Those Were The Days
Count:
32
Wall:
4
Level:
Improver
Choreographer:
Karen Tripp (CAN) - March 2018
Music:
Those Were the Days - Hermes House Band : (Album: Greatest Hits - iTunes - 3:40)
Tags: -
End of wall 4 facing 12:00, Rocking Chair
End of wall 6 facing 6:00, Rock Forward, Shuffle Back, Rock Back, Shuffle Forward
End of wall 7 facing 3:00, slow Rocking Chair
Start: On the word “Days” when he sings “Those… were…the…days”.
S1: WALK 3, POINT SIDE, STEP, POINT, STEP, POINT
1-4Walk forward right, left, right, point left toe to left side
5-8Step left together, point right to side, step right together, point left to side
S2: BACK 3, TOUCH, SIDE, TOUCH, SIDE, TOUCH
1-4Walk back left, right, left, touch right
5-8Step side right, touch left to right, step side left, touch right to left
S3: VINE RIGHT WITH HEEL, VINE LEFT WITH ¼ TURN BRUSH
1-4Step side right, cross left behind, step side right, tap left heel out diagonally
5-8Step side left, cross right behind, turn ¼ left and step left, brush right ball of foot
S4: JAZZ BOX, ROCKING CHAIR
1-4Cross right over left, step back on left, step side on right, step slightly forward on left
5-8Rock forward on right, recover to left, rock back on right, recover to left
TAGS
TAG 1: ROCKING CHAIR (same timing)
1-4Rock forward on right, recover to left, rock back on right, recover to left
TAG 2: ROCK FORWARD, SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK BACK, SHUFFLE FORWARD (same timing)
1-4Rock forward on right, recover to left, shuffle back stepping R, L, R
5-6Rock back on left, recover to right, shuffle forward stepping L, R, L
TAG 3: ROCKING CHAIR (slow timing)
1-4Rock forward on right (no lyric, step on beat), recover to left (on lyric “those”), rock back on right (on lyric “were”), recover to left (on lyric “the”) (start again on count 1 on lyric “days”)
ENDING – Vine R, Vine 1/4L, Vine R, Vine 1/4L
At the end of the song facing 6:00 wall, you will hear the lyrics, “those were the days, oh yes those were the days… two more times!…Those were the days, oh yes those were the days… one more time!… Those were the days, oh yes those were the days”. You will have finished the routine with the Jazz Box and Rocking Chair.
When you hear “two more times”, do another Vine Right and Vine Left ¼ left… when you hear “one more time”, do another Vine Right (slowing down), and Vine Left ¼ left and you will end facing 12:00 on the last beat doing a Brush.
End of wall 4 facing 12:00, Rocking Chair
End of wall 6 facing 6:00, Rock Forward, Shuffle Back, Rock Back, Shuffle Forward
End of wall 7 facing 3:00, slow Rocking Chair
Start: On the word “Days” when he sings “Those… were…the…days”.
S1: WALK 3, POINT SIDE, STEP, POINT, STEP, POINT
1-4Walk forward right, left, right, point left toe to left side
5-8Step left together, point right to side, step right together, point left to side
S2: BACK 3, TOUCH, SIDE, TOUCH, SIDE, TOUCH
1-4Walk back left, right, left, touch right
5-8Step side right, touch left to right, step side left, touch right to left
S3: VINE RIGHT WITH HEEL, VINE LEFT WITH ¼ TURN BRUSH
1-4Step side right, cross left behind, step side right, tap left heel out diagonally
5-8Step side left, cross right behind, turn ¼ left and step left, brush right ball of foot
S4: JAZZ BOX, ROCKING CHAIR
1-4Cross right over left, step back on left, step side on right, step slightly forward on left
5-8Rock forward on right, recover to left, rock back on right, recover to left
TAGS
TAG 1: ROCKING CHAIR (same timing)
1-4Rock forward on right, recover to left, rock back on right, recover to left
TAG 2: ROCK FORWARD, SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK BACK, SHUFFLE FORWARD (same timing)
1-4Rock forward on right, recover to left, shuffle back stepping R, L, R
5-6Rock back on left, recover to right, shuffle forward stepping L, R, L
TAG 3: ROCKING CHAIR (slow timing)
1-4Rock forward on right (no lyric, step on beat), recover to left (on lyric “those”), rock back on right (on lyric “were”), recover to left (on lyric “the”) (start again on count 1 on lyric “days”)
ENDING – Vine R, Vine 1/4L, Vine R, Vine 1/4L
At the end of the song facing 6:00 wall, you will hear the lyrics, “those were the days, oh yes those were the days… two more times!…Those were the days, oh yes those were the days… one more time!… Those were the days, oh yes those were the days”. You will have finished the routine with the Jazz Box and Rocking Chair.
When you hear “two more times”, do another Vine Right and Vine Left ¼ left… when you hear “one more time”, do another Vine Right (slowing down), and Vine Left ¼ left and you will end facing 12:00 on the last beat doing a Brush.