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RAIN DANCE

CHOREOGRAPHER: SUSAN HANCOCK, Yorketown, South Australia, August, 99

Email: phancock@netyp.com.au

Phone 0888521571 / Fax. 0888521723

Description: Phased 60 Count 2 Wall Line Dance

Difficulty: Advanced Intermediate

Music: Talk Of The Town by John Farnham

Album: Then Again" (96 bpm

start on vocals (16 count intro.)

The dance sequence is A,B,A,B, ABB***, ABB*** (see choreographers notes)

Teaching Music: "If that's the way you want it" Brook's & Dunn "Waitin' on Sundown"

Album ** also using a 1/2 beat or "Wine, Women & Song " Patty Loveless "Tribute to

Tradition " ** also using a 1/2 beat

Beats Steps

PART A (verse)

HEEL TOES, ROCK, ROCK CROSS

1&2& Touch L heel fwd, Snap L toe down stepping onto L foot toe,

Touch R heel fwd, Snap R toe down stepping fwd onto R

3&4 Step/Rock to the L on the L foot, Rock to the R side on the R,

Cross the L in front of the R

TOUCH FORWARD, TOUCH, SIDE, TOUCH BACK, SCUFF FORWARD

5,6 Touch R heel forward, Touch R heel to R side

7,8 Touch R toe back, Scuff R heel forward

HOP (SCOOT), TOUCH, HOP, TOUCH, HOP, TOUCH

&9 Small hop fwd. on L, Touch R heel Forward

&10 Small hop back on L, Touch R toe back

&11 Small hop fwd. on L, Touch R heel forward

12 Touch R heel across in front of L

TOUCH, STEP, APPLEJACKS MOVING LEFT ("TRAVEL-JACKS")

13,14 Touch R heel forward at 45 R, Step the R next to L slightly apart

15 Fan L toe to the L while fanning the R heel to the L

(feet are in the V position)

16 Fan L heel to the L while fanning the R toe to the L

(feet are in the inverted position) APPLEJACKS MOVING RIGHT

("TRAVEL-JACKS"), ROCK, ROCK

17&18 Fan R toe to the R while fanning the L heel to the R (V position),

(&) Fan R heel to R while fanning L toe to the R (inverted V) Fan R toe to the

R while fanning the L heel to the R (V position)

19,20 Step/Rock to the R on the R (returning heel to centre),

Rock to the L on the L (returning heel to centre)

1/4 TURN R, ROCK FWD, ROCK BACK, SYNCOPATED STEP TOGETHER, TOUCH HEEL

21,22 Step forward on R turning 1/4 turn R, Step/rock forward on the L

23&24 Rock back onto R, (&) Step L next to R, Touch R heel at 45 R

SYNCOPATED STEP TOGETHER, KICK, SYNCOPATED STEP TOGETHER, CROSS, STOMP, STOMP UP

&25&26 (&) Step R next to L , Kick L forward, (&) Step L slightly back,

Cross/step R over L

27,28 Stomp L foot to L side, Stomp up on R next to L (leaving weight on L)

PART B (chorus)

HEEL TOUCHES, BEHIND SIDE, CROSS

1& Touch R heel at 45 R, (&) Hitch R knee (and slap with R hand)

2& Repeat

3&4 Step R behind L, (&) Step L to L side, Step R in front of L

1/4 TURN, CLAP, 1/2 TURN, CLAP

5&6& Step on L turning 1/4 turn to the L, (&) Clap, Turning 1/2 L step back on R,

(&) Clap,

7&8& Turning 1/4 L step the L to side, (&) Clap, Stomp R next to L

(leaving weight on R), (&)

CLAP HEEL TOUCHES, BEHIND, SIDE, CROSS

9& Touch L heel at 45 L, (&) Hitch L knee (& slap with L hand)

10& Repeat above

11&12 Step L behind R, (&) Step R to right side, Step L in front of R

1/4 TURN, CLAP, 1/2 TURN, CLAP

13&14& Step on R turning 1/4 turn to R, (&) CLAP, Turning 1/2 R step back on the L,

(&) Clap

15&16& Turning 1/4 R step the R to R side, (&) Clap,

Stomp L next to R (weight on L),(&) Clap

SHUFFLE, SIDE, ROCK, STEP BEHIND

17&18 Shuffle forward R-L-R

19&20 Step L to side, (&) Rock R onto R, Step L behind R

1/4 TURN, HOLD, HOP FORWARD, HOP BACK, HOP FORWARD

21,22 Step forward on R turning 1/4 turn R, Hold

23&24 Hop/Rock forward on L, (&) Hop/Rock back onto R,

Hop/Rock forward onto L (weight on L)

DWIGHT SWIVELS (TOE HEEL SWIVELS)

25,26 Point/Tap R toe in next to L instep (R knee points in, R heel off floor),

Touching R heel next to L pointing toe up & out

27&28 Point/tap R toe in next to L while L toe fans towards L,

(&) Touch R heel next to L while L heel swivels L,

Point/tap R toe in next to L while L toe fans towards L

PIVOT TURN LEFT, 1/2 TURNING SHUFFLE LEFT

29,30 Step forward on R, Pivot 1/2 L

31&32 Step R-L-R in place while turning 1/2 L

60 Beats

*** Choreographers note 1:

The song is 192 bpm but I have written the steps using 1/2 time, cutting down the

steps by half as most of them would be hold counts. The dance is phased to "Talk of

the Town" as the verses are only 28 counts (in 1/2 time) not 32 as most. When

repeating part B in the sequence ABB the weight will be on your R after the 1/2 turn

(steps 31&32) so just hop onto the L as a syncopated step before commencing with the

Right heel touches at the start of the 2nd B.

Choreographers Note 2:

To finish the dance at the end of the song (8 counts remaining after the above

sequence) repeat steps as follows

FROM PART B

HEEL TOUCHES, BEHIND SIDE, CROSS

1& Touch R heel at 45 R, (&) Hitch R knee (and slap with R hand)

2& Repeat

3&4 Step R behind L, (&) Step L to L side, Step R in front of L

1/4 TURN, CLAP, 1/2 TURN, CLAP

5&6& Step on L turning 1/4 turn to the L, (&) Clap,

Turning 1/2 L step back on R, (&) Clap THEN TO FACE THE FRONT WALL

1/2 TURN, CLAP, 1/4 TURN STOMP, CLAP

7&8& Turning 1/2 L step forward on the L, (&) Clap,

Turn 1/4 L and stomp R next to L, (&) Clap