Hi Everybody,

I have had a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic start to the New Year. I would like to thank Michelle Rae for approaching me to write a Line Dance to her music and to my friends Sue, Heather and Barb for helping me with it, this was our New Year's Eve project, also to  Gordon Elliott, Aussies great line dancing choreographer, who took the time out to check it out for me, his opinion is priceless.

Anyway I hope everyone has had a great start to the year.

Check out my dance, let me know what you think.

SONG:                            "IT'S A WONDER" by MICHELLE RAE.
ALBUM:                         "DO SOMETHING NEW"
ORIGINAL POSITION: FEET TOGETHER WEIGHT ON THE LEFT FOOT.
CHOREOGRAPHER:      VALLEY COASTER LINE DANCER'S. TAS. AUSTRALIA. January 2008.

BEATS:  64 Beats.
STEPS:  This dance is done in TWO directions. 16 count Introduction :

ROLLING VINE RIGHT, ROLLING VINE LEFT

1, 2, 3 TRAVEL RIGHT TURNING 360 DEGREES RIGHT VINE STEP : R, L, R,
4 TOUCH L TOE TOGETHER,
5, 6, 7 TRAVEL LEFT TURNING 360 DEGREES LEFT VINE STEP : L, R, L,
8 TOUCH R TOE TOGETHER.

SIDE, BEHIND & SIDE, BEHIND & DOROTHY STEP, DOROTHY STEP

1, 2 & STEP R TO THE SIDE, STEP L BEHIND RIGHT, STEP R TO THE SIDE,
3, 4 & STEP L TO THE SIDE, STEP R BEHIND LEFT, STEP L TO THE SIDE,
5, 6 & STEP R FORWARD AT 45 DEGREES RIGHT, LOCK L BEHIND RIGHT, STEP R BACK,
7, 8 & STEP L FORWARD AT 45 DEGREES LEFT, LCOK R BEHIND LEFT, STEP L BACK.

FORWARD, ROCK & FORWARD, ROCK, ¼ TURN SAILOR, SAILOR STEP

1, 2 & STEP R FORWARD, ROCK BACK ONTO L, STEP R TOGETHER,
3, 4 STEP L FORWARD, ROCK BACK ONTO R,
5 & 6 TURNING 90 DEGREES LEFT SAILOR STEP : L-R-L,
7 & 8 SAILOR : STEP R BEHIND LEFT, STEP L TO THE SIDE, STEP R TO THE SIDE.

ACROSS, ¼ TURN, SHUFFLE BACK, BACK, ROCK, ½ TURN SHUFFLE

1, 2 STEP L ACROSS IN FRONT OF RIGHT, TURN 90 DEGREES LEFT STEP R BACK,
3 & 4 SHUFFLE BACK STEP : L-R-L,
5, 6 STEP R BACK, ROCK FORWARD ONTO L,
7 & 8 TURN 180 DEGREES LEFT SHUFFLE BACK STEP : R-L-R.

BACK, ROCK, SWEEP, SWEEP, MAMBO STEP, SWEEP, SWEEP

1, 2 STEP L BACK, ROCK FORWARD ONTO R,
3, 4 SWEEP TO STEP L FORWARD, SWEEP TO STEP R FORWARD,
5 & 6 MAMBO : STEP L FORWARD, ROCK BACK ONTO R, STEP L TOGETHER,
7, 8 SWEEP TO STEP R BACK, SWEEP TO STEP L BACK.

TOUCH, ½ TURN, BACK, ROCK, ½ TURN TOE STRUT, ½ TURN TOE STRUT

1, 2 TOUCH R TOE BACK, TURN 180 DEGREES RIGHT TAKE WEIGHT ONTO L,
3, 4 ** STEP R BACK, ROCK FORWARD ONTO L,
5, 6 TURN 180 DEGREES LEFT STEP R TOE BACK, DROP R HEEL TO THE FLOOR,
7, 8 TURN 180 DEGREES LEFT STEP L TOE FORWARD, DROP L HEEL TO THE FLOOR.

SIDE, ROCK & SIDE, ROCK & ROCKING CHAIR

1, 2 & STEP R TO THE SIDE, SIDE ROCK ONTO L, STEP R TOGETHER,
3, 4 & STEP L TO THE SIDE, SIDE ROCK ONTO R, STEP L TOGETHER,
5, 6 ROCKING CHAIR : STEP R FORWARD, ROCK BACK ONTO L,
7, 8 STEP R BACK, ROCK FORWARD ONTO L.

PADDLE TURN, SHUFFLE ACROSS, ¼ TURN, BACK, COASTER STEP

1, 2 PADDLE : STEP R FORWARD, TURN 90 DEGREES LEFT TAKE WEIGHT ONTO L,
3 & 4 SHUFFLE RIGHT ACROSS IN FRONT OF LEFT STEP : R-L-R,
5, 6 TURN 90 DEGREES RIGHT STEP L BACK, STEP R BACK,
7 & 8 COASTER : STEP L BACK, STEP R TOGETHER, STEP L FORWARD.

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REPEAT THE DANCE IN NEW DIRECTION

RESTARTS : On WALL 2 & WALL 4 dance to BEAT 48 ( ) then restart facing the FRONT.

FINISH ON COUNT 44**   BRING R TO TOUCH BESIDES L 

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Thanks for the Cd  Michelle and for asking us to write a dance to her music,  Please contact  Michelle  for the music, There will be other dances written to this Cd,. Support Michelle, buy the Cd from CD BABY,  Which you can find through her sites. Please Let her know what you think. She would love to hear from you.