ELVIS 'N' CHIPS

CHOREOGRAPHER: Carol Clements (July 2000)
COUNT: Phrased
TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermeidate/Advanced
MUSIC: There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis by Kirsty MacColl-174 BPM
	(Galore Album The Best Of Kirsty Maccoll)
	The Blue Pages by Noah Gordon-145 BPM (Teach) (The Most Awesome Line Dance Album 5
	(dance right through using the same phrasing)

Section A: 64 counts - core dance
Section B: 40 counts - completes verse
Sequence: AB (first verse) A (chorus) AB (second verse) A (chorus)
then continue with A to end
The sequence of steps is easy to follow as the music denotes
which section of the dance you are in and section B has been
kept deliberately simple.

"ELVIS" SECTION (A)

TOE STRUTS BACKWARDS, ROCKS, OUT-OUT

1-2	Point Right toe back, place heel down travelling backward
3-4	Point Left toe back, place heel down travelling backward
5-6	Rock Right back, recover Left forward
7-8	Step Right to Right, step Left to Left feet shoulder width apart

ELVIS KNEES, STEP LOCK STEP SCUFF

9-10	Roll Right knee in and out
11-12	Roll Left knee in and out
	(Styling option: During the choruses, if you want to,
	you can add an Elvis "pose" to the knees with a fake
	"collar flick/shoulder shrug", and a pelvis roll -
	leave out the styling during the verses)
13-14	Step forward Right, lock Left behind Right
15-16	Step forward Right, scuff Left

STEP TURN STEP, STEP TURN CROSS POINT FLICK

17-18	Step forward Left pivot half turn Right stepping on Right
19-20	Step forward Left, step forward Right
21-22	Quarter turn Left rocking weight onto Left, cross Right over Left
23-24	Point Left to Left, flick Left behind Right

UNSYNCOPATED SAILOR STEPS

25-26	Cross Left behind Right, step Right diagonally backward
27-28	Step Left slightly forward to Left diagonal, cross Right behind Left
29-30	Step Left diagonally backward, step Right slightly forward to Right diagonal
31-32	Cross Left behind Right, step Right diagonally backward

TOE STRUTS, ROCKS, OUT-OUT

33-34	Point Left toe back, place heel down travelling backward
35-36	Point Right toe back, place heel down travelling backward
37-38	Rock Left back, Right forward
39-40	Step Left to Left, step Right to Right (feet shoulder width apart)

ELVIS  KNEES IN REVERSE, STEP LEFT TOUCH STEP RIGHT TOGETHER

41-42	Roll Left knee out, hold using hips
43-44	Roll Right knee out, hold using hips
	(See styling note above + it helps the outward knee roll
	if you roll ankles outward at the same time)
45-46	Step Left to Left side, touch Right next to Left (big step)
47-48	Step Right to Right side, step Left beside Right
	(big step taking weight on Left foot)

TOUCH KICK CROSS, TOUCH KICK CROSS, TOUCH KICK

49-50	Touch Right to Left instep, kick Right to Right diagonal
51-52	Cross Right over Left taking weight, Touch Left to Right instep
53-54	Kick Left to Left diagonal, cross Left over Right taking weight
55-56	Touch Right to Left instep, kick Right to Right diagonal
	(If you're able to add a twisting motion to these steps,
	it will give a more rock "n" roll flavour to the dance)

POINT PIVOT, POINT PIVOT, POINT PIVOT, TAP KICK

57-58	Point Right forward, pivot quarter Left
59-60	Point Right forward, pivot quarter Left
61-62	Point Right forward, pivot quarter Left
	(Left foot remains in place throughout, these are push turns)
63-64	Tap Right beside Left, kick Right forward
	(You are Now facing 6:00)

SECTION (B)
STEP LOCK STEP SCUFF x 2

1-2	Step forward Right, lock Left behind
3-4	Step forward Right, scuff Left
5-6	Step forward Left, lock Right behind
7-8	Step forward Left, scuff Right

JAZZ BOX 1/4 TURN X 2

9-10	Cross Right over left, step back Left
11-12	Sstep side Right turning 1/4 Right, step Left beside Right
13-14	Cross Right over left, step back Left
15-16	Sstep side Right turning 1/4 Right, step Left beside Right

STEP LOCK STEP SCUFF x 2

17-18	Step forward Right, lock Left behind
19-20	Step forward Right, scuff Left
21-22	Step forward Left, lock Right behind
23-24	Step forward Left, scuff Right

JAZZ BOX 1/4 TURN X 2

25-26	Cross Right over left, step back Left
27-28	Sstep side Right turning 1/4 Right, step Left beside Right
29-30	Cross Right over left, step back Left
31-32	Sstep side Right turning 1/4 Right, step Left beside Right

GRAPEVINE RIGHT, KICK, GRAPEVINE LEFT KICK

33-34	Step Right to Right, cross Left behind
35-36	Step Right to Right, kick Left forward
37-38	Step Left to Left, cross Right behind
39-40	Step Left to Left, kick Right forward

© C Clements

From:	carol.clements@ntlworld.com (Carol Clements)

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