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I Heard It Through The Grapevine

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Count:
48
Wall:
4
Level:
Intermediate
Choreo:
Choreographer:
Barry Durand (USA)
Music:
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Michael McDonald
 
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SUGAR PUSH WITH FOOT CIRCLE
1-2&3-4Step forward right, forward left, moving backward let your body face a forward right diagonal and step slightly back with right foot, cross left in front of right still going back, step right back
Turn slightly back to facing front (12:00)
5-6Weight on right and do a foot circle with your left (lift your left leg bent at knee and keeping knee in one spot, make a small circle to the left with left foot), step down on the left having turned ¼ turn to the left
Body is facing 9:00, but left foot is turned out left facing 7:30
7-8Turn ¼ right and step with right foot forward, walk forward left
Back to facing 12:00

SKATERS TURN, PIVOT, SIDE ROCK CROSS
9-10Turn ½ to the left by keeping weight on left and sweep right around (skaters turn that came off the forward momentum of previous left step)
11-12Walk right, step forward left
13-14Stationary pivot ½ turn off the left foot to the right and step on right foot, step forward left
15&16Rock right to side, recover left, cross right in front of left

RONDE, SAILOR, HEEL DROPS, POINT BALL CHANGE
17-18Do a twist turn ronde by unwinding from the cross to your left with weight on right foot and ronde with the left
You will have made a 1 & 1/8 turn back to front diagonal left
19&20Sailor step and point by stepping back with left, slightly side right, point left foot to left
21-22Drop left heel twice
23&24Point ball tap (like a kick ball tap) by pointing left foot to left slightly above the floor, step near where the left was pointed, turn ½ right and tap right foot forward with the toe facing 3:00

8 COUNT LADY'S WHIP
This is exactly the footwork for a lady's closed whip in west coast swing couples

25-26Walk forward right, step forward left turning ½ turn to the right
27&28Back coaster step by stepping back right, together left, forward right
29-30Step forward left turning ½ turn to the right, step back right
31&32Triple step in place left, right, left
End with toes pointed in and heels split

TURNING APPLE JACK (SORT OF) SUGAR TUCK
33Put weight on right ball and left heel and split feet out (heels in)
&Transfer weight to left ball and right heel and swivel feet in (heels out)
34&35&Repeat 33& two more times
36Repeat 33 and make a ¾ rotation weight on left
If not quite finished, you can adjust to ¾ on next step
37-38Walk forward right, forward left
39-40Touch right behind left, turn ½ turn to the right and step right
This is the start of a sugar tuck turn in west coast

TURN, POINT FLICK, HIP STEPS
41&42Turn full turn on a triple step to the right starting with your left ending with a step forward on the left (left, right, left)
43-44Tap the right toe forward, turn ½ turn to the right while flicking your right foot in an attitude position and dropping weight onto left foot even more
To do this you have to lift your left heel on an & between 3-4 so that you drop on 4 at end of turn
45-46Step forward right, swing left hip up and touch left toe to floor
47-48Step forward left, turn ¼ turn right as you swing right hip forward and touch right toe to floor in a tap

REPEAT

RESTART
After 4 times through, go through the first 16 beats but on 15&16 (side rock, recover, cross) do a side rock, recover and tap right next to left. Then restart

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