DANCIN' DOWN UNDER

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OLD SHANGHAI

Dec. 04

SONG:          Shangai Breezes by John Denver.

               Also available on cd "Good Old Line Dance Music CD 18'

               Further information from website below.

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:         32 counts, 2 walls, 104 bpm, Easy Int. Start on vocals on word 'funny'.

               ONE 8 EASY BEAT TAG

STEPS                  PATTERN OF DANCE

Step Together, 1/4 Shuffle, Rock Return, Coaster Step

1,2,3&4  Step R to right, Step L beside R, Making 1/4 right shuffle fwd R,L,R

5,6      Rock/step fwd on L, Rock back on R

7&8      Step back on L, Step R beside L, Step fwd on L

Step Pivot 1/2, Rock Return, 1/4 Rock 1/4 Return, Full Turn Fwd

9,10     Step fwd on R, Pivot 1/2 left transferring wt to L

11,12    Rock/step fwd on R, Rock back on L

13       Rock/Step back on R turning body 1/4 right

14       Rock fwd onto L turning body 1/4 left to original position

15,16    Step fwd R,L, while making a full turn left

Rock Return, Back Lock Step, 1/2 Turn, Back Lock Step

17,18    Rock/step fwd on R, Rock back on L

19&20    Step back on R, Lock/step L across R, Step back on R

21,22    Making 1/2 left rock/step fwd on L, Rock back on R

23&24    Step back on L, Lock/step R across L, Step back on L

1/4 Rock Return, Behind Side Across, & Step Across, Sweep Across Hold

25,26    Making 1/4 right step R to rock/right side, Rock/return wt onto L

27&28    Step R behind L, Step L to left, Step R across L

&29      Step L slightly left, Step R across L

30,31    Sweep L around and across R taking 2 beats (keeping wt on R)

32       Take weight on L  (L over R)

         * There is an 8 beat tag at the end of wall 3. Just do this........

Side Shuffle, Rock Return, Side Shuffle, Rock Return

1&2,3,4  Shuffle to the right R,L,R,  Rock/step L behind R, Rock/return wt to R

5&6,7,8  Shuffle to the left L,R,L,  Rock/step R behind L, Rock/return wt to L

I wrote this dance for Annie, who is a big John Denver fan. It's not hard nd I

hope  you  enjoy it.. I guess while ever we  continue to appreciate his music,

John Denver  will never be  dead.  He certainly had a voice that was 'his'.....

you could never mistake  him  for anyone  else and nobody has ever really been

able to copy him, although a

guy called Steven  Cheyney has given it his best shot.  Annie tells me that

Mark Tempeny  also has a similar \sound...and they are both Aussies!

That's enough yap for now!

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