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Intermediate

Farewell to Nova Scotia

Choreographed by Karen Tripp🇨🇦
Music: Farewell to Nova Scotia by Tommy Makem
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Created: 6/1/2014
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36 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
Wait - 8 beats
 
[1-8] SIDE RIGHT SHUFFLE, ROCK BACK, RECOVER, SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK, RECOVER
1&2
Step side right, close left to right, step side right
3-4
Rock back on left, recover forward on right
5&6
Step forward left, close right to left, step forward left
7-8
Rock forward on right, recover left
 
[9-18] WALK (or sweep) BACK 3, BACK TAP, HEEL FORWARD, BACK TAP, SIDE POINT, 2 SWITCHES, SWITCH & HITCH
1-3
Step back right, left, right (styling option – use sweeping action with each step)
4-6
Tap left toe behind, tap left heel forward, tap left toe behind
7&8
Touch left toe out to side, step left beside right, point right toe to side
&9&10
Step right next to left, touch left toe out to side, step left next to right, hitch right knee
 
[19-26] (R) SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK, RECOVER, 2X LEFT ½ TURN SHUFFLE
1&2
Step forward right, close left to right, step forward right
3-4
Rock forward on left, recover right
5&6
Turn ¼ left and step left, close right to left, turn ¼ left
7&8
Turn ¼ left and step right, close left to right, turn ¼ left and step back on right (12:00)
 
[27-36] (L) ROCK BACK, RECOVER, (L) FORWARD SHUFFLE, PADDLE TURN, CROSSING SHUFFLE, ¼ LEFT, ¼ LEFT WITH RIGHT HITCH
1-2
Rock back on left, recover on right
3&4
Step forward left, close right to left, step forward left
5-6
Step forward right, turn ¼ left and step left
7&8
Cross right over left, step left in place, cross right over left
9-10
Turn ¼ left and step left, turn ¼ left and hitch right knee (3:00)
 
ENDING: On wall 7 facing 6:00, do the entire routine, omitting the last ¼ turn for the hitch (count 36). Do the hitch facing 12:00.
Start the last repetition facing 12:00 o’clock up to count 13 (count 5 of section 2), replacing the left “heel forward” with a left hitch.
 
Choreographer: Karen Tripp, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
Email: karen@trippcentral.ca - Website: www.trippcentral.ca/dance