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FIDDLER MAN

August 1996

SONG: Fiddler Man

ARTIST: Audio Murphy / Slim Dusty

DESCRIPTION: 52 count, intermediate Contra linedance

CHOREOGRAPHED by Warren Fleming, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Summer Sounds Country Dance Club

Phone: 07 33560325, Fax: 07 33525707

www.flemingenterprises.com

Beats Steps

HEEL, TOES, HEEL, TOES

1-4 Touch R heel fwd, touch R toes backward, touch R heel fwd, touch R toe backward

GRAPEVINE R, STOMP

5-8 Step R to R side, cross L behind R, step R to R side, stomp L beside R

HEEL, TOES, HEEL, TOES

9-12 Touch L heel fwd, touch L toes backward, touch L heel fwd, touch L toe backward

GRAPEVINE L, STOMP

13-16 Step L to L side, cross R behind L, step L to L side, stomp R beside L

STEP, PIVOT, STEP, PIVOT

17-20 Step R fwd, turn 1/2 to the L, step R fwd, turn 1/2 to the L

CHARLESTON STEP

21-24 Step R fwd, kick L fwd, step L back, touch R toe backward

STEP SIDE, BEHIND, STEP SIDE, BEHIND

25-28 Step R to R side, touch L behind R, step L to L side, touch R behind L

SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE

29-32 (one full beat & two half beats) step fwd on R, step fwd on L-R,

step fwd on L, step fwd R-L

SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE

33-36 (one full beat & two half beats) step fwd on R, step fwd on L-R,

step fwd on L, step fwd R-L

STEP, PIVOT, STEP, PIVOT

37-40 Step R fwd, turn 1/2 to the L, step R fwd, turn 1/2 to the L

GRAPEVINE R, HITCH

41-44 Step R to R side, cross L behind R, step R to R side, lift L knee up

GRAPEVINE L, HITCH

45-48 Step L to L side, cross R behind L, step L to L side, lift R knee up

MILITARY TURN

49-52 Stomp R foot, put L toes behind R foot (you are cross legged),

(keeping weight on R) pull your body around 1/2 turn L,

stomp L foot (shifting weight onto L foot)

52 Begin Dance Again

Choreographers Note: This dance can be done as a normal line dance, but is more fun and challenging as a contra dance.

Dancers starting in lines across the hall face to face and lines should change on the shuffles steps, dancers should pass right shoulder to right shoulder.