Choreographers note:- Ladies.. be as ‘sassy’ as you want. All dancers ..remember the ‘Short Walls’.
Script includes a Hip and Body Roll - which was adapted from the original - and created by Rosalind Yeo.
Dance phrasing:- 48-48-32-48-32-32-48
Always remember - 'The beat may reach your feet - but the rhythm should electrify your soul'.
Dance starts on the main vocals.
4x Hitch-Diagonal Forward (12:00)
1 – 2
Slightly raise right knee with foot tucked underneath. Step right foot diagonally forward left.
3 – 4
Slightly raise left knee with foot tucked underneath. Step left foot diagonally forward right.
5 – 6
Slightly raise right knee with foot tucked underneath. Step right foot diagonally forward left.
7 – 8
Slightly raise left knee with foot tucked underneath. Step left foot diagonally forward right.
Style note: On diagonal steps (even counts) snap fingers to side of thigh:
Step right diagonal left = Snap left fingers
4x Side Touch-Step Bwd (12:00).
9 – 10
Touch right toe to right side – snap left fingers at hip. Step backward onto right.
11 – 12
Touch left toe to left side. – snap right fingers at hip. Step backward onto left.
13 – 14
Touch right toe to right side – snap left fingers at hip. Step backward onto right.
15 – 16
Touch left toe to left side – snap right fingers at hip. Step backward onto left.
Rock Bwd. Recover. 3x Short Fwd Shuffle (12:00).
17 – 18
Rock backward onto right. Recover onto left .
19& 20
small steps - Shuffle forward stepping: R.L-R.
21& 22
small steps - Shuffle forward stepping: L.R-L.
23& 24
small steps - Shuffle forward stepping: R.L-R.
Fwd. Pivot 1/2 Right. Side Hip Roll. Upward Body Roll (6:00).
25 – 26
Step forward onto left. Pivot 1/2 right (weight on right) (6).
27 – 29
Stepping left to the side of right (shoulder width) & hands on hips or top of thighs:
Roll body from Left to Right to Centre (3 counts).
30 – 32
(1) Bend knees slightly & leaning forward (pushing bottom/butt outward):
(2-3) Roll body upward – use hands with same motion (palms facing backward)
SHORT WALLS: 3, 5 & 6 RESTART THE DANCE FROM THIS POINT (as a new repetition) FROM COUNT 1
Full Rock/Paddle Turn with Hip Bumps
Counts 33 – 40 are performed with small short steps.
33 – 34
Turn 1/8th left & rock right to right. Turn 1/8th left & push hips to left- inward (3).
35 – 36
Turn 1/8th left & rock right to right. Turn 1/8th left & push hips to left - inward (12).
37 – 38
Turn 1/8th left & rock right to right. Turn 1/8th left & push hips to left - inward (9).
39 – 40
Turn 1/8th left & rock right to right. Turn 1/8th left & push hips to left - inward (6).
2x Diagonal Rock-Recover-Side. 2x Bump Hips (6.00)
41 – 42
Rock right diagonally forward left. Recover onto left.
43
Step right to right side
44 – 45
Rock left diagonally forward right. Recover onto right.
46
placing hands on hips - Step left to left side.
47 – 48
Bump hips twice left.
DANCE FINISH: Wall 7 count 48 (facing 6:00). At end of Count 48 do the following during the music fade –
1 – 2
Hands still on hips - cross right over left. Unwind ½ left.
3 – 4
Bump hips twice left.
Last Revision - 11th November 2011