Back On Holiday
Count:
32
Wall:
4
Level:
Intermediate
Choreographer:
Glen Pospieszny (USA)
Music:
Back On Holiday - Robbie Nevil
Dance starts with feet slightly spread apart
LEGS CROSSED, LEGS UNCROSSED, LEGS CROSSED, LEGS UNCROSSED, RIGHT HEEL SWIVELS
1Small hop to left crossing right over left (right & left hand follows right & left feet optional - head down)
2Small hop in place uncrossing our legs (head snaps up)
3Small hop to left crossing right over left (right & left hand follows right & left feet optional - head down)
Counts 1 & 3 should be a collapsing effect (as if you were deflated then inflated)
4Small hop in place uncrossing our legs (head snaps up)
5-8Keeping weight on the left, fan right heel in and out 4 times (right hand should move in a fanning motion along with right foot)
½ TURN RIGHT, KICK LEFT, STEP LEFT, POINT RIGHT, STEP RIGHT, KICK LEFT, STEP LEFT, POINT RIGHT, (HEAD SWAY TO LEFT ON COUNTS 4 & 6), KICK RIGHT, STEP BACK RIGHT, STEP BACK LEFT
1Touch right toe back
2Turn ½ right (right takes weight)
3&4Kick left, step left, point right (head sway to left on count 4)
&5&6Step right, kick left, step left, point right (head sway to left on count 6)
7&8Kick right, step right back, step left back
Move forward with each kick ball point then strike some kind of pose on counts 4 & 6. Also, on counts 7 & 8 add a very subtle body wave.
STEP RIGHT ¼ RIGHT, STEP LEFT FORWARD, STEP RIGHT 1/8 CROSSING RIGHT OVER LEFT, STEP LEFT 1/8, CROSS RIGHT BEHIND LEFT, UNWIND TO THE RIGHT ½, CROSS LEFT OVER RIGHT, TOUCH RIGHT TO RIGHT SIDE
1Step right ¼ turn to right
2Step left forward
3Step right 1/8 turn to right as you cross right over left (bend knees slightly)
4Step 1/8 left to left side
5Cross right behind left
6Unwind ½ turn to right
7Cross left over right
8Touch right slightly to right
Walk with a lot of "bad" attitude. On the cross unwind (½) you can jump out instead of a slow turn.
ROGER RABBITS/MASHED POTATOES (GOING BACK) RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, PIVOT TURN, ¼ TURN LEFT
&1&2Roger rabbits back right, left (or mashed potatoes going back)
&3&4Roger rabbits back right, left (or mashed potatoes going back)
5Step right forward
6Pivot ½ turn left
7Hitch right behind left knee (head should be turned downward)
8Turn ¼ left (should look as if right is pulling left on the ¼ turn, end with feet slightly apart pop head up)
Instead of Roger Rabbits, try traveling mash potatoes going back, or camel walks back, or whatever you think looks cool; on the ¼ turn right pop out on count 8.
REPEAT
LEGS CROSSED, LEGS UNCROSSED, LEGS CROSSED, LEGS UNCROSSED, RIGHT HEEL SWIVELS
1Small hop to left crossing right over left (right & left hand follows right & left feet optional - head down)
2Small hop in place uncrossing our legs (head snaps up)
3Small hop to left crossing right over left (right & left hand follows right & left feet optional - head down)
Counts 1 & 3 should be a collapsing effect (as if you were deflated then inflated)
4Small hop in place uncrossing our legs (head snaps up)
5-8Keeping weight on the left, fan right heel in and out 4 times (right hand should move in a fanning motion along with right foot)
½ TURN RIGHT, KICK LEFT, STEP LEFT, POINT RIGHT, STEP RIGHT, KICK LEFT, STEP LEFT, POINT RIGHT, (HEAD SWAY TO LEFT ON COUNTS 4 & 6), KICK RIGHT, STEP BACK RIGHT, STEP BACK LEFT
1Touch right toe back
2Turn ½ right (right takes weight)
3&4Kick left, step left, point right (head sway to left on count 4)
&5&6Step right, kick left, step left, point right (head sway to left on count 6)
7&8Kick right, step right back, step left back
Move forward with each kick ball point then strike some kind of pose on counts 4 & 6. Also, on counts 7 & 8 add a very subtle body wave.
STEP RIGHT ¼ RIGHT, STEP LEFT FORWARD, STEP RIGHT 1/8 CROSSING RIGHT OVER LEFT, STEP LEFT 1/8, CROSS RIGHT BEHIND LEFT, UNWIND TO THE RIGHT ½, CROSS LEFT OVER RIGHT, TOUCH RIGHT TO RIGHT SIDE
1Step right ¼ turn to right
2Step left forward
3Step right 1/8 turn to right as you cross right over left (bend knees slightly)
4Step 1/8 left to left side
5Cross right behind left
6Unwind ½ turn to right
7Cross left over right
8Touch right slightly to right
Walk with a lot of "bad" attitude. On the cross unwind (½) you can jump out instead of a slow turn.
ROGER RABBITS/MASHED POTATOES (GOING BACK) RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, PIVOT TURN, ¼ TURN LEFT
&1&2Roger rabbits back right, left (or mashed potatoes going back)
&3&4Roger rabbits back right, left (or mashed potatoes going back)
5Step right forward
6Pivot ½ turn left
7Hitch right behind left knee (head should be turned downward)
8Turn ¼ left (should look as if right is pulling left on the ¼ turn, end with feet slightly apart pop head up)
Instead of Roger Rabbits, try traveling mash potatoes going back, or camel walks back, or whatever you think looks cool; on the ¼ turn right pop out on count 8.
REPEAT