RESTARTS: Occur after 16 counts on walls 2 and 4. Both times you will be facing your original 12:00 start wall.
[1~8]: 1/8 R TURNING DIAMOND, R HALF CHARLESTON STEP, L COASTER STEP
1&2
R step across L (1); L step back (&); R step back, slightly to the right as you rotate towards 1:00 (2)
3&4
L step back, crossing slightly behind R (3); R step to the side, slightly forward as you rotate towards 2:00 (&); L step forward (4) [2:00]
5, 6
touch R forward (5); swing R from front to step back (6);
7&8
L step back (7); R step next to L (&); L step forward (8)
[9~16]: R BALL-STEP L, R HITCH ½ LEFT, R STEP BACK, L HITCH ¼ LEFT, ¼ LEFT SHUFFLE, R TURNING JAZZ BOX
&1, &2
R ball step next to L (&); L step forward (prep) (1); **hitch R while making a ½ turn left (&); R step back (2)
& 3&4
**hitch L while making a ¼ turn left (&); L step to left side (3); step R next to L (&); make a ¼ left, step forward on L (4) [2:00]
5, 6
R cross over L (5); L step back, turning ¼ right* (6)
7, 8
R step to right side, open toward 4:00* (7); continuing to make a ¼ turn right*, L step forward (8) [6:00]
Notes: **The hitches & turns are continuous into the triple toward 2:00 (no precision required). You can replace the hitch-half turns with hitch-forward steps. These are mini/soft hitches which come more from a hip contraction and a lift in the ankle, more so than the knee coming straight up.
*The turning jazz box is less than a complete ½ turn – it is generally from 2:00 to 6:00, so 3/8 right when complete.
[17~24]: MIRROR-STEP-HINGE-PIVOTS: R SIDE, REVERSE ½ LEFT TO L SIDE, R FWD, L FWD, REVERSE ½ RIGHT TO R SIDE; L FWD, ½ PIVOT RIGHT TO R, L PUSH STEP FWD
1, 2, 3
R step out right side (1); make a ½ rotation over left shoulder, then step L to left side (2); R step forward (3); [12:00]
4, 5
L step forward (4) make a ½ rotation over right shoulder, then step R to right side (5); [6:00]
6, 7, 8
L step forward (6); make ½ turn right onto R (7); L push step forward (prep to push back) (8) [12:00]
Notes: The ‘hinge pivots’ essentially rotate on the foot you step out with (R on 1-2 and L on 4-5). After the rotation your feet are more parallel, than one in front of the other. You can consider these an ‘ah’ before changing weight.
i.e. Step on R, then rotate over your left shoulder (ah), stepping out onto your L for count 2. When you step forward on your L for count 4, rotate over your right shoulder (ah), stepping out onto your R for count 5.
Alternatively, you can slide/glide/collect i.e. Step on R, then bring L next to R (ah) (no weight) as you rotate ½ turn left, then pushing from R to L, step out onto L for count 2. After count 4 on your L, bring R next to L (ah) (no weight) as you rotate ½ turn right, then pushing from L to R, step out onto R for count 5.
[25~32]: SWEEP BACK X3, L BEHIND, R SIDE, L FWD, R FWD, L MAMBO ½ LEFT
1, 2, 3
pushing off from L, step back onto R while sweeping L out to the left side from front to back (1); step back onto L while sweeping R out to the right side from front to back (2); step back onto R while sweeping L out to the left side from front to back (3)
4&5, 6
L step behind R (4); step R to right side (&); L step forward (5); R step forward (6)
7&8
L small check step forward (ready to return to R) (7); return weight to R, rotating left (&); complete ½ turn left, stepping forward on L (8) [6:00]
Note: Slightly over rotate the ½ turn left, as you step forward on 8, to keep momentum for cross over count 1.
(BEGIN AGAIN, and most certainly DWYF!)
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