DANCIN' DOWN UNDER

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A BETTER LIFE

November 2004

song:          Better Life

artist:        Keith Urban

counts:        48 count, 4 Wall Intermediate Line Dance

choreographer: Bill Larson Sunshine Coast, Australia


BEATS                      STEPS

(1 - 8) CROSS SHUFFLE FWD: RLR, LRL, FWD ROCK 1&1/2 ROLLING TURN BACK

1&2,3&4   Shuffle fwd toward 11:00 o'clock: Stepping R-L-R,

          Shuffle fwd towards 1:00 o'clock: Stepping L-R-L

5,6,7&8   Step R fwd, Recover weight onto L with 1/2 turn R,

          completing a full turn R Step fwd R L R

(9 - 16) TURN WEAVE TURN ROCK BACK FULL TURN, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE

1&2&      Turning a 1/4 R Step L to side, Step R behind L, Step L to side,

          Cross R over L

3,4       Step L to side with 1/4 L, Recover weight onto R

5,6,7&8   Turning a 1/2 L Step L fwd, Turning a 1/2 L Step R back,

          Turning a 1/2 L Shuffle fwd L-R-L

(17 - 24) CROSS SAMBA, CROSS SAMBA, TOUCH BEHIND 1/2 UNWIND SAILOR 

1&2       Cross R over L, Step L to side, Recover weight onto R

3&4       Cross L over R, Step R to side, Recover weight onto L

5,6       Cross R over L, Unwind 3/4 L (weight on R)

7&8       Step L behind R, Step R to side, Recover weight onto L 

(25 - 32) SHUFFLE R SIDE, CROSS ROCK, SHUFFLE L SIDE CROSS ROCK

1&2,3,4   Shuffling R to side: Stepping R L R, Cross L over R, Recover weight onto R

5&6,7,8   Shuffling L to side: Stepping L R L, Cross R over L, Recover weight onto L

(33 - 40)   BALL-STEP BEHIND OUT OUT BALL CROSS, STEP BEHIND OUT OUT BALL CROSS

&         Step R beside L

1,2&3     Step L to side, Step R behind L, Step L to side, Step R to side

          (feet shoulder width apart)

&4        Step L beside R, Cross R over L

5,6&7     Step L to side, Step R behind L, Step L to side, Step R to side

          (feet shoulder width apart)

&8        Step L beside R, Cross R over L

(41 - 48) SIDE ROCK-TURN SHUFFLE, STEP PIVOT STEP TURN-STEP

1,2,3&4   Step L to side, Recover weight onto R,

          turning a 3/4 L Shuffle fwd on L: L-R-L

5,6,7,8   Step R fwd, Pivot 1/2 turn L, Step fwd on R, turning a 3/4 L Step L fwd


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