Tiger By The Tail - Jan Wyllie (AU) - September 2006

Step Sheet

Start on vocals on word ‘tiger’

Step Pivot 1/4, Cross/Shuffle, Weave Left With One Syncopated Step

1,2

Step fwd on R, Pivot 1/4 left transferring wt to L

3&4

Cross shuffle to the left stepping R,L,R

5,6

Step L to left, Step R behind L

Step L to left

7,8

Step R across L, Step L to left

Rock/Return, 1/4 Shuffle Back, 1/2 Shuffle Fwd, Rock/ Return

9,10

Rock/step R behind L, Rock/return wt onto L

11&12

Making 1/4 left shuffle back R,L,R

13&14

Making a further 1/2 left shuffle fwd L,R,L

15,16

Rock/step fwd on R, Rock back on L

4 Syncopated Heel Jacks, Coaster Back, Lock Shuffle Fwd

&17

Step back on R, Touch L heel fwd

&18

Step L beside R, Touch R beside L

&19

Step back on R, Touch L heel fwd

&20

Step L beside R, Touch R beside L

21&22

Step back on R, Step L beside R, Step fwd on R

23&24

Step fwd on L, Lock/step R behind L, Step fwd on L

Step Pivot 1/4, Step Pivot 1/4, 4 Cross Skips Fwd

25,26

Step fwd on R, Pivot 1/4 left transferring wt to L

27,28

Step fwd on R, Pivot 1/4 left transferring wt to L

&29

Hop fwd on L while hitching R , Step R over L towards left diagonal (skip)

&30

Hop fwd on R while hitching L, Step L over R towards right diagonal (skip)

&31

Hop fwd on L while hitching R, Step R over L towards left diagonal (skip

&32

Hop fwd on R while hitching L, Step L over R towards right diagonal (skip)

* At the end of walls 2 and 5 there are an extra 2 counts to use up.

1,2

Just step fwd on R, Step L beside R and start the dance again.

Ending: After the final wall of the dance, you will be facing the home wall with just 4 counts left. Do this:

1,2,3&4

Rock fwd on R, Rock back on L. R coaster step .

I’ve never had a tiger by the tail …. Well, not literally anyhow.

But I am familiar with the feeling of holding onto something that is pulling me forward faster then I really want to go and being too scared to let go in case it turns around and bites me. I guess that’s what it feels like to have a tiger by the tail…......my line dance career has been a bit like that at times

This dance is easy but it’s not for new beginners. It feels a bit familiar to me at the end and I think it is Pick A Pocket that it’s reminding me of….

Do you remember the bit where we used to run fwd and be silly?

Hope you can still remember how to skip - it’s been a long time!

See you on the floor sometime…. Jan

Email:janwyllie@iinet.net.au Web Site: http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~janwyllie/