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KICKIN' ASP !
Choreographer: "Python" Pete Metelnick, March '97
London Ontario (519)439-5990, e-mail: peter.metelnick@sympatico.ca
Description: 1 wall - 132 count sequence dance - it's fun & it's easy!!
Don't let the number of steps deter you.
Music: Rattlesnake Shake - Rick Tippe (start on vocal)
There are separate steps for the verses and choruses of the song. The
verse pattern is mega-easy & Rick's lyrics "guide" you through the chorus
pattern!
The sequence is:
verse/chorus
verse/chorus omitting steps 46-52
verse/1st 32 counts of chorus/ chorus omitting steps 46-52
verse/chorus - end with a grind (shake it!)
Verse Pattern
R side shuffle, rock & recover, L side shuffle, 1/4 R and rock & recover
1&2 Step right foot to right side, step left foot together, step right
foot to right side
3-4 Cross left foot behind right and rock back,
recover weight on right foot
5&6 Step left foot to left side, step right foot together,
step left foot to left side
7-8 Pivot 1/4 right on left foot and rock right foot back,
recover weight on left foot
Vine R & L (Go wild!)
9-12 Step right foot to right side, cross left foot behind right and step,
step right foot to right side, touch left foot together and clap
13-16 Step left foot to left side, cross right foot behind left and step,
step left foot to left side, touch right foot together and clap
Note: there are many variations you can do for steps 9-16 (roll right &
left/vines with triple steps, vines with criss cross steps, "flea hops"
etc.) - use your imagination & go wild!!
17-64 Repeat the above 16 counts 3 more times
(& end up facing the front of the hall)
Forward 3, L together, syncopated hops back
65-68 Step right foot forward, step left foot forward, step right foot forward,
step left foot together
&69 Hop right foot back, hop left foot back
(feet should end up shoulder length apart)
70 Hold & clap
&71 Hop right foot back, hop left foot back
(feet should end up shoulder length apart)
72 Hold & clap
Rattlesnake Shake: bump hips R, hold for 3, bump hips L, R, L, hold
73-76 Bump right hip, hold for 3 counts
77-80 Bump hips left, right, left, hold
(or bump hip left again; either way weight ends on left foot)
Chorus - Just do what Rick tells ya to do!!
Rock 'n twist, sway your hips
1-4 Step right foot to right side and rock, recover weight on left foot,
with feet apart swivel heels left, with feet apart swivel heels centre
ending with weight on right foot
5-8 Sway hips left, right, left, hold - ending with weight on left foot
Spin right on a dime (& left on a dime!)
9-12 Step right foot to right side turning 1/4 right, step left foot
forward turning 1/2 right, complete full turn to the right turning 1/4
right on right foot, touch left foot together (clap - optional)
13-16 Step left foot to left side turning 1/4 left, step right foot
forward turning 1/2 left, complete full turn to the left turning 1/4
left on left foot, touch right foot together (clap optional)
Around the world - every boy & girl (4 1/4 L pivot turns)
17-24 Step right foot forward, pivot 1/4 left on left foot & clap, step
right foot forward, pivot 1/4 left on left foot, step right foot
forward, pivot 1/4 left on left foot & clap, step right foot forward,
pivot 1/4 left on left foot & clap (ending facing front of hall with
weight on left foot)
Bump & Grind
25-32 Step right foot slightly forward on right diagonal and bump hips
forward (right) 2X, bump hips back bump hips back (left) 2X,
grind hips 2X clockwise (for 4 counts) - end with weight on left foot
R forward shuffle, L forward, 1/2 R pivot turn, L forward shuffle, 1/2 L
pivot turn
33&34 Step right foot forward, step left foot together, step right foot forward
35-36 Step left foot forward, pivot 1/2 right
37&38 Step left foot forward, step right foot together, step left foot forward
39-40 Step right foot forward, pivot 1/2 left
Forward 3, L together, syncopated hops back
41-44 Step right foot forward, step left foot forward, step right foot forward,
step left foot together
&45 Hop right foot back, hop left foot back
(feet should end up shoulder length apart)
46 Hold & clap
&47 Hop right foot back, hop left foot back
(feet should end up shoulder length apart)
48 Hold & clap
Bump it! (Shake your asp!)
49-52 Bump hips right, left, right, left (weight ends on left foot)
Repeat - Kick ASP and have fun!
Note: here's the sequence again:
verse/chorus
verse/chorus omitting counts 46-52
verse/chorus omitting counts 33-52/chorus (again) omitting counts 46-52
verse/chorus (ending on hip grinds)
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