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December 31, 2008

New Year, New place to dance

New place to line dance in South Jersey:

There is a large restaurant called Calloways in Staffordville which is between Tuckerton, NJ and Manahawkin, NJ on Rt. 9 that will be starting up country dancing on Friday nights. This restaurant is about 40 min. from EHT.
Jan. 9th
Jan. 16th
Feb. 20th
Feb. 27th
Mar. 5th
As of right now, Ken & Debbie will be holding the dances posted. Joe & Mary will take over after that. Plus, there is no charge.
Yeehaw! :)

Questions? Post a comment & I'll do my best to find out the answer for you!

10 good reasons to line dance in 2009

if the boot fits, buy every color

  1. Good, down home, clean fun
  2. Exercise in disguise, I'll take line dancing over the gym any day!
  3. Country music
  4. Line dancing is easy to learn, plus you can learn the dances at home on 38step.com :)
  5. Guys in wranglers / Gals in tight jeans [that's right ]
  6. Great date idea for first dates or long time loves
  7. Single? Not a bad place to meet your future husband/ wife / boyfriend / girlfriend
  8. Easy atmosphere to go solo
  9. Something different to do
  10. Ladies... Hello!?! A reason to buy another pair of boots

December 14, 2008

Crazy Foot Mambo line dance step sheet

Crazy Foot Mambo



Choreographed by: Paul McAdam (Jan 08)
Music: If You Wanna Be Happy by Dr Victor & the Rasta Rebels
Descriptions: 32 count - 2 wall - Beginner level line dance

Count In: Start On Vocals Approximately 22 seconds into track
1-8 MAMBO FORWARD, MAMBO BACK, STEP-LOCK-STEP, STEP ½ PIVOT STEP FORWARD
1&2 Rock forward on right foot, rock back on left foot, step back on right foot
3&4 Rock back on left foot, rock forward on right foot, step forward on left foot
5&6 Step forward on right foot, lock left foot behind right, step forward on right
7&8 Step forward on left foot, pivot ½ turn right, step forward on left foot

9-16 SIDE-ROCK-CROSSES X2, TURN HITCHES WITH CLAPS, RIGHT LOCK STEP
1&2 Rock right foot out to right side, recover weight onto left, cross right foot over left
3&4 Rock left foot out to left side, recover weight onto right, cross left foot over right
5& Make a ¼ turn left and step back on right foot, hitch left knee and clap hands
6& Make a ½ turn left and step forward on left foot, hitch right knee and clap hands
7&8 Step forward on right foot, lock left foot behind right foot, step forward on right foot

17-24 RHUMBA BOX, SIDE-CROSS-SIDE-KICK X2
1&2 Step left foot to left side, step right foot together, step left foot forward
3&4 Step right foot to right side, step left foot together, step right foot back
5&6& Step left foot to left side, cross right foot over left, step left foot to left side, kick right foot to right diagonal
7&8& Step right foot to right side, cross left foot over right, step right foot to right side, kick left foot to left diagonal

25-32 BEHIND ¼ TURN, STEP ½ TURN STEP, STEP-LOCK-STEP-STEP-LOCK-STEP-STEP
1&2 Cross left foot behind right, make a ¼ turn right and step forward on right foot, step forward on left foot
3&4 Step forward on right foot, pivot a ½ turn left, step forward on right foot
5&6 Step forward on left foot, lock right foot behind left, step forward on left foot
&7& Step forward on right foot, lock left foot behind right, step forward on right foot
8 Step forward on left foot
START CRAZY FOOT MAMBO AGAIN & ENJOY!

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December 10, 2008

25 Great Songs to Shuffle to

Shuffle, Triple Two-Step, Texas Shuffle, Double Two-Step

Country Western Line Dancing Playlist: 25 Shuffle Songs


  • Brad Paisley - I'll Take You Back - Brad Paisley - Time Well Wasted - I'll Take You Back

  • Brad Paisley - Wrapped Around - Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois & Kelley Lovelace - Part II - Wrapped Around

  • Brian McComas - You're In My Head - Brian McComas - Brian McComas - You're In My Head

  • Chris Ledoux - Cadilac Ranch - Chris LeDoux - Chris LeDoux: 20 Greatest Hits - Cadillac Ranch

  • Chris LeDoux - Hooked on an 8 Second Ride- Chris LeDoux - Chris LeDoux: 20 Greatest Hits - Hooked On an 8 Second Ride

  • Chris LeDoux & Garth Brooks - Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy? Chris LeDoux & Garth Brooks - The Best of Chris Ledoux - Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy?

  • Dixie Chicks - I Can Love You Better - Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces - I Can Love You Better

  • Dixie Chicks - There's Your Trouble - Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces - There's Your Trouble

  • Dwight Yoakam - Baby Don't Go - Dwight Yoakam with Sheryl Crow - Under the Covers - Baby Don't Go

  • George Strait - Stars on the Water - George Strait - The Road Less Traveled - Stars on the Water

  • George Strait - We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This - George Strait - 50 Number Ones - We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This

  • Gretchen Wilson - One Of The Boys - Gretchen Wilson - One of the Boys - One of the Boys

  • Hot Apple Pie – We're Makin' Up - Hot Apple Pie - Hot Apple Pie - We're Makin' Up

  • Keith Urban - Days Go By - Keith Urban - Be Here - Days Go By

  • Keith Urban - Once In A Lifetime - Keith Urban - Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing - Once In a Lifetime

  • Kenny Chesney - She's Got It All - Kenny Chesney - Greatest Hits - She's Got It All

  • Lady Antebellum - Love Don't Live Here - Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum - Love Don't Live Here

  • Lady Antebellum - Lookin' For A Good Time - Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum - Lookin' for a Good Time

  • Little Big Town - Fine Line - Little Big Town - A Place to Land - Fine Line

  • Michael Peterson - Lost In The Shuffle - Michael Peterson - Michael Peterson - Lost in the Shuffle

  • Miranda Lambert - Famous in a Small Town - Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Famous In a Small Town

  • Sarah Johns - He Hates Me - Sarah Johns - Big Love In a Small Town - He Hates Me

  • The Bellamy Brothers - Get Into Reggae Cowboy - The Bellamy Brothers - The Bellamy Brothers: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - Get Into Reggae Cowboy

  • Toby Keith - Whiskey Girl - Toby Keith - Shock 'n Y'all - Whiskey Girl

  • Trace Adkins - Rough & Ready - Trace Adkins - Rough & Ready - Single - Rough & Ready


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December 9, 2008

Destination Nashville - Our trip

luggage We had a 3am wake up to be at the airport by 6 & arrived in Nashville at 9:30 with the time change. Check in, Coffee, nap in that order lol!

In the process of getting coffee, we interrupted a Christmas play at Dunn Bros. It was both cozy & charming through we were afraid to interrupt the play to order coffee. We went back a couple days later and mid-day, the doors were locked but the owner came &unlocked the door to let us in & caffeine us up... he remembered us from the other day when we interrupted the play. Nice place. They had some really nice artwork hanging as well!

LoCash Cowboys Our first night in Nashville, we hit up the Big River Brewery on 2nd & Broadway, then walked down to the Wildhorse for some line dancing. $8 cover charge, not too crowded but the band LoCash Cowboys were fantastic! They tore it up dancing... he broke into applejacks! Towards the end of the show, they even broke out some old-school early 90's hip-hop. I loved it. They announced that they are playing Times Square aired on Fox New Years Eve. My only bone to pick was with the lack of dancing. There really wasn't much dancing at all. The instructor taught a very simple line dance I didn't get up to learn to Trace Adkin's Badonkadonk *(not Badonkadonk), no couples dances or even two-step. A bunch of drunk people got out to do the electric slide... There was one lone dancer off to the side who takes his dancing perhaps more seriously than I do. I got out with him a couple times but that is a big place for only 2 line dancers to be boppin' around.

Friday we took on the town after a full night of sleep. We went to 417 Union for breakfast. It was the only place we didn't send the coffee back for breakfast. The caramel banana pancakes were quite tasty too!

Broadway Nashville TNWe went down to Broadway and hit up the gift shops. I saw a boot store that said buy 1 get 2 free. I was so excited until I saw the soles on most of them were that plastic over rubber and I sadly left empty handed... that was until we found Trail West and our new friend, Cowboy Blue. He helped me out. I got a new pair of boots & they are lovely :D Blue was so helpful & full of quotable southern sayings that we'll be sure to use up here in Jersey. The best one was "The girl looked like a busted can of biscuits" lol! We found out that we missed Trace Adkins by minutes... it would have been very cool to run into him :(

Friday night we went to Coyote Ugly with every intention to watch the Christmas Parade after grabbing some bar food but we got distracted by a bunch of guys from Buffalo who whisked us off to another bar. The other bar was a local's place & there were all beerkinds of singers and songwriters just in there hanging out. Lee Brice, George Strait's Manager, Joe Walsh. Yeah, I was introduced to Randy Rogers and I didn't even know it until after he was talking to other people. We just hung out for a while drinking a few a lot of beers. It was a cool place with some quality live music.

Clay UnderwoodSaturday we did the breakfast thing :P yuck-o, shopped some more & hit up the honkytonks on Broadway. Yeah, I believe it was something like 1:30 in the afternoon I got my first beer @ Tootsies. Hollar & a Swallar, the bar raised their glasses. The Browns fans in town for the Titans vs. Browns chanted Ohio cheers. The music was great! I still have "You never even call me by my name" and "Fishin' in the Dark" in my head. We wad such a good time!

So we stayed in this awesome 5 star hotel with a killer bathtub so we took a drinking break to take bubble baths, lol! Talk about relaxing... sigh, not to worry... that cold weather woke us right back up though!

For dinner, we ate at this great little place called Tazza. Both the food & the service were wonderful.

wildhorse saloon will dance for food horse Later on we met up with couple of A*'s myspace friends at Buffalo Billiards & then headed over to the Wildhorse to give it another try... The so-so night was a Thursday after all. Being the line dancing fanatic I am, I had to give the Wildhorse Saloon another shot. Nada... I did 2 dances that night: Good Time and an interesting version of Country Walkin'. People did the electric slide and the Cha-cha Slide... it felt more like a wedding reception without the free booze than a Nashville line dancing destination.

Legends Nashville About midnight, we headed up to the honky-tonk, Legends. It was pretty fun. We both saw different bar fights standing outside at different times. They sure do get rowdy in Nashville!
We also met a lot of soldiers just home from the desert over the weekend. It was really cool to see those guys home for Christmas & out celebrating!

Our Music City weekend came to an end but not before one final trip back to Tootsies en route to the airport. Our favorite live singer of the weekend, Clay Underwood was there again! That guy has some serious talent.

So I got home and read John Rich married Joan Bush while we were in town and didn't even bother to invite us to the wedding... [pout]

Nashville is a really cool place. I'll definitely go back... perhaps for fan fair :)

December 2, 2008

Nashville or bust

Nashville postcard

We're going away for the weekend.

I've never been to Nashville before but my best friend has been to music city and is convinced I'll love it so this weekend, off we go!

It has been a while since my last trip when I went to North Carolina. That trip inspired my post, "28 more reasons I love country men". Enough said?! Lol.

Back to this weekend, I am stoked to
  1. Get away for a long weekend with my bff;
  2. GET MY LINE DANCE ON!;
  3. Watch tons of live music;
  4. Rock my new boots in the daytime;
  5. Stay in a rockstar quality hotel with badass bathrooms;
  6. Perhaps meet a country man? ;)

Some Random Nashville-ness:
  1. wildhorse saloon
  2. dancenashville.com
  3. nashvillest.com/
  4. nashvillegab.com/
  5. hernashville.com
  6. nashville.citysearch.com/
  7. tennessean.com/
  8. nashvilleistalking.com/
  9. nashvillescene.com/
  10. mapnashville.com/
Besides the Wildhorse, does anyone know where there is good line dancing in Nashville? Any must-sees or travel tips? Good vegetarian restaurants? Small hotspot dives? Many thanks :)

I'm bringing my camera & phone, no laptop so check 4 pics next week. Knowing us, we'll likely have some quality stories too. Check @artseejodee for what we're up to in the mean time.

Personal Wine in Seduction Red Roses

November 12, 2008

Country Music Awards

I just had a blast watching the CMA's. Computer on my lap in front of the TV, I spent the last 3 hours Tweeting up a storm with fellow tweeters. I made some new country music loving friends and got to chat about the show. Kenny Chesney got the Entertainer of the Year Award. Carrie Underwood sang "Just A Dream" after a powerful introduction by Leslie Ponder, the widow of a soldier. When Alan Jackson preformed his song, Good Time, line dancers filled the isles and performed the Good Time Line Dance . It was really cool.
You can read all the tweets tagged CMA08 at http://hashtags.org/tag/cma08. http://www.cmaawards.com/2008/ and http://twitter.com/CountryMusic are the official CMA site & tweets of the awards.

November 10, 2008

100 great two-step songs

two-steppingThe ultimate country two step playlist - 100 great songs to two step to!
  1. Alabama - Mountain Music - 
  2. Alabama - Born Country - 
  3. Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee - 
  4. Alison Krauss - Every Time You Say Goodbye - 
  5. Amy Dalley - Men Don't Change - 
  6. Big & Rich - Comin' To Your City - 
  7. Brad Paisley - Me Neither - 
  8. Brad Paisley - Mud On The Tires - 
  9. Brad Paisley - Ticks - 
  10. Brad Paisley - The World - 
  11. Brooks & Dunn - Red Dirt Road - 
  12. Brooks & Dunn - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone - 
  13. Bryan White - Sittin' On Go -
  14. Bryan White - Rebecca Lynn - 
  15. Carlene Carter - Every Little Thing - 
  16. Chris LeDoux - Copenhagen - 
  17. Chris LeDoux – Life Is A Highway -
  18. Chris LeDoux - Under This Old Hat - 
  19. Chuck Wicks – All I Ever Wanted - 
  20. Clay Walker - Dreaming With My Eyes Wide Open - 173 bpm - 
  21. Clay Walker - If I Could Make A Living - 
  22. Clint Black - We Tell Ourselves - 
  23. Clint Black - A Good Run Of Bad Luck - 
  24. Clint Black - A Better Man - 
  25. Clint Black - No Time To Kill - 
  26. Collin Raye - I Can Still Feel You - 
  27. Collin Raye - I Think About You - 
  28. Collin Raye - On The Verge - 178 bpm - 
  29. Craig Morgan - I Got You - 
  30. Craig Morgan - Little Bit of Life - 
  31. Daryle Singletary - Amen Kind Of Love - 
  32. Darryl Worley - Tennessee River Run - 
  33. Dierks Bentley - What Was I Thinkin' 
  34. Dixie Chicks - Cowboy Take Me Away - 
  35. Eddie Rabbit - Drivin' My Life Away - 
  36. Faith Hill - Let's Go To Vegas - 179 bpm - 
  37. Faith Hill - Piece of My Heart - 
  38. Garth Brooks - Standing Outside the Fire ---
  39. Garth Brooks - Mr. Right ---
  40. Garth Brooks - Much Too Young ---
  41. Garth Brooks - Longneck Bottle - 181 bpm ---
  42. George Strait - You Know Me Better Than That - 
  43. George Strait - All My Ex's Live In Texas - 
  44. George Strait -Love Bug - 181 bpm - 
  45. Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman - 
  46. Gretchen Wilson - California Girls- 
  47. Hal Ketchum - Small Town Saturday Night - 
  48. Joe Diffie - John Deere Green - 
  49. Josh Gracin - Nothin' To Lose - 
  50. Josh Turner - Long Black Train - 
  51. Keith Urban - Better Life - 
  52. Keith Urban - Somebody Like You - 
  53. Kenny Chesney - Never Gonna Feel Like That Again - 
  54. Kenny Chesney - How Forever Feels - 
  55. Lady Antebellum - Long Gone - 
  56. Lady Antebellum - Love's Lookin' Good On You -
  57. Lorrie Morgan - I Don't Know My Own Strength - 
  58. Lorrie Morgan - Except For Monday - 
  59. Lorrie Morgan - Watch Me -
  60. Mark Chesnutt - Bubba Shot The Jukebox - 
  61. Mark Chesnutt - Goin' Through The Big D - 178 bpm - 
  62. Mark Chesnutt - Gonna Get A Life - 
  63. Mark Wills - Jacob's Ladder -
  64. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Down At The Twist And Shout- 192 bpm- 
  65. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses - 
  66. Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Take My Chances - 
  67. The Mavericks - Hey Good Lookin' - 
  68. Michael Peterson - Too Good To Be True - 
  69. Michael Peterson - Drink, Swear, Steal And Lie - 208 bpm - 
  70. Pam Tillis - Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) - 180 bpm -
  71. Randy Travis - Forever and Ever Amen - 
  72. Rick Trevino - Running Out Of Reasons To Run - 
  73. Rodney Atkins - Watching You -
  74. Rodney Atkins - These Are My People - 
  75. Sara Evans - Suds In The Bucket - 
  76. Sara Evans - Born To Fly - 
  77. Sawyer Brown - The Race Is On - 
  78. Steve Earle - Hillbilly Highway - 
  79. Steve Wariner - Every Little Whisper - 
  80. Steve Wariner With Garth Brooks - Katie Wants A Fast One - 
  81. Tanya Tucker - If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight - 
  82. Tanya Tucker - Tell Me About It - 
  83. Tanya Tucker - It's a Little Too Late - 
  84. Terri Clark - Emotional Girl - 
  85. Tim McGraw - Back When - 
  86. Tim McGraw - Just To See You Smile - 
  87. Toby Keith - I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying - 
  88. Trace Adkins - Chrome - 
  89. Trace Adkins - Swing - 
  90. Tracy Byrd – Holdin' Heaven - 191 bpm - 
  91. Tracy Lawrence - Better Man, Better Off - 
  92. Tracy Lawrence - If The World Had A Front Porch - 
  93. Travis Tritt - "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" - 
  94. Travis Tritt - Where Corn Don't Grow -
  95. Vince Gill - One More Last Chance - 
  96. Wade Hayes - When the Wrong one loves you right -
  97. Wade Hayes - Old Enough To Know Better - 
  98. Wade Hayes - Don't Stop - 178 bpm - 
  99. Wade Hayes - On A Good Night - 
  100. Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried 

November 7, 2008

Shine line dance video & step sheet

Shine by Matt Stillwell, LINE DANCE STEP SHEET


SHINE
Choreographed by Phyllis Manier
Description: 40 count Beginner/Intermediate 2 Wall
Music: Shine by Matt Stillwell
Another line dance courtesy of my Nashville friends

SAILOR TAP _ TURN & HEEL & TOE, SHUFFLE FORWARD, _ TURN
1&2 Right behind left _ turn right stepping forward on left and tap right toe
&3&4 Weight right and put left heel forward bring left home and tap right toe beside left
5&6 Shuffle forward right left right
7-8 Step forward left, _ turn pivot turning right

SHUFFLE FORWARD, 1/4 TURN, 1/2 TURN, BEHIND AND CROSS, SIDE TOUCH
1&2 Shuffle forward left right left
3-4 _ turn left stepping side with right foot _ left pivot on right and step side with left
5&6 Step right behind left step left side and cross right over left
7-8 Step left side and touch right toe

SHUFFLE _ TURN, _ TURN, STEP BACK, LOCK STEP BACK, COASTER STEP
1&2 Shuffle _ turn right stepping right left right
3-4 _ turn pivot right stepping back on left step back right
5&6 Lockstep back left right left (step back left lock right over left step back left)
7&8 Coaster step right left right (step back right step left together step right forward)

STEP LEFT POINT RIGHT, CROSS & CROSS, TURN STEP SIDE, CROSS & CROSS
1-2 Step forward left, point right to side
3&4 Cross right over left, small side left, cross right over left
5-6 _ right stepping back left, step right to side
7&8 Cross left over right, small side right, cross left over right

ROCK STEP, TRIPLE _, ROCK STEP COASTER STEP
1-2 Rock step right forward recover on left
3&4 Triple _ turning right, (right, left, right)
5-6 Rock step left forward recover right
7&8 Left coaster step (back together forward) left right left

REPEAT

Why Ask Why Line Dance Step Sheet

Line Dance for Charlie Allen’s "Why Ask Why"

Another line dance from my Nashville friends.

Choreographed by GYTAL (Ginny Allen)
32 count High beginner/intermediate Line Dance
Music:.Why Ask Why-Charlie Allen
Contact Ginny: Ginnysboots@aol.com


Kick Kick ( or Touch Touch)1/4 R turn Sailor
1-2, Kick R Forward, Kick R to R Side(Variation Touch forward, touch side)
3&4 Step R behind L, step back on L1/4 Turn to R, step R forward (R Sailor) (3)

Step L forward, Lock R behind L, L Triple
5-6, Step L forward, Lock R behind L
7 &8 Step L, step R behind L, Step L forward (L triple)

Rock R to R Side, Recover L, crossing Triple
9-10, Rock R to R Side, recover L
11&12 Cross R over L, Step L behind R, Cross step R over L (Crossing Shuffle)

Ronde 1/4 turn L, L Coaster
13-14, Sweep L foot forward, to L side & Behind R foot ( Ronde) while turning 1/4 L (12) Keep Weight on R
15 &16 Srep Back On L, Step back On R, Step L Forward

Rock R Forward, Recover Back on L, R Lock Steps Back
17-18 Rock Forward on R, Recover L
19&20 Step back on R, cross L over R, step back on R

Touch L to L Side, turn 1/2 to L, Touch R to R turn 1/4 to R, touch L toe to L
21-22, Touch L to L, Turn 1/2 to L (6)
23&24 Touch R toe to R,turn 1/4 to R (9), touch L toe to L

Cross Step & Heel & Cross Hips Bumps
25 -26 Cross L over R, Step Back on R
&27&28 Step Back on L, Step R heel Forward, Step back on R, cross L over R
29-30 step forward on R bumping hips forward
31-31 step Back on L bump hips Back

Repeat Why Ask Why line dance

November 6, 2008

I Got Some... Lucchese Dancing Boots

If you're anything like me, you love buying new shoes. 2 weekends ago, I headed out on a mission to buy a new pair of cowboy boots. I live at the Jersey Shore and cowboy stores are few and far between so I headed up to Boot America in Turnersville, NJ. I believe it is the same store that used to be called Boot Village back when it was in Depford (across from the mall) in the late 90's. I always had luck there with my gynormous 'Neander-toes' {apparently size 10 is big for ladies boots}. I have checked out Cowtown Cowboy Outfitters & Zane's Western Ware in the past without luck because of my big feet.

My mom & I made it up to the boot store and Russ, the owner showed us a picture of a pair of handmade customized black boots with a custom Phantoms logo inlaid in the boot. They were nice, but not quite what I had in mind. I went there looking for a brown pair with black details. There were tons of boots to choose from. I must have spent an hour and a half looking and trying them on and dancing around the store to make sure they felt good. I found a gorgeous pair that were brown and black but they didn't have my size in stock so I ordered them. In the mean time, I had driven an hour and a half up there so I wanted to leave with a pair! Well, I found a gorgeous pair of tan Charlie 1 Horse boots by Lucchese with blue butterflys on the top of the foot so they show with jeans too. They even have a cowboy riding a bucking horse on the sole! I had to spurge & just get them. I am so in love with them that I've been wearing my new boots around the house with my sweatpants lol! :)Lucchese boots

October 24, 2008

Rockin' The House line dance step sheet

Rockin' The House
Choreographed by Max Perry
Description:52 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance
Music:
  1. If The House Is Rockin' by Lee Roy Parnell
    Start dance almost immediately! At the start of the music is the phrase, 'Hello Baby, I'm Glad You Called'. On the word 'Called' say '6,7,8'. You start dancing on the word 'Party'.
  2. The Letter by Don Williams
  3. A Heart With 4 Wheel Drive by 4 Runner 124 bpm
  4. T-R-O-U-B-L-E by Travis Tritt - Travis Tritt - T-R-O-U-B-L-E - T-R-O-U-B-L-E
TOE-HEEL, CROSS, CLAP
1-4Touch right toe to left instep, touch right heel to right side, cross right over left, clap
5-8Touch left toe to right instep, touch left heel to left side, cross left over right, clap

DIAGONAL KICKS FORWARD, STEP BACK
1-2 Kick right leg diagonally forward toward right, step right back
3-4 Kick left leg diagonally forward toward left, step left back
5-6 Kick right leg diagonally forward toward right, step right back
7-8 Kick left leg diagonally forward toward left, step left back

2 FORWARD SHUFFLES, 2 HALF TURNS LEFT
1&2 Right shuffle forward (right, left, right)
3&4 Left shuffle forward (left, right, left)
5-8 Step right forward & turn ½ left, step in place left, step right forward & turn ½ left, step in place left

STEP & SLIDE TO RIGHT, THEN TO LEFT
1-4 Step side right with right foot (large step), slide left foot to right foot over counts 2-4
5-8 Step side left with left foot (large step), slide right foot to left foot over counts 2-4
You could also dance the above section as a hop/hitch & slide to the right, then left counted as &1-2-3-4&5-6-7-8

STEP BACK THREE, TOUCH & CLAP
1-4 Step right back, step left back, step right back, touch left together & clap

WALK FORWARD, TURN ¼ LEFT, STOMP TOGETHER
5-8 Walk forward left, walk forward right, step left forward & turn ¼ left, stomp together right

3 SETS OF FOOT BOOGIES
1-4 Fan left toe out to left, turn left heel out to left, bring left heel in to right, bring left toe in to right
5-8 Fan right toe out to right, turn right heel out to right, bring right heel in to left, bring right toe in to left
9-12 Fan left toe out to left, turn left heel out to left, bring left heel in to right, bring left toe in to right

Repeat Rockin' The House

NJ Line Dance List {Refreshed}




After 11 years of line dancing in South Jersey, I've learned quite a few dances. I thought it would be useful to make a regional list of the dances I've both learned and seen in NJ. It should help anyone looking to learn a few dances that are done in the area. You can look up line dances - and find TMI! There are hundreds, maybe even thousands of line dances you can learn but where is the fun if no one else is doing them where you go?

Note: Adding the steps & videos takes quite a bit of time so here is my line dance list in progress. I'll republish it as I add links to new step sheets with videos. Feedback is welcome!

I did my best to make this all inclusive but please let me know if I missed any.

October 17, 2008

Poor Boy Shuffle line dance step sheet



Poor Boy Shuffle

Choreographed by Vicki E. Rader
Description:64 count, 4 wall, line dance
Music:Poor Boy Shuffle by The Tractors 148 bpm
Bring On The Teardrops by Boy Howdy 149 bpm
The song "Poor Boy Shuffle" has a very abrupt intro. Not much time for more than 2 counts (7,8) before the vocals begin. Also, the bridge can be omitted when dancing to other songs.)

ROCK-STEP, COASTER STEP, STEP-PIVOT ½, SHUFFLE
1-2Rock forward on right foot, step back on left foot
3&4Step back on right foot, step together with left foot, step forward on right foot
5-6Step forward on left foot, pivot ½ right
7&8Shuffle forward (left-right-left)

ROCK-STEP, COASTER STEP, STEP-PIVOT ½, SHUFFLE (REPEATING STEPS 1 THROUGH 8)
9-16Repeat steps 1 through 8

ROCK RIGHT, ROCK LEFT, KICK TWICE, ROCK RIGHT, ROCK LEFT, KICK TWICE
17-18Rock to right on right foot, rock to left on left foot
19-20Kick right foot diagonally toward left twice
21-22Rock to right on right foot, rock to left on left foot
23-24Kick right foot diagonally toward left twice

VINE RIGHT, TOUCH LEFT, ROLLING VINE LEFT (FULL TURN), TOUCH RIGHT
25-26Step right on right foot, step left foot behind right
27-28Step right on right foot, touch left foot next to right
29-30Step ¼ turn left on left foot; pivoting ¼ left on left foot, step right on right foot
31-32Pivot ½ turn left on right foot; touch right foot next to left

JAZZ SQUARE WITH ¼ TURN RIGHT, JAZZ SQUARE IN PLACE
33-34Step right foot across left, step back on left foot
35-36Step ¼ turn right on right foot; step left foot next to right
37-38Step right foot across left, step back on left foot
39-40Step back on right foot, step left foot next to right

LONG STEP FORWARD, SLIDE FORWARD, HOLD, STEP BACK, SLIDE, STEP BACK, SLIDE
41-42Step long forward on right foot, begin sliding left foot forward toward right
43-44Complete slide on left foot, hold the count (keeping weight on right foot)
45-46Step back on left foot, slide right foot back to left foot
47-48Step back on left foot, slide right foot back to left foot (keeping weight on left foot)

LONG VINE, ROCK LEFT
49-50Step right foot to right, step left foot behind right
51-52Step right foot to right, step left foot across right
53-54Step right foot to right, step left foot behind right
55-56Step right foot to right, rock left on left foot

CROSSING TRIPLE (IN FRONT), SIDE-TOGETHER-SIDE, CROSSING TRIPLE (BEHIND), SIDE-TOGETHER-SIDE
57&58Step right foot across left and step left foot to left, step right foot across left
59&60Step left foot to left and step right foot next to left, step left foot to left
61&62Step right foot behind left and step left foot to left, step right foot behind left
63&64Step left foot to left and step right foot next to left, step left foot to left

REPEAT POOR BOY SHUFFLE

16-COUNT BRIDGE
After the entire dance is repeated three times, there is an 80-count instrumental break. Repeat the entire dance once during the first 64 counts of the instrumental break and for the remaining 16 counts, add the following:

MONTEREY ¼ TURNS (4)
1-2Touch right toe to right, pivot ¼ right on left foot
3-4Touch left toe to left, step together with left foot
5-6Touch right toe to right, pivot ¼ right on left foot
7-8Touch left toe to left, step together with left foot
9-10Touch right toe to right, pivot ¼ right on left foot
11-12Touch left toe to left, step together with left foot
13-14Touch right toe to right, pivot ¼ right on left foot
15-16Touch left toe to left, step together with left foot
Then resume the dance

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Needle In A Haystack line dance step sheet

Needle In A Haystack '98
Choreographed by Ann Napier
Description:32 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance
Music:Needle In A Haystack by The Ryes [144 bpm]
Start dancing on lyrics

CHASSE LEFT WITH CLICKS, ¼ TURN, ½ TURN, COASTER STEP
1-2Step left to left side, hold & click fingers to right side
&3Step right beside left, step left to left side
4Hold & click fingers to left side
&5Step right beside left, step left ¼ turn left
6On ball of left pivot ½ turn left stepping back right
7&8Step back left, step right beside left, step forward left

STEP FORWARD RIGHT, LEFT, SHUFFLE ½ TURN, COASTER STEP
9-10Step forward right, step forward left
11&12Shuffle forward ½ turn left stepping-right-left-right
13&14Step back left, step right beside left, step forward left
15-16Step forward right, pivot ¼ turn left

HEEL SWITCHES, STEP, BEHIND, HEEL SWITCHES, STEP, BEHIND
17&Touch right heel forward, step right beside left
18&Touch left heel forward, step left beside right
19-20Step right to right side, cross left behind right
&21Step right beside left, touch left heel forward
&22Step left beside right, touch right heel forward
&Step right beside left
23-24Step left to left side, cross right behind left

¼ TURN ROCK STEP, COASTER STEP, ½ PIVOT LEFT TWICE
&25Step left ¼ turn left, rock forward on right
26Rock back onto left
27&28Step back right, step left beside right, step forward right
29&30Step forward left, pivot ½ turn right
31-32Step forward left, pivot ½ turn right

REPEAT NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ktLH-_cCU

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MIB (Men In Black) Line dance Step Sheet

MIB
Choreographed by Kelly Hinds
Description:64 count, 4 wall, line dance
Music:Men In Black by Will Smith
Start dancing on lyrics

1&2 Jump back at 45 degrees onto the right foot, place the left heel forward at 45 degrees angle, step onto left foot, touch right together (right heel jack)
3&4 Repeat right heel jack
5&6 Jump back at 45 degrees onto the left foot, place the right heel forward at 45 degrees angle, step onto right foot, touch left together (left heel jack)
7&8 Repeat left heel jack

9 Long step right to right
10-11 Slide left to right for 2 beats
&12 Clap, clap
13 Long step left to right
14-15 Slide right to left for 2 beats
&16 Clap, clap

17& Pivot ¼ turn on ball of left foot & touch ball of right foot out to the side, take weight on left foot (paddle)
18-20& Repeat paddle step 3 more times

21-23 Walk forward right-left-right
&24 Stomp left slightly to left & stomp right slightly to right
25-28 Applejack left, center, right, center (head movements are the same as feet for these 4 beats left, center, right, center)

29& Applejack left, center, (double time)
30& Applejack right, center
31&32& Repeat double time applejacks

33-34 Step right to side, step left behind right
35&36 Step right to side, step left behind right & right across left
37-38 Step left to side, step right behind left
39&40 Step left to side, step right behind left & left across right

41 Roll right shoulder back while unwinding ½ turn right (right is forward left is behind),
42 Roll left shoulder back,
43&44 Roll shoulders back right-left-right
45-46 Moving forward with body at a slight angle to the left, step right toe forward, bring right heel down (heel strut)
47-48 Cross left toe across right, bring left heel down
49-52 Repeat last 4 beats (Robot arms can be done in conjunction with this move -- left forward, right forward, left forward, right forward)

53-54 Step right to side & bump hips to the right, swing hips across to the left & bump hips left
55&56 Using the same motion swing hips right-left-right

57-58 Step left together & clap
59&60 Stepping straight back with the right, rock onto the right foot & rock forward onto the left bring right together

61-64Split heels, split toes, bring toes together, bring heels together (extended heel splits)

REPEAT MIB Line dance

When the lyrics to the song say "now vine" that is what you do. After beat 30 you complete the slow applejacks then ½ the double time applejacks, then you vine. Then you restart on the music with the right vine
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Metamorphosized line dance step sheet

Metamorphosized
Choreographed by James O. Kellerman
Description: 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance
Music: Clown In Your Rodeo by Kathy MatteaKathy Mattea - Walking Away a Winner - Clown in Your Rodeo
Why Don't We Just Dance by Josh TurnerJosh Turner - Why Don't We Just Dance - Single - Why Don't We Just Dance
Stars on The Water by George StraitGeorge Strait - The Road Less Traveled - Stars on the Water
Bubba Hyde by Diamond RioDiamond Rio - Diamond Rio: Greatest Hits - Bubba Hyde

Start dancing on lyrics

STOMP, HOLD, STOMP, HOLD, STOMP, SNAP, SAILOR SHUFFLE:
1 Stomp right forward
2 Hold
3Stomp left forward
4Hold
5 Stomp right forward
6 Snap fingers
7 Cross left behind right
& Step 1/8 turn to the right on right
8 Step to left on left (parallel to right foot)

SAILOR SHUFFLES, TWIST, TWIST-TURN, KICK-BALL-CHANGE:
9 Cross right behind left
& Step left to side
10 Step 1/8 turn to the right on right (completing ¼ turn right)
11 Cross left behind right
& Step right to side
12 Step to left on left (feet shoulder width apart)
13 Lift heels off floor and twist body and head 1/8 turn right
14 On balls of feet, pivot 3/8 turn left (facing starting wall)
15 Kick right forward
& Step right toe next to left
16 Recover to left

KNEE SHAKES AND HIP ROLLS:
17 Touch toes of right to right and push knee to right
& Return knee to center
18 Push knee to right
& Return knee to center
19 Push knee to right
& Return knee to center
20 Return knee to center and shift weight to right foot
21 Roll hips to right and over
22 Roll hips to left and down
23 Roll hips to right and over
24 Roll hips to left and down

KICK, TURN, STOMP, STOMP, MONTEREY TURN:
25 Kick right forward
26 Keeping right knee bent, pivot ¼ turn left on ball of left
27 Stomp right together
28 Stomp right together
29 Touch toes of right to the right
30 Pivot ½ turn right on ball of left and step right next to left
31 Touch toes of left to left side
32 Step left together

Long Legged Hannah line dance

Long Legged Hannah
Choreographed by Parry Spence
Description: 52 count, 4 wall, line dance
Music: Long Legged Hannah by Jesse Hunter 172 BPM
Start dancing on lyrics

"HITCH HIKER"
1With weight on right heel and left toe face right and point right thumb over right shoulder
2Return feet to center
3-4Repeat steps 1-2
5With weight on left heel and right toe face left and point left thumb over left shoulder
6Return feet to center
7-8Repeat steps 5-6

"CLOCK TURN"
9Face ¼ turn right and step right
10Face ¼ turn right and step left across right
11-12Pivot ½ turn to face front, clap

"SHOULDER ROLLS"
13-14Roll left shoulder front to back
15-16Roll right shoulder front to back

"THE DWIGHT"
17-18Swivel hips right, return
19-20Swivel hips right, return

"TUSH-PUSH"
21&22Cha-cha forward right,
23-24Rock step forward left, recover weight back to right
25&26Cha-cha back left,
27-28Rock step back right, recover weight forward to left

"SIDE-TO-SIDE SHUFFLE"
29&30Side step right & step together left, side step right
31-32Step left behind right, recover weight to left/clap
33&34Side step left & step together right, side step left
35-36Step right behind left, recover weight to right/clap

"LONG LEGS SHAKE"
37Touch right foot forward with knee pointed out
&Point knee in
38Step on right and point knee out
39Touch left foot forward with knee pointed out
&Point knee in
40Step on left and point knee out
41-44Repeat steps 37 through 40

"CROSS SLAP LEATHER"
45-46Step right across left, slap left foot with left hand
47Step left across right
48Slap right foot with right hand and pivot ¼ turn left

BRUSH RIGHT, BRUSH RIGHT, STOMP RIGHT, STOMP LEFT/CLAP
49-50Scuff forward right, scuff back right
51-52Stomp together right, stomp together left/clap

REPEAT Long Legged Hannah line dance
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