A honky tonk twist, a lucky line miss, more pregnancy baby with the twist.
We got a little dance in it, just like this. Come on everybody, it's a honky tonk twist.
Hi, I'm Cindy Trulove and I'd like to thank you for inviting me into your home today for some highfalutin, rootin, tootin, straight shootin, boot scootin.
Well, since my last video, line dancing has become even more popular.
So I've got eight more great dances for you today. But before we get started, let's run through some basics.
Firstly, line dancing is meant to be a stress reducer, not stress enhancer. So I want you to loosen up, relax and have a good time.
Okay, so take a deep breath, exhale and shake off all that tension and throw it away. Let's forget about it for a while, okay?
Now, posture. You want to stand nice and straight and knees are not bent and not locked but kind of in between, nice and flexible.
And a good step length for line dancing is about shoulder width. You hold your hands around waist level, hook them in your belt or your pocket.
We'll just hold them there. Okay, now I don't want you to be looking down at the ground while you're doing this.
Hold your head up high and say, I am good. All right? It's important you believe in yourself. So join me on that one. Ready?
One, two, three. I am good. Okay, we're ready for some dancing. Yeehaw!
Okay, we're going to learn cowgirl twist now. It's an easy little beginner's dance. It takes 32 counts of music.
This was choreographed by Bill Bader in Vancouver. So I'm going to turn around with my back to you so we'll all be going in the same direction.
That helps. Right, start cowgirl twist, feet together, weight's on my left foot to start and I start by touching my right heel forward for one
and slap the ball of that right foot down for two. Then on the left foot, heel three, slap the ball down for four.
And then right foot, five, six, left, seven, eight. Weight's all on my left foot now. I'm going to step back on my right for one, on my left for two, on my right for three
and bring my feet together for four. Now that's our first section. Let's practice that.
Ready and right slap, left slap, right slap, left slap, back one, two, three, feet together.
Okay, we'll move on to the next section now. But I want you to keep your remote control handy so if you're not ready to move on, go back and practice that section.
We're going to do some twists now. To the left for one with our heels. Toes to the left for two, our heels to the left for three and for the fourth count, hold it.
Now we're going to repeat that back to the right. Our heels for one, our toes for two, our heels for three and hold that fourth beat again.
Then twist to the left and hold one beat. To the right and hold one beat. And then left, right, center and guess what? Hold one beat.
Okay, let's take that section of twists. From the beginning of the twists, ready and twist left, two, three, hold, twist right, two, three, hold, left, hold, right, hold and left, right, center, hold.
How are you doing? Good? You are good. Remember. Alright, we've only got a couple of steps to go and we'll finish the sequence and then we'll put it all together.
Weight's going to go onto my left foot after those twists. I step forward on my right foot for one and I hold the second beat.
I turn a quarter turn to the left for three, placing the weight on my left foot and I hold the fourth beat and then I'm ready to start the sequence all over again with my heel struts.
Okay, let's go back and put it all together now. You've done it.
Weight's on my left foot to start. Ready and right heel slap, left heel slap, right heel slap, left heel and back. One, two, three, together, twist left, two, three, hold and right, two, three, hold, left, hold, right, hold and left, right, center, hold, step, hold, turn, hold and that's the whole sequence of cowgirl twists.
Now we will repeat it, the same sequence in a different direction. Okay, so let's just try that once and then I want you to practice it. Ready and right heel slap, left heel slap, right slap, left slap and back.
Two, three, together, twist left, two, three, hold, right, two, three, hold, left, hold, right, hold, left, right, center, hold, step, hold and turn, hold.
Now you're facing the back wall. Okay, take some time, maybe rewind back and practice those two and join it up, go around the room and then we're going to come and do it to some music, okay?
Okay, you've done heaps of practice. Now we're ready to try cowgirl's twist to music. I'm going to say five, six, seven, eight and then we're going to start.
Here we go. Five, six, seven, eight, right heel, left heel, right heel and back, one, two, three, together, twist, two, three, hold, right, two, three, left, right, left, right, center, hold, step and turn.
Start again, right heel, left heel, right heel and go back, one, two, three, together, twist to the right, two, three, left, hold, right, hold, left, center and step, turn, doing good, right, left, right, left and back.
Now twist, two, three and yeah, left, right, left, right, center and step, turn and again, right heel, left heel, right heel, left and back and twist, right, left, right, left, right, center, hold, step and turn, doing great, right, left, right, left and back and twist.
Left, right, left, right, center and step with the turn and again at the beginning and back.
Place in the back wall and again, right heel, left, yee-haw, looking good out there, twist and step with the turn and again, cowgirls twist.
And step with the turn, struts, yeah, you did it, cowgirl twist, yee-haw.
Okay everyone, we're going to be doing Cruiser now.
It's a 32 count line dance, it was choreographed by Neil Hale and it only faces one wall but it's got some tricky little turns in it so you might need to keep that remote handy in case you want to do any extra practice.
So I'm going to turn around and let's get started.
Okay, we start cruising with our feet together, weight's on my right foot to start and I'm going to cross my left foot over my right for one, rock back onto my right foot for two and then do a cha-cha-cha step, stepping left, right, left.
Weight's on my left foot now, I cross my right foot over for one, rock back for two and then do another cha-cha-cha in place, right, left, right.
Okay, then after that the weight's on my right foot, I'm going to rock forward on my left foot for one, back onto my right foot with another cha-cha-cha, stepping left, right, left and then straight back on my right foot and then onto my left foot again with another cha-cha-cha, stepping right, left, right.
Okay, that's our first section, let's practice that from the beginning.
Weight's on my right foot, ready and cross to cha-cha-cha, cross right and cha-cha-cha, rock forward and a cha-cha-cha, rock back with the cha-cha-cha.
How you doing? Good?
Okay, now we've got two pivot turns, these are really fun to learn, I want you to take your left foot, step straight forward, angle your toes a little bit out to the left, that'll keep you from stepping forward at an angle like that.
So that's one count. Now I'm going to take my weight, rock forward onto that left foot, push myself around, pivoting on the balls of both of my feet and end with the weight on my right foot.
And then I'm going to repeat that, step forward with my left foot again, push myself around, pivoting around, okay, so I'm turning around to the right and I end with the weight on my right foot.
That can be tricky to learn, okay, sometimes I call it the change your mind step because you go, oh, no I didn't mean to go there, oh, so I'm just pivoting around.
Let's try it, ready and step, turn half, step, turn half.
So you're going to step and face the back wall and then step and face me again. Okay, let's try adding those pivot turns on from the beginning, ready and rock, two, cha cha cha, cross over and cha cha cha, rock forward and cha cha cha, rock back and cha cha cha and step, turn, step, turn.
Okay, how you doing, good, let's go on now, the weight on my right foot, I'm going to do sideways movement here, I'm going to step to the right foot, whoop, to the left for one, cross behind for two, for three I'm stepping to the left and I'm fixing here to do a quarter turn to face the wall to my left hand side, that's three.
Now on four I'm going to step straight forward and complete that turn to face the side wall, that's one, two, three, four, let's try that, ready and left, two, three, four, okay, now five I'm doing another pivot turn, five, weight's on my left foot now and six I'm going to turn to face the front wall again and step on to my right foot, six.
Okay, let's try all six of those counts, a little bit tricky, you might need to practice this a few times, ready and to the left, behind, step, turn, turn and face the front, okay, weight's on my right foot now, I'm going to continue this movement to the left side by crossing behind for one, stepping to the right again for two, now see my foot's starting that turn, three I step straight forward and four I'm going to do another pivot turn around, five,
I'm going to step to face the front again on my left foot and six I step on to my right foot again, okay, let's try putting both of those sideways movements together, so from the beginning weight's on my left foot, I'm not taking it from the beginning of the dance just the sideways movement, ready and step, left, behind, left, step, turn, face the front, behind, step, step, turn, face the front and step on to my right foot.
Okay, there's 12 counts all together there from the time you step to the left to get back to the front again and then we're ready to start the dance all over it, okay, so let's go back to the beginning and put the whole sequence of cruising together, weight's on my right foot, ready and cross with a cha cha cha and cross, cha cha cha rock forward and cha cha cha rock back and cha cha cha step, turn half, step, turn half, step, turn half,
turn half, step, left, behind, step, step, turn, face the front, behind, step, step, turn, face the front and we're ready to start again, okay, let's just do one more practice on that because this is a little bit tricky this one but you're good remember, okay, now this time I'm going to use some counting with it, starting with weight on my right foot, ready and one, two, three and four, five, six, seven and eight,
one, two, three and four, five, six, seven and eight, step, two, three, four, now aside, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, okay, now if you're not ready for some music I want you to rewind back and practice that sequence a few times and we'll try it to some music.
Here we go, five, six, seven, eight, cross and cha cha cha, cross, cha cha cha rock forward, cha cha cha and back, now I turn, step, turn, step, turn and left, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and again, cross, cha cha cha cross right, cross, cha cha cha and back,
cross, cha cha cha rock forward, one, two, cha cha cha and back, now turn, step, turn, step, turn and left, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve and again, cha cha cha rock forward and back,
now turn, and left and start again, cross, you're doing good, cross, rock forward, now turn, step, turn, step, turn and left, turn, three,
nine, ten, start again, cross, rock forward, turn back, step, turn and left,
cross, rock forward, step, turn, okay you have done really good on that one, yeah that's cruising, good on ya.
Okay we're going to learn boot scootin' boogie now. Now there's a lot of versions of this dance. In my last video I taught you two, one from Western Australia and one from America.
This one is the most popular one that's done in the eastern states of Australia. It's a 32 count dance. It was choreographed by Bill Bader even before Brooks and Dunn met.
Okay so let's do that one now. I'm going to turn around and we'll get started. We're going to start with a right vine which is a sideways movement. Sometimes you might hear this called a freeze in Australia as well.
We step out to the right for one, we cross our left foot behind for two, step to the right for three and end that with a left heel and a clap. And I've angled my body slightly to the left there for a bit of style.
Then I repeat that movement to the left, step, cross behind, step, heel and clap. Now I'm going to bring my feet together, one, left heel out, two and clap, three, right heel out and clap for four.
Then I'm going to bring my feet together and swivel to the right, to the left, to the right and to the center. That was five, six, seven, eight. Now let's go back to the beginning and take that off from the top.
Ready and vine right, two, three, heel and left, two, three, heel, together, heel, together, heel, twist right, left, right, center. Good, you're doing good.
Now place the weight onto your left foot, do two right stomps, stomp, stomp, two right kicks forward, kick, kick and then we're going to do a ball change.
So I bring my right foot back, step quickly on the ball of that right foot, take the weight off my left and then step onto my left. It looks like this.
Stomp, stomp, kick, kick, ball change, stomp and then kick twice again with my right foot. Okay, that's a full eight count. See I'll just do it with a count.
Ready and stomp, two, three, four and five, six, seven, eight. Okay, so it's a quick little ball change there. Like you've got a sore foot and you just stepped on it.
Okay, let's take that once from the top. Ready and vine right, two, three, heel and left, two, three, heel, together, heel, together, heel and twist, two, three, center.
Stomp, stomp, kick, kick, ball change, stomp and kick, kick. Okay, weight's on my left foot. I step forward for two counts on that right foot and bring my left foot up there.
So it's one, two, back for two, my right leg comes up, so I'm on my left foot, three, four and back on the right foot, five, six, my left foot's up and then to finish it off I step forward starting a turn to the left, seven and raise my knee, eight.
And I'm ready to start again. Let's just go through those last eight counts again. So from after the kicks we went one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Raise down knee and we're ready to start again with the vine. Okay, let's go through the whole sequence. We're cooking, boot, scoot and boogie.
Ready and vine right, two, three, with a heel and left, two, three, with a heel, together, heel, together, heel and twist and stomp, stomp, kick, kick, ball change, stomp and kick, kick.
Rock forward and back, step back and step, turn. Okay, let's try a new wall now. Ready and vine right, two, three, with a heel, left, two, three, with a heel, together and twist and stomp, stomp, kick, kick, ball change and kick it again.
Rock forward and back, step back and step, turn. Okay, you're facing the back wall now. Try practicing that and now we'll try some music. Boot, scoot and boogie, yeehaw.
Here we go. Five, six, seven, eight, right vine and left, together and twist and stomp, stomp, kick, kick, ball change and kick again.
Rock forward and back, step back and step, turn. Start again. Vine left and twist and stomp, stomp, kick, kick, kick it and rock.
Step back, back wall, right vine and left and twist and stomp, stomp, kick, kick, ball change, kick again and rock forward, back, step back and step, turn.
Right vine, left and twist, yeehaw, woo, kick it. Hey, we're having fun, right vine.
Step, kick again and rock, woo, and stomp, woo.
Doing good and twist, stomp, stomp, ball change and kick.
Right vine and left and twist and give it a good one. Woo, yeehaw, boot, scoot and boogie.
I know you're out dancing with somebody new and he's holding you the way I used to do.
The lonesome as well is the one on your arm with two empty arms if heart tracks a stone. Songs just remind me of when love was new and my strange kind of lips staring to admit to you.
Okay, we're going to do the Midnight Waltz now. So I wore my Midnight Blue dress for it. This is a really pretty dance. It's done on Waltz time which is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
It's a dance choreographed by Joe Thompson so let's get started with it. We're going to start Midnight Waltz with our feet together and wait for my right foot to start.
And I'm going to cross my left foot over my right foot for one, then bring my right foot around to the side, step on it for two and then step on my left foot for three.
And then for four, five, six, I'm going to cross over again for four and on five I'm going to turn around to my right to face the back wall.
It's a half turn to the right. Step on my left foot for five and step on my right foot for six.
Okay, that's our first section and we're going to do that section twice so let's practice it. Weights on my right foot to start.
Ready and cross, two, three, cross, turn, step left and right. And now you're facing the back wall. We're going to repeat that again.
Weights on my right foot, cross, two, three, cross and turn, step left and right. Now the weight's on my right foot and I'm facing the front again.
I'm going to go into my next section of steps and these are little hesitation steps they're called.
Okay, and they're fairly easy so it gives you time to think about what's coming up next.
Weights on my right foot, I rock forward on my left. I rock back onto my right and then I step my left next to my right.
And I do that to the right side, cross my right over, rock back onto my left and step and repeat it again once more to the left.
Step, two, three and the weight's on my left foot. Okay, let's just take that once from the top before we go on.
Ready and cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three and again cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three.
Rock, two, three, rock, two, three and rock, two, three. Weights on my left foot now, I cross my right over for one.
Step to the left and then cross my right behind. Now I'm going to step to the left again and this is one count here and I slide up for two, three.
Pretty little slide there and I step to the right and slide up two, three.
Let's take that sequence just from the crossover and the move to the side.
Ready and cross, step side, behind and step, two, three, step to the right, two, three.
Weights on my right foot, once through the midnight waltz right from the top.
Ready and cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three and again cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three.
Rock, two, three, rock, two, three, rock, two, three. Cross, side, behind, step, two, three and step, two, three.
Okay, weights on my left foot, I'm going to step straight forward with my, oh, it's on my right foot.
Weights on my right foot and yours too I hope. Step forward with your left foot for one.
Raise your right knee up and count two, three. Now I'm going to step back on my right foot for four.
And I'm going to turn around, a half turn to my left and step five, six.
Okay, let's just practice that once from stepping straight forward with our left foot.
Ready and step, two, three and back, five, six. Now I'm facing the back wall.
I did a half turn to the left. I'm going to repeat those six counts again.
Stepping forward with my left foot first. Okay, how you doing? Good?
Right, let's go. Step, two, three, step, turn, two, three and I'm back to the front wall again.
Okay, let's go right back to the beginning and put it all together up to that point.
Ready and cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three and again cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three.
Now rock, two, three and rock, two, three, rock, two, three, cross, side, behind and step, two, three, step, two, three.
Step, hitch, two, three, step, turn, two, three and again hitch, two, three, step, turn, two, three.
Right, now to finish it off, weight's on my right foot. I'm going to step straight forward with my left foot
and do a quarter turn to face my new wall which is to the left.
So it's step, two, three, weight's on my left again and then back on my right foot is two, three.
So I've ended with the weight on my right foot and I'm ready to start all over in a new direction.
Okay, let's practice it. Let's do it twice, facing this wall and that wall.
Now remember to keep your rewind button handy. This one's a little tricky but you're good.
Okay, let's do it. Ready and cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three and again cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three.
Rock, two, three, rock, two, three, rock, two, three, cross, side behind and step, two, three, step, two, three.
Step, hitch, two, three, step, turn, two, three and again step, hitch, step, turn, two, three, step, turn and back.
Again, cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three, cross, cross, turn, two, three, rock, two, three, rock, two, three, rock, two, three, cross, side behind and step, slide, step, slide, step, hitch, step, turn, step, hitch, step, turn, step, turn and back.
Okay, now that's two whole sequences. Let's try it to some music.
Now remember, if you're not ready, press the rewind and practice it a little bit more.
Music.
Here we go.
Four, five, six, cross, cross turn, and cross, cross turn.
Rock, two, three, rock, two, three, rock, two, three, and to the side.
Step, slide, step, slide, step, hitch, step, turn, two, three, and again.
Step, turn, two, three, changing balls, and back.
Start again, cross, cross turn, and cross, cross turn.
Rock, rock, once more, and to the side.
Step, slide, slide, step, hitch, step, turn, step, hitch, step, turn, step, and back.
Start again, cross, two, three, cross turn, and rock, to the side.
One, two, three, step, slide, and right, step, hitch, and turn, two, three, step, hitch, and turn.
Start your new ball, and back.
Here we go from the beginning, cross, cross turn, cross, cross turn.
Rock steps, rock, and to the side.
Think pretty, step, hitch, step, turn, step, hitch, step, turn, new ball, and back.
Start again, cross, cross turn, and again, cross turn, and to the side.
Step, hitch, step, turn, step, hitch, step, turn, new ball, and back.
Once more, cross, cross turn, cross, cross turn, and rock.
Oh, now that was nice and pretty.
Good on you, Midnight Waltz.
Okay, Midnight Waltz is a line dance that can also be done as a partner dance.
So if you happen to have a partner, like I do, have Rod waiting over here, come on Rod,
we'll show you how it can easily be converted into a partner dance.
Now we start in this position, Rod's got his right arm around my shoulder here,
and we're holding hands in front with our left hands.
The footwork stays the same, okay, right up till the end, and we'll tell you about that then.
So we start the dance, cross, two, three, then we're going to do our turn.
We cross over, we let go of our right hands, and do that turn, two, three,
and we join up our right hands again behind.
So I've got my arm behind the man's back now, and then we're going to repeat that from the beginning.
Cross, two, three, cross, but this time we let go of our left hands to do the turn, two, three.
Rod brings his arm over my head, and we're back to starting position with the arms.
Now the hesitation steps, the rock steps, stay the same, rock, two, three, rock, two, three, rock, two, three.
Now when we do the side movement, I'm going to come slightly out in front, so I don't step on him.
We're going to do our side movement, cross, side, behind, step, slide, two, three, step, slide, two, three.
Now we're going to step forward to do our hitch step,
but Rod's got to step a little bit further forward to catch up with me here.
So we step hitch, two, three.
Now we're going to do our turn to the left.
We're going to let go of our left hand, step back and turn, two, three.
Now we've kept our right hands behind and we've joined our left hands up from front again.
We do another step hitch, step hitch, two, three, and this time we're going to let go of our right hand.
Rod's going to bring it over my head, and step, turn, two, three, and we're back to starting position again.
Now we've just got the little turn at the end. Now this is where the man's footwork will change very slightly.
Instead of him stepping straight forward to do the turn like I will,
he's going to hook his left foot behind his right to do the turn.
So let's try that. Ready, and step, turn, two, three, step back, two, three.
And we made that neat little turn to the left there and we're ready to start all over again.
So let's go through it once in this direction and see what it looks like all put together.
Ready, and cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three, cross, two, three, cross, turn, two, three.
Rock steps, stay the same. Now to the side, cross, step, slide, step, slide, step hitch, two, three, step, turn, two, three,
and step, two, three, and back, two, three. Alrighty, that's it.
The Midnight Waltz Partner Dance. Go grab your partner and start dancing.
Hi, I'm Dylan and I'm going to teach you Honky Tonk Stomp.
This dance isn't just for kids. Even my great nana can do this.
Okay, we're going to fan out our right foot into a ninety degree angle.
We're going to put it together for two counts and we're going to do that once more to make four counts.
Ready, go, fan together, fan together.
Now we're going to put our right foot out to the front and do two heels and two toes behind.
This is a tricky bit here. You're going to put your heel out to a forty five degree angle together and in one beat,
you have to change weight and then do two stomps and mirror that on the left foot.
Left, together, change weight, stomp, stomp. Okay, let's do that.
Ready, go, fan together, fan together. Two heels in front, two toes behind.
Heel together, stomp, stomp. Heel together, stomp, stomp.
Now here comes the easiest part of the dance.
Four vines, one to the right, one to the left, one to the right and one to the left.
But on the second one, to the left, we're going to do a turn.
So do a vine to the right and we're going to hitch and clap.
Then we're going to do a vine to the left.
And see my foot, it's just about to turn and I'm going to do a scuff and a turn.
Then I'm going to do a right vine and a scuff, a left vine and a stomp.
And that's the whole dance. Let's just practice that.
Okay, ready, go, fan, fan. Two heels in front, two toes behind.
Heel together, stomp, stomp. Heel together, stomp, stomp.
Vine to the right and hitch, vine to the left. Turn, vine to the right, hitch, vine to the left, stomp.
Okay, now I'm going to practice it to a different wall.
And we are going to do the same as we did before except to a different wall.
Ready, go, fan, fan. Two heels in front, two toes behind.
Heel together, stomp, stomp. Heel together, stomp, stomp.
Vine to the right, hitch, vine to the left. Turn, vine to the right, hitch, vine to the left and stomp.
One, two, three, four, fan, fan. Two heels in front, two toes behind.
Heel together, stomp, stomp. Heel together, stomp, stomp. And hitch, vine, turn, vine, hitch, vine.
Stomp together. Heels in front, two toes behind.
Stomp, stomp. Stomp, stomp. Vines.
Stomp, fan, fan. Heel together, stomp, fan, fan. Heel together, stomp, fan, hitch, vine, turn, vine, hitch, vine.
Stomp, fan, fan. Two heels in front, two toes behind.
Heels in front, stomp, stomp. Stomp, stomp. And vines.
Two heels in front, two toes behind. Vines.
Heel together, stomp, hitch, vine, clap. And stomp.
Stomp.
Try, you've done the honky tonk stomp.
Stomp.
Okay, we're going to get troubled now. This is a 32 count four wall dance. It's got one little tricky step in it.
It was choreographed by me. So let's get started. I'll turn around.
I'm going to start with our feet together, weight on the left foot. And we start by pointing our right toe out to the side for one.
Bring that knee up for two. And then three, we're going to point our right toe to the side.
And I did a little quarter turn to the left there. And four, bring your knee up again.
Okay, so we do that turn on three. Let's just practice that. Weights on the left, ready.
And point together, point together. And the turn's on the third count.
Okay, I want you to practice that because I'm going to turn you around now.
I want you to start with your back to me so you can see the rest of the dance okay.
All right, so you're facing your back wall there now. And I'm looking at the back of your head.
And we're going to start the dance just like I just told you, all right.
So we're going to turn to the left. So you'll be facing that wall there to your left.
Ready and point knee, point knee. Okay, weights on your left foot now.
We're going to do a vine here. We're going to step to the right for one, cross our left foot behind for two, step to the right for three.
And on four, you're going to turn to face me. So we're fixing to do a quarter turn to the left here and go four.
And put all the weight onto your back right foot. Okay, let's take that from the top and put it together from there.
So you start facing away from me. Ready and point knee, point knee, vine right, two, three, four.
So I'm four. I've done this little attitude pose here.
Now I'm going to do some hip bumps. Take my hips and go twice to the front, then twice to the back, then forward, back, forward, back.
Roll the hips. Okay, now the weight's on my left foot and I'm going to walk straight forward, left, right, left and touch right toe next to it.
Okay, and I want you to do this dance with attitude. So I've touched my right toe there.
Let's try all of that from the beginning. The tricky bit comes next.
Okay, facing away from me. Ready and point knee, point knee, vine right, two, three, four.
And hips to the front, hips to the back and forward, back, forward, back. Now walk, two, three, touch.
Right, now here we go with some syncopated steps. These are done on the one and two and three and four counts.
We're going to point our right toe out for one, bring our feet together for and, point the left out for two, bring our feet together for and.
We're going to do a turn there, point out for three, bring our feet together, point out for four and feet together for the last and.
I'll just show you that in real time now. It goes like this. One and two and three and four and.
Okay, and you end with the weight on your left foot. Let's just practice that once together.
Ready and one and two and three and four and. So I'm facing another quarter turn to the left there.
Weight's on my left foot and I'm going to do two right heels forward, two heels forward, right first, one, together two and then left three, four.
And to finish the whole sequence off I do a heel grind, which is like grinding something into the ground.
Five, six, rock back on that right foot for seven and step onto the left foot for eight.
And I'm ready to start all over again. Okay, let's take that from the top. Oh, sorry, wrong way.
You're facing, you're facing the back wall. Ready and point knee, point knee, vine right, two, three, four.
Now your hips to the front, hips to the back, forward, back, forward, back and walk it with a touch.
One and two and three and four and heel together, heel together, grind two, three, four.
Okay, a little bit tricky there. Remember to go back and practice. Let's try a new wall now.
Ready and point knee, point knee, vine right, two, three, four. Hips to the front, hips to the back, then forward, back, forward, back and walk it.
Two, three with a touch. One and two and three and four and heels and grind two, three, four.
Okay, that's trouble. Let's try it with some music now. Start facing the back wall that you're used to. Okay, here we go.
Five, six, seven, eight, point knee, point and vine, two, three, hips to the front, hips to the back, forward, back, forward, back and walk it.
And one and two and three and four and heels and grind it. Start again. Point knee, point knee and vine.
And your hips, looking good. Forward, back, forward, back and walk. And points. Three and four and heel and grind.
And start again. Point knee and vine with attitude. Hips and roll them. Now walk and point and point and point and point and heels and grind it.
And again, point and vine. And your hips, forward, back and walk it out and points and heels and grind.
And again, point. You're looking good. And your hips. And heels. And again, once more, vine.
And walk. Point and vine. And hips. And walk.
And once more. And walk. With attitude.
And a groin. Yee-haw, that's trouble. Good on ya.
You'll be so lonely baby. You'll be oh so lonely. You'll be so lonely you could die.
Okay, let's get groovy. This is a really fun dance. It was choreographed by Max Perry to song and Scoot-A-Lee's new album.
And it's called Heartbreak Hotel. It's a 32 count dance. Let's get started. I want you to loosen up and have fun with this one.
Okay, we're going to start with our feet together. Weights on the left foot. Our first count is a stomp of the right foot forward.
As you stomp forward, throw some body movement into it. Bring the weight off that left foot. And on two, step back on the left foot.
Three, our feet are together. And then we've got an and four count stepping out with our left and out with our right. And four.
Okay, now let's put some knees into that. Now these are Elvis knees. We're going to throw our left knee in for five. Move your hips there as well.
Our right knee in for six. Our left knee in for seven. And then we've got an and eight and eight. Okay, let's take that from the top.
Ready? And one, two, three, and four knees. Five, six, seven, and eight. Doing good? Okay, let's go on.
We've got a step forward with the left foot and a half pivot turn around to the right ending with the weight on our right foot.
Now the next little bit is a little bit tricky. We're going to step straight forward again with our left foot.
This is our third count. We've got an and four. I'm going to do a quick turn around to the right again and step out and four.
That was stepping out right left. I want you to put some accent on that. Let's do that in real time.
Ready? And one, two, three, and four. Okay, after that we've got some knee rolls. We're going to roll our right knee five, our left knee six, and then knock them together seven, eight.
Let's take that much from the top. Ready? And one, two, three, and four knees. Five, six, seven, and eight.
Step two, three, and four. And roll, roll, and knock, knock. Okay, get the weight onto your left foot there.
We're going to do some hip movements to the right. I want you to add your own interpretations in here. I'm going to do some later. They're a lot of fun.
I'm going to step out to the right. One, two, three, our feet together and four. We hold our foot movement.
And then to the left, five, six, seven, eight. And I want you to put the weight onto your right foot when you finish those.
Because we're going to step forward on our left foot and do a quarter turn to the left and point our right toe out.
Okay, that's the first two counts of our next section, but let's go back to the beginning and put it all together.
I hope you're having fun with this one. It really is great. Ready? And one, two, three, and four knees. Five, six, seven, and eight.
Step two, three, and four. And five, six, seven, and eight. To the side. Two, three, and four. And left. Six, seven, and eight.
And step two. Okay, that's up to the second count of our last section. Three, we're going to cross the right foot over the left.
Four, we step straight back on the left foot. And five, we bring our right foot back so that it's parallel with our left.
Now six, seven, and eight. To finish the dance, we simply walk forward with our left foot. Six, right, seven, and eight.
And the weight's back on our left foot to start over again with the right stomp. Let's do the whole sequence now.
Ready? And one, two, three, and four. Knees. Five, six, seven, and eight. Step two, three, and four. Knees.
Five, six, seven, and eight. To the side. Two, three, and four. And left. Six, seven, and eight. And step two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Facing a new wall, let's try it in a new direction. Ready? And one, two, three, and four. Knees. Five, six, seven, and eight.
Step two, three, and four. Knees. Five, six, seven, and eight. To the right. Two, three, four. To the left. Six, seven, and eight.
And step two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Okay, let's try it to some music. Yeehaw, this is good. Here we go.
Loosen up and have fun.
Five, six, seven, and eight. And stomp. Two, three, and four. Five, six, seven, and eight. Step, turn. Here we go.
And to the right.
And step, point, cross, back. Five, six, seven, eight. And again.
Step, turn. And knees. Here we go.
And left. And step, point, cross, and eight. And eight. Again. Knees.
Woo! To the side.
Come on, feel it.
Woo!
Looking good.
Oh, good feeling.
Let's go.
Let's go to the Hot Brite Hotel. Yeehaw, that's fun.
Ah, the Honky Tonk Twist.
Okay, we're going to do the Honky Tonk Twist. This is a 64 count, whoa, that's a long line dance, but it's an easy one. And it was choreographed by Max Perry to another Scoot-A-Lee song called Honky Tonk Twist. So let's get started on it.
We're going to start with our feet together. We're going to twist our heels to the right, center, to the right, center. Then a right heel out at a 45 degree angle. Bring it up and hook it over your shin.
Right heel out and then step together, change your weight. And repeat that to the left. So left, center, left, center, left heel, hook, left heel, but this time just touch your left toe next to your right.
Let's take that much from the top. Ready? And right, center, right, center, right heel, hook, heel together, and left, center, left, center, left heel, hook, left heel, touch.
Okay. Now we're going to do some kicks. We're going to step forward with our left foot for one and hitch our right knee up for two. Step back on that right foot for three, touch my left toe behind, and step forward again, hitch that right.
And this time I'm going to turn, a quarter turn, and face the side wall. And then I'm going to take my left foot over and touch it next to my right.
Okay. We've got two vines now and you already know those, so let's add those on. We're going to vine to the left, cross behind, to the left, stomp and clap, and now to the right, cross behind, to the right, and bring your feet together.
Okay. Now let's go back to the beginning and add that all together.
Ready? And right, center, right, center, right heel, hook, right heel together, left, center, left, center, left heel, hook, left heel, touch, step and hitch, step, touch behind, step and hitch, turning and touch, vine left, two, three, stomp, and right, two, three feet together.
Okay. We've got a tricky little movement coming up here. Actually I might just turn with my back to you just to show you this movement, although you'll be facing the side wall.
It's kind of like when we do the swivels, okay, except we're going to have the weight, the pressures on my left heel and my right toe. And I'm going to twist so it looks like this.
One, two, three, four. Okay. So my left toe came off the ground in my right heel. And then I'll reverse that around, change the pressure to my right heel and my left toe and twist to the right. Five, six, seven, eight.
Okay. You might need to practice that one a little bit. So I was in this direction when I started it. And we're going to twist. One, two, three, four, and to the right, five, six, seven, eight.
Okay. From there we're going to do some back steps. We're going to step back with our right foot. Just the toe of my foot is going down there. One, two, I'm going to clap as my heel goes down. Left, three, four, right, five, six, left, seven, eight.
And now we're going to go forward by stepping right, slide the left up, right, and scuff left, and then left, slide the right up, left, and scuff.
Okay. Now let's go back a bit. We'll just take that from, let's take it from our vines. Okay. Ready and vine left, two, three, stomp and right, two, three, feet together, swivel two, three, four, and to the right, two, three, four, and back, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Step forward, slide, forward, scuff left, forward, slide, forward, scuff. Okay. We're nearly there. Right to the end we're going to cross her right foot over for one, hold it for two, cross the left foot over for three, hold it for four, cross it over for five, hold it for six, and then stomp your left foot and stomp your right foot and get ready to start the dance all over again with the heel swivels.
Okay. Let's go back 64 counts and put that all together. It's the honky tonk twist. Ready and swivel right, center, right, center, right, heel, hook, heel together, swivel left, center, left, center, left, heel, hook, heel with a touch, step, hitch, step, touch behind, step, hitch, turning in touch, vine left, two, three, with a stomp,
right, two, three, feet together and twist, center, twist, center to the right, center, right, center and back, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Step forward, slide, forward, scuff left, forward, slide, forward, scuff and cross, hold, cross, hold, cross, hold and stomp, stomp.
Okay. That's the whole 64 counts. I want you to practice that a few times and get ready for the music because it'll keep you hopping. Yeah. Honky tonk twist. Okay. Let's do the honky tonk twist.
Twist. Here we go. And five, six, seven, eight, twist and heels to the left. Yee-haw. Left, vine and twist.
Back steps.
Scuff and cross.
And start again.
Twist.
Woo.
Left, vine. Hang on there and twist.
Back steps.
Cross.
Twist.
And heel hooks.
Twist.
Woo.
Twist.
Back steps.
And cross.
Woo.
Twist.
Yee-haw.
Okay. I hope you enjoyed this video. I had a good time. Okay.
Looking forward to the next one. Remember, if you're out on the floor and you forget your steps and everyone else is going right, I can tell you what, you better go right along with them, okay? Yee-haw.
Back steps.
Ah, honky tonk twist.
Twist.
The honky tonk twist. I like it like this. Baby, when we twist.
Oh, yeah. The honky tonk twist.
Yeah.
The honky tonk twist.
Yeah.
Honky tonk twist.
I like it like this.
Come on everybody, it's a honky tonk twist.