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August 18, 2010

The Scooch Line Dance Step Sheet

The Scooch
Choreographed by Jo Thompson
Description:32 count, 2 wall, intermediate line dance
Music:   C-O-U-N-T-R-Y by Joe Diffie
455 Rocket by Kathy Mattea
Start dancing on lyrics

SYNCOPATED STOMPS AND CLAP
1 Stomp right forward (do not transfer weight).
2 Clap
& Step right beside left.
3 Stomp left forward (do not transfer weight).
& Step left beside right.
4 Stomp right forward (do not transfer weight).
& Step right beside left.
5 Stomp left forward (do not transfer weight).
6 Clap
& Step left beside right.
7 Stomp right forward (do not transfer weight).
& Step right beside left.
8 Stomp left forward (do not transfer weight).
& Step left beside right.

FORWARD ROCK, STEP, SHUFFLES BACK RIGHT & LEFT, BACK ROCK, STEP
1 Step right forward bending knees slightly
2 Replace weight back to left straightening legs.
3&4 Right shuffle back.
5&6 Chassé back left, right, left
7 Step right toe back.
8 Replace weight forward to left.

¼ TURN LEFT INTO RIGHT SHIMMY SLIDE, 3 STEP TURN LEFT, ¼ TURN LEFT & CLAP
1 Turn ¼ left and step right to right side with optional shoulder shimmy.
2 Snap fingers
& Step left beside right.
3 Step right to side.
4 Clap
5 Step left to side starting left full turn 3 step turn.
6 Step right beside left continuing left full turn 3 step turn.
7 Step left to side completing left full turn 3 step turn
8 Clap and turn ¼ left on ball of left.

SCOOCH FORWARD, CLAP, BACK, CLAP & FORWARD 4 TIMES
&1 Small slide right foot forward, small slide left foot forward
2 Clap
&3 Small slide right foot back, small slide left boot back
4 Clap
&5  Small slide right foot forward, small slide left foot forward
&6Repeat above 2 counts
& 7Repeat above 2 counts
&8 Repeat above 2 counts

REPEAT THE SCOOCH

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Line dance girl gets her toes out of the sand

... and back in my boots =) 

Howdy,

It's been a busy spring & summer. Perhaps I personified Terry Clark's song, "I Wanna Do It All", Zac Brown Band's "Toes" and Craig Morgan's "Redneck Yacht Club'". I think Keith Urban said it best... "Days Go By".

I took some road trips, went to some baseball games, and took some down time at the beach. It's been a great summer missing only one thing, large quantities of line dancing!

Getting back in the swing of things, I'm sure you've heard Prospectors has been closed through July & August for renovations. They have been working all summer to get the club back in proper dancing order come  September. They're making the dance floor larger [yesss!!!] and rearranging the layout to better accommodate our needs. We look forward to getting back to some 'pros' dancing when they reopen.

In the mean time, good ol' Friendly Tavern in Carney's Point (Rt. 40) celebrated it's grand reopening on July 17. It's a great place with a slick floor to dance some Two Step & Shuffles on a Saturday night after the Cowtown Rodeo! Friendly Tavern does country music Weds. - Sat. night. They're big on Two Stepping & Shuffling and slightly less focused on line dancing than other local venues. If you haven't been there lately, it's worth venturing out!

We went out last weekend to Friendly's and I heard that Kathy Mattea tune "455 Rocket". Let me tell you how I couldn't have cared any less about what dance they were doing, I WAS gonna learn it. They were doing The Scooch choreographed by Jo Thompson. Easy to pick up, I had the dance down by the end of the song. Cool dance, awesome song.