HALLELUJAH !!

CHOREOGRAPHER: William Sevone (WM '71) (November 2nd 2002) Fremantle, Australia
		email: williamsevone@yahoo.com.au
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate
MUSIC: The Promised Land by Johnnie Allan-173 bpm ('Essential Collection')
	The Promised Land by Chuck Berry-179 bpm (many 'Best Of' albums)

Choreographer's note: When I was choreographing the dance "I'm Gone" to 'Long Time
Gone' by the Dixie Chicks, the beginning of that song always reminded me of 'The
Promised land' by Chuck Berry (the original version). Last week I came across this
version by Johnnie Allan within my music collection. It is slightly slower than the
original by Chuck Berry...but has a nice 'Cajun' feel to it courtesy of some nifty
guitar licks, so I thought (as you do), 'Yeah..why not'...and below is the (very
fast) end result.

Dance starts on the vocal (both versions) with feet together and weight on left

1/2 RIGHT MONTEREY, SIDE TOE TOUCH WITH TAP, TOE TAP,
CROSS TOUCH, 1/4 LEFT STEP FORWARD, 1/4 LEFT CHASSE RIGHT

1-2	Touch right toe to right side, Turn 1/2 right and step right next to left
3-4	Touch left toe to left side and tap twice
5-6	Cross touch left toe over right, Turn 1/4 left and step forward onto left
7&8	Turn 1/4 left and step right to right side,
	step left next to right, step right to right side

STEP BEHIND, 1/2 LEFT, CROSS TOUCH, SIDE TOUCH,
BACK HITCH WITH SLAP, 1/4 RIGHT HEEL TOUCH, 2X HEEL SWITCHES

9-10	Cross step left behind right, Unwind 1/2 left (weight on left)
11-12	Cross touch right toe over left, Touch right toe to right side
13	Hitch right across back of left leg and slap with left hand
14	Turn 1/4 right and touch right heel forward
&15	Step right next to left, touch left heel forward
&16	Step left next to right, touch right heel forward

CROSS TOUCH, STEP FORWARD, LOCKSTEP, SCUFF FORWARD, STEP, LOCKSTEP

17-18	Cross touch right toe to outside of left, Step forward onto right
19-20	Lock left behind right heel, Step forward onto right
21-22	Scuff left forward, Step onto left
23-24	Lock right behind left heel, Step forward onto left

CROSS TOUCH, 1/2 RIGHT MONTEREY, HEEL SWITCH, CROSSING FOOT SWITCH, SIDE STEP, STEP BEHIND

25-26	Cross touch right toe over left, Touch right toe to right side
27-28	Turn 1/2 right and step right next to left, Touch left heel forward
&29	Step left next to right, touch right heel forward
&30	Step right next to left, cross step left over right
31-32	Step right to right side, Cross step left behind right

DANCE FINISH: Johnnie Allan - After count 32 of the 10th wall do the following -

1-2	Unwind 1/2 left, Cross step right over left
	with right hand on hat brim and left behind back

Chuck Berry - The dance will finish on count 32 of the 12th wall.
To add a flourish, on count 32 simply touch hat brim with left hand
and place the right behind back

From: williamsevone@yahoo.com.au

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