Count:
48
Wall:
-
Level:
High Improver Partner / Circle
Music:
Farther Up the Road by Mick Hucknall
Position: Modified sweetheart: right hands at ladies right hip
Both on the same footwork
KICK STEP, BUMP & BUMP, FORWARD ROCK, SHUFFLE ½ TURN
1,2,3&4Kick right forward, step right back, bump hips left, right, left (weight to left)
5,6Rock forward on right, recover to left
7&8Shuffle ½ turn to right (right, left, right) (RLOD)
As you turn , raise right hands and lower left hands to ladies hip
KICK STEP, BUMP & BUMP, FORWARD ROCK, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN
1,2,3&4Kick left forward, step back left., bump hips right, left, right (weight to right)
5,6Rock forward on left, recover weight to right
7&8Shuffle ¼ turn left (left, right, left) (OLOD)
As you turn, lower right hands back to ladies right hip (both hands are on hips)
POINT, HOLD, POINT, HOLD, POINT, POINT, WALK, WALK
1,2&3,4Touch right to right side, hold, step right next to left, touch left to left side, hold
5&6Step left next tight, touch right to right side, step right next to left, touch left to left side
Release left hands while raising right hands to shoulder level
&Turn ¼ turn left stepping on left (&) Take right hands over ladies head
7,8step forward right, step forward left (LOD)
¼ TURN SIDE, BEHIND, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN, ¼ TURN SIDE, BEHIND, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN
1,2Turn ¼ turn left stepping right to right side, step left behind right (ILOD)
Take right hands over ladies head
3&4Turn ¼ turn right shuffling right, left, right (LOD) (rejoin left hands, Sweetheart hold)
5,6Turn ¼ turn right stepping left to left side, step right behind left (OLOD)
7&8Turn ¼ turn left shuffling, left, right, left (LOD)
¼ TURN BUMPS, ¼ TURN BUMPS, ¼ TURN BUMPS, ¼ TURN BUMPS
1&2Turn ¼ left stepping right to right side and bumping hips right, left, right (ILOD)
Release left hands, take right over ladies head, rejoin left hands
3&4&Bump hips left, right, left turning ¼ turn left (RLOD) (reverse hammerlock)
5&6Turn ¼ left stepping right to right side and bumping hips right, left, right (OLOD)
Release right hands, take left over ladies head
7&8Bump hips left, right, left turning ¼ turn left (LOD) (rejoin right hands at ladies right hip)
Alternate styling for the 8 counts above:
Follow flow of dance but just step then drag opposite next to weighted foot instead of doing bumps
FORWARD ROCK, COASTER STEP, SKATE, SKATE, SHUFFLE
1,2Rock forward on right, recover to left
3&4Step right back, step left next to right, step right forward
5,6Skate left forward, skate right forward
7&8Shuffle forward, left, right, left
Smile and Begin Again
Contact: luv42step@aol.com
Both on the same footwork
KICK STEP, BUMP & BUMP, FORWARD ROCK, SHUFFLE ½ TURN
1,2,3&4Kick right forward, step right back, bump hips left, right, left (weight to left)
5,6Rock forward on right, recover to left
7&8Shuffle ½ turn to right (right, left, right) (RLOD)
As you turn , raise right hands and lower left hands to ladies hip
KICK STEP, BUMP & BUMP, FORWARD ROCK, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN
1,2,3&4Kick left forward, step back left., bump hips right, left, right (weight to right)
5,6Rock forward on left, recover weight to right
7&8Shuffle ¼ turn left (left, right, left) (OLOD)
As you turn, lower right hands back to ladies right hip (both hands are on hips)
POINT, HOLD, POINT, HOLD, POINT, POINT, WALK, WALK
1,2&3,4Touch right to right side, hold, step right next to left, touch left to left side, hold
5&6Step left next tight, touch right to right side, step right next to left, touch left to left side
Release left hands while raising right hands to shoulder level
&Turn ¼ turn left stepping on left (&) Take right hands over ladies head
7,8step forward right, step forward left (LOD)
¼ TURN SIDE, BEHIND, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN, ¼ TURN SIDE, BEHIND, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN
1,2Turn ¼ turn left stepping right to right side, step left behind right (ILOD)
Take right hands over ladies head
3&4Turn ¼ turn right shuffling right, left, right (LOD) (rejoin left hands, Sweetheart hold)
5,6Turn ¼ turn right stepping left to left side, step right behind left (OLOD)
7&8Turn ¼ turn left shuffling, left, right, left (LOD)
¼ TURN BUMPS, ¼ TURN BUMPS, ¼ TURN BUMPS, ¼ TURN BUMPS
1&2Turn ¼ left stepping right to right side and bumping hips right, left, right (ILOD)
Release left hands, take right over ladies head, rejoin left hands
3&4&Bump hips left, right, left turning ¼ turn left (RLOD) (reverse hammerlock)
5&6Turn ¼ left stepping right to right side and bumping hips right, left, right (OLOD)
Release right hands, take left over ladies head
7&8Bump hips left, right, left turning ¼ turn left (LOD) (rejoin right hands at ladies right hip)
Alternate styling for the 8 counts above:
Follow flow of dance but just step then drag opposite next to weighted foot instead of doing bumps
FORWARD ROCK, COASTER STEP, SKATE, SKATE, SHUFFLE
1,2Rock forward on right, recover to left
3&4Step right back, step left next to right, step right forward
5,6Skate left forward, skate right forward
7&8Shuffle forward, left, right, left
Smile and Begin Again
Contact: luv42step@aol.com
