It's Ma! Cowboy

Count:
32
Wall:
0
Level:
Choreographer:
Maggie Gallagher (UK) & Alan Birchall (UK)
Music:
Rhinestone Cowboy - Rikki & Daz
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On The Word 'Cowboy' After DJ Intro Count 48 or 30 Seconds

OPTIONAL INTRO
Start when main beat kicks in - (count 8 or 8 seconds)

1&2Clap hands with partner your right to their right (diagonal)
3&4Clap hands with partner, your left to their left (diagonal)
5&6Clap hands on knees (your own!)
Repeat this section to main lyrics (8 times)

JUMP FORWARD, CLAP, ¼ SIDE SHUFFLE, SIDE SHUFFLE, ¼ SIDE SHUFFLE
&1-2Jump forward landing right, left, clap hands with partner (opposite)
3&4Step left to left, right by left, left to left making ¼ turn left (advancing along the line -facing 9:00)
5&6Step right to right, left by right, step right to right (through the line)
7&8Step left to left making ¼ turn left, step right by left, step left to left (you should now be on the opposite line - facing a different partner 6:00)

JUMP FORWARD, CLAP, SIDE, BEHIND, ROCK, RECOVER, BEHIND, SIDE, FORWARD
&9-10Jump forward landing right, left, clap hands with partner
11-12Step left to left, cross right behind
13-14Rock left to left, recover on right
15&Step left behind right, step right to right
16Step forward on left
You should be facing a gap between the people opposite alternative for steps 13-16: right & left heel jacks starting on count &13

STEP IN PLACE, STEP ½ PIVOT, STEP ½ PIVOT, HEEL SWITCH'S, HEEL HITCH
17-18Step forward on right, ½ pivot left
19-20Step forward on right, ½ pivot left
21&Touch right heel forward, step right by left
22&Touch left heel forward, step left by right
23&Touch right heel forward, hitch right over left knee
24Touch right heel forward (clap) - or clap hands twice or both!

COASTER STEP, LEFT SHUFFLE FORWARD, ½ SHUFFLE TURN, COASTER STEP
25&26Step back on right, step left by right, step forward on right
27&28Step forward on left, step right by left, step forward on left (link left arm with your original partner)
29&30Making ½ shuffle turn left stepping right, left, right
31&32Step back on left, step right by left, step forward on left
You should now be in your original staring position facing your original partner

REPEAT
You will finish the dance on steps &1-2 (jump forward, clap hands)

PROGRESSIVE CONTRA LINE VERSION:
Replaces steps 27&28, 29&30 with forward shuffles, then 31&32 slight diagonal forward shuffle left. The front & back rows should replace steps 31&32 with ½ shuffle turn right (backwards) so they travel back up the line!