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THE CHARLIE HORSE

Choreographers: Susan & David Groeschel, Honolulu, Hawaii, (Mar. 1995)
E-Mail: danceon@aloha.com Website http://www.aloha.com/~danceon/
Description: 4 Wall Line Dance
Counts: 40
Level: Intermediate
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Suggested Music: (Fast) "I Still Wanna Jump Your Bones"- Archer Park
                 (Med.) "Can't Turn It Off " - David Lee Murphy 
                 (Practice) "Don't Make Me Come To Tulsa" - Wade Hayes
COUNTS / STEP DESCRIPTION
Section I:  TOE POINTS
1-2     Fan BOTH toes inward
3-4     Fan BOTH toes outward (up on heels)
5-6     Point Right toe in toward left;
7-8     Point Left toe in toward right
Section II: DWIGHT SWIVELS 
1       Point right toe over in front of left foot
2       Point right toe to the right side 
3       Repeat 1
4       Repeat 2 (PUT WEIGHT ON RIGHT FOOT)
5       Point left toe over in front of right foot
6       Point left toe to the left side
7       Repeat 5
8       Repeat 6 (PUT WEIGHT ON LEFT FOOT)
VARIATION: Swivel heels R, then toes R, heels, toes - Repeat back 
left (4 counts)
Section III:  KNEE UPS
1       Step forward on right foot
2       Bring left knee up
3       Step back on left foot
4       Step back on right foot
5       Step forward on left foot
6       Bring right knee up
7       Step back on right foot
8       Step back on left foot
Section IV: HIP BUMPS
1-2     Bump hips to the right 2x's
3-4     Bump hips to the left 2x's
5-6     Roll hips in a circle (2 counts) 
7-8     Roll hips in a circle (2 counts)
VARIATION: Roll R leg outward (2 counts), Roll L leg outward (2 
counts), Roll R leg outward (1 count), Roll L leg outward (1 count), 
then with both feet hop forward 4x's quickly (2 counts)
Section V: KICK & "CHARLIE HORSE"
1       Kick right foot forward (low)
2       Cross right over left foot (foot to now "locked" next to left, 
	weight is on right)
3       Rock both feet WEIGHT SHIFTS TO LEFT (feet locked)
4       Rock both feet WEIGHT SHIFTS TO RIGHT FOOT (feet locked)
5       Tap Left heel to the left side 
6       Kick right foot upward as you 1/4 turn RIGHT 
7       Stop forward on Left foot (facing new wall)
8       Stomp Right next to left
Begin Dance Again
 
 

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