DANCIN' DOWN UNDER

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NIGHT RIDERS WALTZ

SONG:          Night Rider's Lament by Nanci Griffith

               More information about Jan's dances is available from the website.

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

               Email: janwyllie@iinet.net.au   

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

DANCE:         48 counts, 2 walls, 140 bpm, Upper Level Easy Int Level, 

               12 count intro  Choreo Jan 07

               1X 9 BET TAG WHICH HAPPENS IN THE SAME PLACE 5 TIMES DURING THE DANCE

STEPS                  PATTERN OF DANCE

Step Back Slide 1/4 Touch Across, 1/2 Waltz, Waltz Back, Waltz Fwd

1,2,3      Big step back on R, Slide L to R while turning body 1/4 left,

           Touch L over R  (9 o'clock)

4,5,6      Waltz fwd L,R,L while making 1/2 turn left (now facing 3 0'clock)

7-12       Waltz back R,L,R, Waltz fwd L,R,L   

Step Back Slide 1/4 Touch Across, 1/2 Waltz, Waltz Back, Waltz Fwd

13,14,15   Big step back on R, Slide L to R while turning body 1/4 left,

           Touch L over R  (front wall)

16,17,18   Waltz fwd L,R,L while making 1/2 turn left  (now facing back wall)

19-24      Waltz back R,L,R,  Waltz fwd L,R,L 

Behind Touch Hold, Behind Rock Return, 1/4 Waltz, Waltz Fwd

25,26,27   Step R behind L, Touch L to left, Hold

28,29,30   Step L behind R, Rock/step R to right, Rock/return wt sideways onto L

31,32,33   Step R behind L, Making 1/4 right step L beside R, Step fwd on R

34,35,36   Waltz fwd L,R,L  *Tag here on walls 2,4,5,8,9  then continue the dance

Waltz Back 1/4, Waltz Fwd 1/4, Waltz Fwd 1/4, Waltz Fwd 1/2

37,38,39   Waltz back R,L,R while making 1/4 turn left

40,41,42   Waltz fwd L,R,L while making 1/4 left

43,44,45   Waltz back R,L,R while making 1/4 left

46,47,48   Waltz fwd L,R,L while turning 1/2 left

* TAG  AS BELOW ON WALLS 2,4,5,8,9

Waltz Back, Step Scuff Scuff, Step Back Toe Strut

1,2,3      Waltz back R,L,R

4,5,6      Step fwd on L, Scuff R fwd, Scuff R back

7,8,9      Step back on R, Step back on L toe, Drop L heel to ground

When you get used to the music it is easy to hear where the tags occur.

It's a great song which I first heard in New Zealand being sung by an up

and coming  young country singer called Cameron Luxton.   He is still

very young but is already a golden guitar winner and has been

taken under the wings of  The Topp Twins. He will be appearing

in Tamworth in 2007.  Look out for him, he's awesome!

Hope you enjoy this waltz, there's a  few turns, but the steps are easy.

See you on the floor sometime…. Jan