HEAD FOR THE HILLS

CHOREOGRAPHER: Lana Harvey Wilson (January 7, 2005) Tucson, AZ
		keedance@juno.com, (520) 797-7295
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Advanced Beginner, Easy Intermediate
MUSIC: Hills Of Connemara by Gaelic Storm-144 bpm (CD: Gaelic Storm)
	Steady As The Rain by Dolly Parton-136 bpm (CD: The Grass Is Blue)**
	Or....A polka or Irish piece of music of your choice with a similar bpm

FORWARD STEP-SLIDE-STEP, TOE BEHIND, BACK, HEEL FORWARD, STEP, TOE BEHIND

1-2	Step forward on Right, slide Left next to Right with weight
3-4	Step forward on Right, touch Left toe across behind Right
5-6	Step back on Left, touch Right heel forward
7-8	Step Right in place, touch Left toe across behind Right

BACK STEP-SLIDE-STEP, HEEL FORWARD, STEP, TOE BEHIND, STEP BACK, CLOSE

9-10	Step back on Left, slide Right back next to Left with weight
11-12	Step back on Left, touch Right heel forward
13-14	Step Right in place, touch Left toe across behind Right
15-16	Step back on Left, step Right next to Left

1/2 PIVOT, 1/4 PIVOT/HOOK, SHUFFLES FORWARD

17-18	Step forward on Left, pivot 1/2 right weight ending on Right
19-20	Step forward on Left, pivot 1/4 right on ball of Left hooking Right foot over Left leg
21&22	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
23&24	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left

1/2 PIVOT, FORWARD SHUFFLE, HEEL SWITCHES, SCUFF

25-26	Step Right forward, pivot 1/2 left weight ending on Left
27-28	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
29&	Touch Left heel forward, step Left next to Right
30&	Touch Right heel forward, step Right next to Left
31&	Touch Left heel forward, step Left next to Right
32	Scuff Right forward

Begin Again

Harder option for 25-32:

1/2 PIVOT, HEEL & TOE & HEEL & HEEL & TOE & HEEL &

25-26	Step Right forward, pivot 1/2 left weight ending on Left
27&	Touch Right heel forward, step Right next to Left
28&	Touch Left toe back, step Left next to Right
29&	Touch Right heel forward, step Right next to Left
30&	Touch Left heel forward, step Left next to Right
31&	Touch Right toe back, step Right next to Left
32&	Touch Left heel forward, step Left next to Right

Note: You could also double time the rocking chair on the Dolly Parton track.

**Note for Dolly Parton track:

This track has several extra counts of 4 and two counts of 12.
The beat is continuous throughout the track. To keep this dance as
simple as possible I decided not to add any tags, restarts, etc.
Just dance through it. It works. It ends on count 16 as music fades out.

The Gaelic Storm track has no extras.

From: keedance@juno.com

Reformatted for display on web site
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
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