SLEEPING WITH THE PAST

Choreographed by: Vivienne Scott

Music: ‘Sleeping with the Past’, by Elton John (CD Sleeping With the Past) Available at www.musicdownloads.walmart.com

‘Hammerhead Stew’, by Delbert McClinton (CD Cost of Living)

Format:  64 count, 4 wall,  Easy Intermediate Line Dance (lots of repetition!)

WALK FORWARD R/L, TRIPLE IN PLACE, WALK BACK L/R, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE

1-2 Walk forward, right, left, 

3&4 Shuffle in place, r,l,r

5-6 Walk back, left, right (styling option – dip as you walk back and/or snap your fingers on each step)

7&8 Step left back making 1/4 turn left, close right beside left, step left to left side making 1/4 turn left

WALK FORWARD R/L, TRIPLE IN PLACE, WALK BACK L/R, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE

9-10Walk forward, right, left, 

11&12Shuffle in place, r,l,r

13-14Walk back, left, right (styling option – dip as you walk back and/or snap your fingers on each step)

15&16Step left back making 1/4 turn left, close right beside left, step left to left side making 1/4 turn left

SIDE ROCK RIGHT, CROSS SHUFFLE, SIDE ROCK, 1/2 TURN TRIPLE

17-18Rock right to right side, recover on left,

19&20Cross right over left, cross left to left side, cross right over left

21-22Rock left to left side, recover on right,

23&24Step left back making 1/2 turn left, close right beside left, step left in place

SIDE ROCK RIGHT, CROSS SHUFFLE, SIDE ROCK, 1/2 TURN TRIPLE

25-26Rock right to right side, recover on left,

27&28Cross right over left, cross left to left side, cross right over left

29-30Rock left to left side, recover on right,

31&32Step left back making 1/2 turn left, close right beside left, step left in place

HEEL SWITCHES, WALK FORWARD R/L, HEEL SWITCHES, ROCK FORWARD

33&34&Touch right heel forward, step right beside left, touch left heel forward, step left beside right

35-36Walk forward, right, left (Option:  2 count traveling forward turn to left)

37&38&Touch right heel forward, step right beside left, touch left heel forward, step left beside right

39-40Rock forward on right, recover on left

1/2 TURN SHUFFLE, TRAVELING TWO COUNT TURN TRAVELING FORWARD (or Walk Forward L,R),

MAMBO FORWARD, COASTER STEP

41&42Step right back making 1/2 turn right, close left beside right, step right forward

43-44Step forward left making 1/2 turn right, step right back making 1/2 turn right

(Alternative – walk forward r, l)

45&46 Rock left forward, recover on right, step left beside right

47-48Step right back, step left beside right, step right forward

STEP PIVOT, KICK BALL CROSS, SIDE ROCK, WEAVE RIGHT

49-50Step left forward, pivot 1/2 turn right (weight on right)

51&52Kick left forward, step back on left, cross right over left

53-54Rock left to left side, recover on right

55&56Step left behind right, step right to right side, cross left over right

STEP SIDE RIGHT, HOLD, STEP SIDE LEFT, HOLD, RIGHT SAILOR STEP. CROSS UNWIND 3/4 TURN

57-58Step right to right side, hold

59-60Step left to left side, hold

61&62Step right behind left, step left to left side, step right in place

63-64Cross left behind right, unwind 3/4 turn left (weight on left)

Restarts after first 8 counts on walls 2 (3 o’clock), 4 (9 o’clock), 6 (3 o’clock) with a slight difference as follows:

Dance counts 1-6, then for counts 7&8 Shuffle in place (i.e. don’t turn), then start again from the beginning.

 

'Sleeping with the Past', by Elton John

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