Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Count:
32
Wall:
4
Level:
Improver
Choreographer:
Maria Tao (USA) - June 2010
Music:
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - Carpenters : (CD: A Kind Of Hush)
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Intro: 32 counts from the first beat. (after the words: Don’t take your...)

(1-8) R SIDE SHUFFLE, BACK ROCK, RECOVER, KICK BALL CROSS, TOE STRUT
1&2 Step right to right, step left beside right, step right to right
3-4 Rock left back, recover onto right
5&6 Kick left forward to left diagonal, step left beside right, cross step right over left
7-8 Step left toe to left side, drop left heel to floor

(9-16) CROSS ROCK, RECOVER, R SIDE SHUFFLE, ¼ TURN R, STEP FWD, ½ PIVOT TURN R, ¼ TURN R, L SIDE SHUFFLE
1-2 Cross rock right over left, recover onto left
3&4 Step right to right, step left beside right, ¼ turn right stepping right forward (3:00)
5-6 Step left forward, pivot ½ turn right
7&8 ¼ turn right stepping left to left, step right beside left, step left to left (12:00)

(17-24) BACK ROCK, RECOVER, ¼ TURN L, HEEL, ¼ TURN R, TOE, SWEEP, SAILOR STEP
1-2 Rock right back, recover onto left
3-4 ¼ turn left stepping right to right, touch left heel in place facing left diagonal (9:00)
5-6 ¼ turn right dropping left toe to floor, sweep right from front to back (12:00)
7&8 Cross step right behind left, step left to left, step right forward

(25-32) ROCK FWD, RECOVER, ½ L SHUFFLE, ¼ TURN L, SIDE, TOUCH, SIDE, TOUCH
1-2 Rock left forward, recover onto right
3&4 ½ turn left shuffle forward stepping – left, right, left (6:00)
5-6 ¼ turn left stepping right to right, touch left to left diagonal (body angled)
7-8 Step left to left, touch right to right diagonal (body angled) (3:00)

START AGAIN

TAG: To be added at the end of WALL 3 (facing 9:00) and WALL 5 (facing 3:00)
1-2 Step right to right, touch left to left diagonal (body angled)
3-4 Step left to left, touch right to right diagonal (body angled)