OUR FIRST LOVE                                                

Choreographers:   Robert Lindsay, Kim Ray, Vivienne Scott & Fred Buckley

robertmlindsay@hotmail.com   kim@kray1.orangehome.co.uk  linedanceviv@hotmail.com  fbuckyca@yahoo.com

Formation:   64 count, 4 wall Easy Intermediate Line Dance

Music: ‘Mi Primer Amor’ by Belle Perez (CD:  Gotitas De Amor, also available on itunes)

1-8     SWAY, SWAY, KICK BALL CROSS, 1/4 MONTEREY, SIDE ROCK & CROSS

1-2     Stepping right to right side, sway hips right, left.

3&4    Kick right forward. Step down on ball of right foot. Step left across in front of right.

5-6     Point right toe out to right side. Turn 1/4 right on ball of left.  Step right beside left.

7&8    Rock left out to left. Recover weight on right. Cross left over right.

 

9-16   1/4 TURN SHUFFLE RIGHT, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE RIGHT, BACK ROCK/RECOVER, KICK BALL CHANGE

9&10         Turn 1/4 right & step right forward. Step left beside right. Step forward right.

11&12       Triple 1/2 turn right stepping L, R, L

13-14         Rock back on right. Recover left.

15&16        Kick right forward. Step down on ball of right. Step onto left.

17-24         1/4 PIVOT LEFT & TOUCH, STEP TOUCH, SIDE ROCK/RECOVER, CROSS SHUFFLE

17-18         Step forward on right. 1/4 pivot turn left bending right knee and touch left toe to left diagonal as you come up                 (facing left diagonal)

19-20         Step down on left bending left knee and touch right toe to right diagonal as you come up (facing right diagonal)

21-22         Rock right to right side. Recover on left

23&24        Right cross shuffle stepping R, L, R

25-32 1/4 TURN RIGHT & STEP BACK, SIDE STEP RIGHT, CROSS ROCK/RECOVER, BALL CROSS, 

        SIDE STEP, BALL LEFT, CROSS SHUFFLE

25-26 Turn 1/4 turn right & step back on left. Step right to right side.

27-28 Cross rock left over right. Recover on right

&       Step left in place (slightly back)

29-30         Cross right over left. Step left to side

&               Step right in place (slightly back)

(Easier alternative for 29-30&  Cross right over left, point left to left side,  leave out the “&” count and go straight into 31&32)

31&32        Left cross shuffle stepping L, R, L

33-40 1/4 TURN LEFT & STEP BACK, 1/4 TURN LEFT & STEP FORWARD, SHUFFLE FORWARD,

                TOUCH LEFT FORWARD, FLICK 1/2 TURN RIGHT, SHUFFLE FORWARD

33-34 Turn 1/4 left & step back on right. Turn 1/4 left & step forward on left

35&36       Step right forward.  Step left beside right.  Step right forward

37-38         Touch left toe forward.  Flick left toe turning 1/2 right on ball of right

39&40       Step left forward. Step right beside left.  Step left forward (Alternative: Full turn shuffle right traveling forward)

41-48 STEP RIGHT FORWARD, HOLD, BALL STEP FORWARD, FORWARD ROCK/RECOVER, 1/2 TURN LEFT                              & STEP FORWARD, TWO COUNT FULL TURN TRAVELING FORWARD

41-42         Step right forward. Hold

&43           Step left beside right. Step right forward

44-45  Rock forward on left.  Recover on right

46      Turn 1/2 left & step left forward

47-48  Turn 1/2 left & step right back.  Turn 1/2 left & step left forward (Easier alternative: Walk forward right, left)

49-56 WEAVE RIGHT, SIDE SHUFFLE, BACK ROCK/RECOVER

1-2     Step right to right side. Step left behind right

3-4     Step right to right side. Cross left over right

5&6    Step right to right side. Step left beside right. Step right to right side

7-8     Rock left behind right. Recover on right

57-64 WEAVE LEFT, 1/4 TURN SHUFFLE, BACK ROCK/RECOVER

57-58 Step left to left side. Step right behind left,

59-60         Step left to left side. Cross right over left

61&62Step left to left side. Step right beside left. Turn 1/4 right & step left back

63-64 Rock right back. Recover on left

RESTART:  Third Wall:  At the beginning of this wall the music will fade, dance through it and on for 40 counts and start again.

ENDING: After counts 39-40 cross right over left, unwind 3/4 turn left to the front.

Enjoy!

Contact me if you have trouble getting the music.

Many many thanks to Sue & Kathy for the Video - http://suenkathy.com

It shows Sue dancing 'Our First Love' with the team instructors of  the International Line Dance Association of Taipei (A  4,000-member line dance group in Taiwan)   It's a terrific performance of the dance.

Published in UK Linedancer magazine, May 08