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BETTER IN TIME

SONG: BETTER IN TIME by LEONA LEWIS.

ALBUM: SPIRIT

ORIGINAL POSITION: FEET TOGETHER WEIGHT ON THE LEFT FOOT.

CHOREOGRAPHER: GORDON ELLIOTT. Sydney. NSW. AUSTRALIA. January 2009.

Contact 02 9550 6789 Website www.dancewithgordon.com

For a video demo walk thru by Gordon visit http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZExEeKr9o

BEATS STEPS: This dance is done in TWO directions. Introduction: 32 Beats

FORWARD,ROCK, FULL TURN TRIPLE BACK, BACK,ROCK, FORWARD-FULL TURN

1,2 STEP R FORWARD, ROCK BACK ONTO L,

3&4 TRAVEL BACK TURNING 360* RIGHT STEP: R-L-R,

5,6 STEP L BACK, ROCK FORWARD ONTO R,

7&8 STEP L FORWARD, TRAVEL FORWARD TURNING 360* LEFT STEP: L-R.

SIDE, ROCK, SAILOR STEP, BEHIND-SIDE-ACROSS, HIP, HIP

1,2 STEP R TO THE SIDE, SIDE ROCK ONTO L,

3&4 SAILOR: STEP R BEHIND LEFT, STEP L TO THE SIDE, STEP R TO THE SIDE,

5&6 STEP L BEHIND RIGHT, STEP R TO THE SIDE, STEP L ACROSS IN FRONT OF R,

7,8 STEP R TO THE SIDE PUSH HIPS RIGHT, SIDE ROCK ONTO LEFT PUSH HIPS LEFT.

BEHIND-SIDE-ACROSS, ¼ TURN, ¼ TURN, ACROSS- ¼ TURN- ½ TURN, FORWARD, ROCK

1&2 STEP R BEHIND LEFT, STEP L TO THE SIDE, STEP R ACROSS IN FRONT OF LEFT,

3,4 TURN 90* RIGHT STEP L BACK, TURN 90* RIGHT STEP R TO THE SIDE,

5& STEP L ACROSS IN FRONT OF LEFT, TURN 90* LEFT STEP R BACK,

6 TURN 180* LEFT STEP L FORWARD,

7,8 STEP R FORWARD, ROCK BACK ONTO L.

BACK-LOCK-BACK-BACK-LOCK-BACK-½ TURN, FORWARD, ROCK-HOOK-SHUFFLE FORWARD

1&2 STEP R BACK, LOCK L ACROSS IN FRONT OF RIGHT, STEP R BACK,

&3& STEP L BACK, LOCK R ACROSS IN FRONT OF LEFT, STEP L BACK,

4 TURN 180* RIGHT STEP R FORWARD,

5,6& STEP L FORWARD, ROCK BACK ONTO R, HOOK L HEEL TO RIGHT KNEE,

7&8 SHUFFLE FORWARD STEP: L-R-L.

¼ TURN ACROSS, HOLD, ACROSS, HOLD, FORWARD, ROCK, ½ TURN SAILOR

1,2 TURN 90* LEFT STEP R ACROSS IN FRONT OF LEFT, HOLD,

3,4 STEP L ACROSS IN FRONT OF RIGHT, HOLD,

5,6 STEP R FORWARD, ROCK BACK ONTO L,

7,8 TURN 180* RIGHT SAILOR STEP: R-L-STEP R FORWARD.

COASTER FORWARD, COASTER BACK, SIDE-ROCK-ACROSS-SIDE-BEHIND-SIDE-ACROSS

1&2 COASTER: STEP L FORWARD, STEP R TOGETHER, STEP L BACK,

3&4 COASTER: STEP R BACK, STEP L TOGETHER, STEP R FORWARD,

5&6 STEP L TO THE SIDE, SIDE ROCK ONTO R, STEP L ACROSS IN FRONT OF RIGHT,

&7 STEP R TO THE SIDE, STEP L BEHIND RIGHT,

&8 STEP R TO THE SIDE, STEP L ACROSS IN FRONT OF RIGHT.

SCISSOR STEP, SCISSOR STEP, FORWARD, ROCK, BACK, DRAG

1,2 STEP R TO THE SIDE, STEP L TOGETHER, STEP R ACROSS IN FRONT OF LEFT,

3,4 STEP L TO THE SIDE, STEP R TOGETHER, STEP L ACROSS IN FRONT OF RIGHT,

5,6 STEP R FORWARD, ROCK BACK ONTO L,

7,8 STEP R BACK, DRAG L TOE TOWARDS RIGHT.

FORWARD, SWEEP, SWEEP, HOLD, PIVOT TURN, PIVOT TURN

1,2 STEP L FORWARD, SWEEP TO STEP R FORWARD,

3,4 SWEEP TO STEP L FORWARD, HOLD,

5,6 PIVOT: STEP R FORWARD, TURN 180* LEFT TAKE WEIGHT ONTO L,

7,8 PIVOT: STEP R FORWARD, TURN 180* LEFT TAKE WEIGHT ONTO L.

64 REPEAT THE DANCE IN NEW DIRECTION