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Don't Make Me Beg

SONG: DON'T MAKE ME BEG

ARTIST: STEVE HOLY

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

CHOREOGRAPHER: BUFFALO GIRLS. JUNE 2000

Phone: 02 6771 2789

Email: HINDSKELLY@HOTMAIL.COM

DESCRIPTION: 64 BEAT, 4 WALL DANCE, WITH A 32 BEAT TAG

ORIGINAL POSITION: FEET TOGETHER, WEIGHT ON LEFT

A: CHARLESTON, TOE STRUTS, ROCK-SIDE-CROSS

1-4 Step fwd R, hold, kick L fwd (looking up at 45'), hold

5-8 Step back on L (look straight ahead), hold, touch R toe behind

(grab the side brim of hat with both hands & look down), hold

1-4 (remove head from hat keeping hat stationary & look fwd) step R toe fwd,

bring heel down, step L toe fwd, bring heel down (hat starts out from body but

you strut into it until it is held with both hands against your chest)

5-8 Rock to side on R, recover to L, cross R over L, hold (during these 4 beats

swing hat, with both hands still on side brim, out to the right in the start of

an acw circle 1, up 2, to the L to complete the circle 3, back against chest 4)

ROCK-SIDE-CROSS, UNWIND, ROCK, SCUFF, GALLOP-APART, SWIVEL

1-4 Rock to side on L, recover to R, cross L over R, hold

(repeat last 4 beats hat work to left in a cw circle)

5-8 #unwind 1/2 cw ( grabbing front crown of hat with right hand),

hold (place L hand on buckle) jump back on R, recover to L

1&2 Scuff R next to L, raise R knee up 90' from floor, step R shoulder width apart

&3-4 Raise L knee up 90', step L shoulder width apart, hold positioning weight to

centre

5-8 Swivel heels R-L-R-L end facing 45' right* (during these 4 beats hold hat in

front of right side of body at 90' from floor with crown up & swing by twisting

wrist up right 1, up L 2, up right 3, up left 4)

45' LOCKS, 45' SWIVEL HOLDS, SWIVEL WALK

1-2 Moving fwd at 45' right step fwd R (lower head & raise hat),

lock L behind R (place hat on head)

3-4 Step R fwd (secure hat on head), turn 90' left scuffing L fwd

(raise head & place R hand on buckle)

5-6 Step L fwd, lock R behind L

7-8 Step L fwd, turn 90' right scuffing R fwd

1-4 Step R fwd placing right hand on right thigh, hold,

swiveling R heel 90' right & step fwd on L placing left hand on L thigh, hold

5-6 Swiveling L heel 90' left step fwd R, swiveling R heel 90' right step fwd L

7-8 Swiveling L heel 90' left step fwd R, swiveling R heel 90'

R step L tog bringing both hands back to buckle on 8 (drop chin to chest on 8)

SWIVEL SIDE, TOE-KNEE, 1/2 MONTEREY, TOE-KNEE, STOMP, HOLD

1-4 Swivel heels left, toes left, heels left, hold

5-8 Swivel heels right, toes right, heels right & look up, hold

1-2 Touch R toe to side, raise R knee up & across L

3&4 Touch R toe to side, on ball of L pivot 1/2 cw, step R next to L

5-6 Touch L toe to side, raise L knee up & across R

7-8 Turning 1/4 acw on ball of R stomp fwd L, hold

B: BACK-DRAGS, ROCK, FRIEZE, ROCK

1-4 Step back 45' right on R (extending L hand out 45' left), drag L heel to R for

3 beats (drag L hand to heart for 3 beats)

5-8 Repeat last 4 beats for the L

1-2 Rock R to side (clicking R hand at shoulder height & putting L on buckle),

recover to L (place R hand on buckle)

3-4 Step R behind L, step L to side

5-6 Step R over L, rock L to side (look left)

7-8 Recover to R (look front), step L behind R

FRIEZE, ROCK, STOMP-CLAPS, DOUBLE PIVOT

1-4 Step R to side, step L over R, rock R to side, recover to L

5-8 Stomp fwd R bending knees, clap, step L tog straightening knees, clap

1-4 Repeat last 4 beats

5-8 Step fwd R, pivot 1/2 acw, step fwd R, pivot 1/2 acw

CHOREOGRAPHERS NOTE: complete A twice, then B on the back wall, then A twice, then B

on the front wall, then A twice, then A to the * on the back wall (making sure to put

hat back on head using both hands at # 2 beat unwind), then B three times. Everything

in brackets is optional.