEP-SLIDE-STEP-SLAP, RIGHT HEEL HOOK WITH 1/8 TURN RIGHT-TWICE
VINE RIGHT, VINE LEFT
REPEAT
This dance was originally choreographed for up & coming Michigan singer, Janis Leigh & her boot-moving song, Too Many Times of Two Timin' Me, from her CD "This Little Girl". Kelvin & I also choreographed the dance, "Sooner of Later" for her song, Dance With A Stranger.
1-2On a right diagonal step right foot slightly back, touch left heel forward on left diagonal
3-4Step left foot back on a left diagonal, touch right heel forward on right diagonal
5-6Lift and cross right leg behind left & slap right boot with left hand, step right foot to right side ending with feet about shoulder length apart
7-8Swivel both heels right, swivel both heels left
HEELS BACK TO CENTER & HIP BUMPS RIGHT TWICE, LEFT TWICE, RIGHT, LEFT, PIVOT ½ RIGHT ON LEFT FOOT, RIGHT TOGETHER
1-2Swiveling heels back to center bump hips right twice
3-4Bump hips left twice
5-6Bump hips right, bump hips left ending with weight on left foot (option rock side right, recover weight on left foot)
7-8Raising right foot off the floor pivot ½ right on left foot & step right foot together, touch left foot together (like doing the first 2 counts of a Monterey turn)
VINE LEFT 6, WEAVE RIGHT 2
1-4Step left foot to left side, cross step right foot behind left, step left foot to left side, cross step right foot over left
5-6Step left foot to left side, cross step right foot behind left (turn your body slightly to the right on count 6)
7-8Cross step left foot over right, step right foot to right side
½ LEFT & LEFT TO LEFT SIDE, RIGHT CROSS OVER LEFT, VINE RIGHT 2, ¼ LEFT & 2 FORWARD STEP SCUFFS
&Raise left foot & pivot ½ left on right foot
1-2Step left foot to left side (turn body slightly to the left), cross step right foot over left
3-4Step left foot to left side, cross step right foot behind left
5-8Turn ¼ left & step left foot forward, scuff right foot forward, step right foot forward, scuff left foot forward
WALK BACK 3, RIGHT HITCH WITH ¼ RIGHT TURN, ¼ RIGHT ON RIGHT, LEFT HITCH, ¼ RIGHT ON LEFT, RIGHT HITCH
1-4Walk back left, right, left, hitch right knee up turning ¼ right on right foot
5-8Turn ¼ right on right foot, hitch left knee up, turn ¼ right on left foot, hitch right knee up
RIGHT DIAGONAL FORWARD STEP-SLIDE-STEP-SLAP, LEFT HEEL HOOK TWICE
1-4On a right diagonal step right foot forward, slide left foot together, step right foot forward, cross left leg behind right & slap left boot with right hand
5-8Touch left heel forward on left diagonal, hook left leg across right shin, touch left heel forward on left diagonal, hook left leg across right shin
LEFT DIAGONAL FORWARD STEP-SLIDE-STEP-SLAP, RIGHT HEEL HOOK WITH 1/8 TURN RIGHT-TWICE
1-4On a left diagonal step left foot forward, slide right foot together, step left foot forward, cross right leg behind left & slap right boot with left hand
5-8Touch right heel forward on right diagonal, hook right leg across left shin & pivot 1/8 right on left foot, touch right heel forward on right diagonal, hook right leg across left shin & pivot 1/8 right on left foot (completing ¼ right turn)
VINE RIGHT, VINE LEFT
1-4Step right foot to right side, cross step left foot behind right, step right foot to right side, touch left foot together
5-8Step left foot to left side, cross step right foot behind left, step left foot to left side, touch right foot together
REPEAT
This dance was originally choreographed for up & coming Michigan singer, Janis Leigh & her boot-moving song, Too Many Times of Two Timin' Me, from her CD "This Little Girl". Kelvin & I also choreographed the dance, "Sooner of Later" for her song, Dance With A Stranger.
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