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RING A BELL?

AUGUST 2004

SONG:              HOW'D I WIND UP IN JAMAICA   

ARTIST:            TRACY BYRD

ALBUM:             THE TRUTH ABOUT MEN

CHOREOGRAPHER:     NOEL BRADEY, Sydney,

ORIGINAL POSITION: Feet together, weight on L foot

DANCE STARTS:      On vocals after 32 count introduction


BEATS:  STEPS: FOUR WALL EASY INTERMEDIATE LINE DANCE         Version: 1.00

1-8 SIDE, BEHIND, BALL CROSS, SIDE, BEHIND, SIDE, CROSS, SIDE, REPLACE

1,2&3,4  Step R to right side, Cross/step L behind R, Step on ball of R beside L,

         Cross/step L over R, Step R to right

5&6      Cross/step L behind R, Step on ball of R beside L, Cross/step L over R,

7,8      Rock/step R to right, Replace weight to L


9-16 CROSS SHUFFLE, ½ HINGE TURN CROSS SHUFFLE, SYNCOPATED MONTEREY ¼ TURNS X 2

1&2      Cross/step R over L, Step on ball of L to left, Cross/step R over L

&3&4     Hinge turn 180° left on ball of R, Cross/step L over R, Step on ball of R to

         right, Cross/step L over R (6:00)

5&6      Touch R toe to right side, Turning 90° right step on R beside L,

         Touch L toe to left (9:00)

&7&8     Step L beside R, Touch R toe to right side, Turning 90° right step on R

         beside L, Touch L toe to left (12:00)


17-24 BALL STEP FWD, REPLACE, COASTER ¼ TURN, FWD, REPLACE, ½ SHUFFLE TURN

&1,2     Step on ball of L beside R, Rock/step fwd on R, Replace weight to L

3&4      Turn 90° right stepping R back, Step L beside R, Step R fwd (3:00)

5,6      Rock/step fwd on L, Replace weight to R 

7&8      Turn 180° left to shuffle fwd L, R, L (9:00)


25-32 ¼ TURN STEPPING SIDE, BEHIND, ¼ FWD, ¾ PIVOT, HIP SWAY, SIDE SHUFFLE ¼ TURN

1,2      Turn 90° left stepping R to right side, Cross/step L behind R (6:00)

&3,4     Turn 90° R stepping R fwd, Step L fwd, Pivot turn 270° R (wt on R) (6:00)

5,6      Step L to left side swaying hips L, R

7&8      Side shuffle stepping L to left, Step R beside L,

         Turn 90° left stepping L fwd (3:00)


32  Restart In New Direction


DANCE ENDS: You will be on Wall 9 which starts at the front.  Dance to count 16 and you will finish back at the front.


Choreographer's Note: I first heard this song when Tracy Byrd sang it at the IFCO

Concert at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.  I have always been a fan of Tracy

Byrd's work, but his latest album "The Truth About Men" has to be his best ever.

Listen to the words, they are a lot of fun, and yes, it does "ring a bell"! I have

endeavoured to keep this dance simple, yet, I hope, still interesting.  I hope you

enjoy the combination.  Noel

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