Read My Mind
Count:
32
Wall:
4
Level:
Choreographer:
Su Marshall (NZ)
Music:
I'm on Your Side - Kathy Mattea
This dance placed 3rd in the Australian Line Dancing Championships 32-step dance competition, Tamworth, N.S.W., January 1998
HEEL SPLIT, ¼ TURN, HOOK, STEP FORWARD, HOOK BEHIND, STEP BACK, HOOK
1Split heels apart
2Keeping weight over left foot turn ¼ to the right (keep right heel on floor raise right toe)
3Hook right foot under left knee
4Step forward on right heel
5Lower right toe & hook left foot behind right knee
6Step down on left (still behind right)
7-8Step back on right, hook left foot under right knee
STEP, SCUFF, ½ TURN, STEP, HEEL STAMPS, TOUCH SIDE, TOUCH SIDE
1-2Step forward on left, scuff right foot through to kick in front
3½ turn to the left on ball of left foot (leaving right foot behind)
4Step forward on right toe
5-6Stamp right heel down twice
7Touch left toe to side
&8Hop onto left foot & touch right toe to side
CROSS OVER, STEP SIDE, CROSS OVER, SCUFF, CROSS OVER, STEP SIDE, CROSS OVER, SCUFF
1Step across with right foot (lifting left heel & twisting hips slightly to left as comfortable)
2Step to side with left (leaving right heel in place, toe up)
3Step across with right (as in 1st count of this pattern)
4Scuff left foot to 45 degrees
5Step across with left (lifting right heel & twisting hips slightly to right as comfortable)
6Step to side with right (leaving left heel in place, toe up)
7Step across with left (as in 5th count of this pattern)
8Scuff right foot to 45 degrees
STEP OUT, STEP, CLOSE, CLOSE, BUNNY JUMP FORWARD & BACK TWICE
1-2Step down on right heel on 45 degrees step out on left heel on 45 degrees
3-4Step back on right to center, step back on left to close to right
5-6Jump forward with feet about hip width apart, jump back to close
7-8Jump forward with feet about hip width apart, jump back to close
REPEAT
TAB
After 3rd & 6th times, add:
¼ TURN & TOE STRUT, STAMP TWICE
1-2¼ turn to the left & step forward on left toe, lower left heel ("toe strut")
3-4Stamp right to close twice
HEEL SPLIT, ¼ TURN, HOOK, STEP FORWARD, HOOK BEHIND, STEP BACK, HOOK
1Split heels apart
2Keeping weight over left foot turn ¼ to the right (keep right heel on floor raise right toe)
3Hook right foot under left knee
4Step forward on right heel
5Lower right toe & hook left foot behind right knee
6Step down on left (still behind right)
7-8Step back on right, hook left foot under right knee
STEP, SCUFF, ½ TURN, STEP, HEEL STAMPS, TOUCH SIDE, TOUCH SIDE
1-2Step forward on left, scuff right foot through to kick in front
3½ turn to the left on ball of left foot (leaving right foot behind)
4Step forward on right toe
5-6Stamp right heel down twice
7Touch left toe to side
&8Hop onto left foot & touch right toe to side
CROSS OVER, STEP SIDE, CROSS OVER, SCUFF, CROSS OVER, STEP SIDE, CROSS OVER, SCUFF
1Step across with right foot (lifting left heel & twisting hips slightly to left as comfortable)
2Step to side with left (leaving right heel in place, toe up)
3Step across with right (as in 1st count of this pattern)
4Scuff left foot to 45 degrees
5Step across with left (lifting right heel & twisting hips slightly to right as comfortable)
6Step to side with right (leaving left heel in place, toe up)
7Step across with left (as in 5th count of this pattern)
8Scuff right foot to 45 degrees
STEP OUT, STEP, CLOSE, CLOSE, BUNNY JUMP FORWARD & BACK TWICE
1-2Step down on right heel on 45 degrees step out on left heel on 45 degrees
3-4Step back on right to center, step back on left to close to right
5-6Jump forward with feet about hip width apart, jump back to close
7-8Jump forward with feet about hip width apart, jump back to close
REPEAT
TAB
After 3rd & 6th times, add:
¼ TURN & TOE STRUT, STAMP TWICE
1-2¼ turn to the left & step forward on left toe, lower left heel ("toe strut")
3-4Stamp right to close twice