DANCIN' DOWN UNDER

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SONG:         Blue Boy

ARTIST:       John Fogarty

ALBUM:        Blue Moon Swamp

CHOREOGRAPHED by Jacquie Berkhout, Carine, Western Australia

              Phone: 61 8 9447 9335

              Fax: 61 8 9246 3552

              Email: jberks@bigpond.com.au

DESCRIPTION:  80 Beat, 2 Wall intermediate Line Dance

ORIGINAL STARTING POSITION face quarter turn to right with right foot in front of L

Beats                         Step Description

1-8 HEEL TAPS, 1/4 TURN L, WALK FORWARD, SAILOR SHUFFLES, KICK BALL CHANGE, STEP TURN

3/4

1-4   Four heel taps on the spot turning slowly 1/4 L (optional air punches)

5-8   Walk/stride forward R-L-R-L

9-16 R & L SAILOR SHUFFLES, KICK BALL CHANGE, STEP TURN 3/4

1&2   Step R behind L, L to L side, replace R

3&4   Step L behind R, R to R side, replace L

5&6   Kick R across L, step R beside L, step L beside R

7-8   Step R forward, making 3/4 turn to L taking weight on L

17-24 SIDE SHUFFLE, STEP BACK, RETURN, HEEL BALL CROSS, HEEL BALL CROSS

1&2   Step R to R side, step L beside R, step R to R side

3-4   Step L behind R (angle body to L diagonal), step forward on R

5&6   Travelling L (still with body on diagonal) touch L heel at 45 deg,

      step L next to R, step R over L

7&8   Repeat counts 5&6

25-32 STOMP, HOLD, SWIVEL L, HOLD, SWIVEL R, HOLD, SWIVEL L-R, SHIMMY

1-4   Stomp L to L, hold, swivel both heels L, hold

5-6   Swivel both heels R-L

7&8   Shimmy shoulders on the beat R-L-R (styling note: Turn body forty five deg L & R

      when swiveling. You should now be facing a corner for the next 32 counts of the

      dance)

33-40 SHUFFLE ON DIAGONAL L, STEP HALF TURN L, STEP HALF TURN L, SHUFFLE ROCK FORWARD

AND RECOVER

1&2   Shuffle forward R-L-R

3-4   Step forward on L making 1/2 turn L, step back on R making a 1/2 turn L

5&6   Shuffle forward L-R-L

7-8   Rock/step forward on R, rock/step back on L

41-48 SHUFFLE BACKWARDS ON DIAGONAL R, 1/2 TURN, FULL TURN, SHUFFLE, KICK BALL CHANGE

1&2   Shuffle back R-L-R

3-4   Making 1/2 turn L step forward L, making 1/2 turn L step back R

5&6   Making 1/2 turn L step forward L-R-L

7&8   Kick R forward, step R beside L, step L beside R

49-56 KICK, KICK, STEP, STEP, SCUFF, SHUFFLE, SCUFF STEP

1-2   Kick R foot forward, kick R foot forward

&3-4  Step R beside L, step L beside R, scuff R forward

5&6   Shuffle R-L-R

7-8   Scuff L, stomp L forward

57-64 STOMP BALL CHANGE, STOMP BALL CHANGE, SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE

1-2   Stomp R forward, step L beside R

&3-4  Step L back, step forward R, step L beside R

5&6   Shuffle forward R-L-R (angle body slightly R with R hand lasso)

7&8   Shuffle forward L-R-L (angle body slightly L with L hand lasso)

65-72 STEP, SCUFF/TURN, STEP, SCUFF/TURN, FOOT SWIVELS FORWARD R-L-R-L

1-4   Step forward R, scuff L forward in an arc making 1/2 turn L,

      step forward L, scuff R forward in an arc making 1/4 turn L

5-8   Step R forward 45 deg, step L forward 45 deg (these should be

      done as a swivel on the balls of both feet), Repeat

73-80 ROCK R, 1/4 L, FULL TURN TRIPLE STEP, SHUFFLE KICK BALL CHANGE

1-2   Rock/step R to R, making 1/4 turn L replace weight on L

3&4   Making a full turn L step R-L-R

5&6   Shuffle forward L-R-L

7&8   Kick R forward, step R beside L, step L beside R

80    Begin Dance Again

Note; There is a restart in this dance on the third wall after count 64. This only

happens once during the dance when using the choreographers choice of music.