DANCIN' DOWN UNDER

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JOEL'S CREED

November 2004

SONG:          Don't Stop Dancing by Creed

CHOREOGRAPHER: Jan Wyllie, 4 Pebble Court, Torquay, Hervey Bay, 4655 Qld., Australia

               Email:janwyllie@iinet.net.au

               Web Site: http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~janwyllie/

DANCE:         40 counts, 2 walls, 72 bpm, Intermediate Level, Start dance after count

               40 on the word 'Cheer' (well that's what it sounds like to me anyhow!

               RESTART DANCE AFTER COUNT 24 ON WALLS 6&7

               WRITTEN BY REQUEST IN MEMORY OF JOEL NANKERVIS

STEPS             PATTERN OF DANCE

Coaster back, Walk fwd, Coaster fwd & Step fwd

1&2      Step back on R, Step L beside R, Step fwd on R

3,4      Walk fwd L,R

5&6&     Step fwd on L, Step R beside L, Step back on L, Step R beside L

7,8      Walk fwd  L R

Rock 1/4 Left, Side Rocks, Side Rocks, & 1/4 Rock Fwd and Back

9&10     Rock/step fwd on L, Rock back on R, Making 1/4 left step L to left side

&11,12   Step R beside L, Rock/step L to left, Rock/return weight to R

&13,14   Step L beside R, Rock/step R to right, Rock/return weight to L

&15,16   Step R beside L, Making 1/4 left rock/step fwd on L,  Rock back on R

& Coaster Back, & Step Pivot 1/4, & Fwd Back, 1/2 Turn Rock Rock

&17&18   Step L beside R, Step back on R, Step L beside R, Step fwd on R

&19,20   Step L beside R, Step fwd on R, Pivot 1/4 left transferring wt to L

&21,22   Step R beside L, Rock/step fwd on L, Rock back on R

&23,24   Making 1/2 L step back on L (becomes fwd), Rock/step fwd on R, Rock back on L

1/2 Turn, 1/2 Pivot, Cross Walks, 1/4 Turn Unwind, & 1/4 Across

&25      Making 1/2 turn right step back on R (becomes fwd), Step fwd on L

&26      Pivot 1/2 right transferring wt to R, Step fwd on L

27,28    Step R across left, Step L across R

&29,30   Making 1/4 left step back on R, Touch L toe behind, Unwind 1/2 left (wt L)

&31&32   Step R beside L, Step fwd on L, Pivot 1/4 R transferring wt to R,

         Step L across R

Rock Rock Step, Rock Rock Step, 1/4 Turn Unwind, Fwd Back Back

33&34    Rock /step R to right, Rock/return wt to L, Step R across L 

35&36    Rock/step L to left, Rock/return wt to R, Step L across R

&37,38   Making 1/4 left step back on R, Touch L toe behind, Unwind 1/2 left (wt L)

39&40    Rock/step fwd on R, Rock back on L, Step back on R

* RESTART DANCE AFTER COUNT 24 ON WALLS 6&7

This is not my usual style of music, but when Joel's Grandmother

contacted me and asked me to write a dance, it was my pleasure to oblige.

Joel died recently from a brain tumour after battling with it for 6 years. 

He was diagnosed at age 13 and succumbed finally at age 19.  I'm told that this was one of his favourite songs and I  can see what he saw in the words.

I have found that it helps to ease the pain by remembering loved ones through music and dance, and I hope  Joel's family finds some solace in this dance. 

It's good to remember that death is a a door that we all have to walk

through, so we are not separated forever...... just in the interim.

See you on the floor sometime...........  Jan