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THE LONGEST TIME

Dec 05

SONG:          For The Longest Time by Billy Joel.

               Also available on CD 'Tamworth 2006'

               More information available from the website below.

CHOREOGRAPHER: Jan Wyllie, Hervey Bay, Qld., Australia

               Email: janwyllie@iinet.net.au   

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

DANCE:         32 counts, 2 walls, 108 bpm, Easy Intermediate, 

               Start on vocals on word 'if'   1 RESTART

STEPS                   PATTERN OF DANCE

Side Step Stomp, Side Step Double Stomp, Rock Back Return, Scuff Fwd

1&2&3   Step R to R, Stomp L beside R, Step L to L, Stomp R beside L twice (wt on L)

&4&     Bounce/Step back on R, Step fwd on L, Scuff R fwd

Heel Struts Fwd, Step Pivot 1/4 Left x 2

5&6&    Heel strut fwd on R, L 

7&      Step fwd on R, Pivot 1/4 left transferring wt to L

8&      Step fwd on R, Pivot 1/4 left transferring wt to L

Step Across Hold, Side Rock Return x3, Cross Shuffle

9&10&   Step R across L towards L corner, Hold, Rock/step L to L, Rock/return wt to R

11&112& Step L across R towards R corner, Hold, rock/step R to R, Rock/return wt to L

13&14&  Step R across L towards L corner, Hold, Rock/step L to L, Rock/return wt to R

15&16   Step L across R, Step R to R, Step L across R

1/4 Rock & Step Back, Coaster Cross, 1/4 Rock & Step Back, Coaster & Scuff

17&18   Making 1/4 turn right rock/step fwd on R, Rock back on L, Step back on R

19&20   Step back on L, Step R beside L , Step L across R

21&22   Making 1/4 turn right rock/step fwd on R, Rock back on L, Step back on R

23&24&  Step back on L, Step R beside L , Step fwd on L, Scuff R fwd

Step Fwd Scuff x2, Rock Fwd & Back, Coaster, Step Fwd & Pivot 1/2, Stomp

25&26&  Step fwd on R, Scuff L fwd,  Step fwd on L, Scuff R fwd

27&28   Rock/step fwd on R, Rock back on L, Step back on R

29&30   Step back on L, Step R beside L, Step fwd on L

31&32   Step fwd on R, Pivot 1/2 left transferring wt to L, Stomp R beside L keeping

        wt on L

* There is a restart on wall 3 after count 16

I never thought I would ever write to Billy Joel, but there you go, you should never say

never!

It's best to keep an open mind on everything these days because the world is changing

so quickly that you just don't know what will happen next and you just MIGHT have to do

Something that you have always said you would NEVER do.

'For The Longest Time' is a great song and I don't know about you, but it

makes me want to sing as I dance.  I think it's terrific to sing while you dance

because you can sing your heart out at top note and nobody can really hear you.

When you can't sing for nuts  that means a lot!

The dance itself is easy  once you get used to the start-  but it's not a beginner's dance. 

See you on the floor sometime……..Jan