IT HAD TO BE YOU - FOR TWO

CHOREOGRAPHER Denise Boyle - Adapted for partners by Laurel Curtiss from the dance "It Had To Be You"
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Wall Partner Dance
LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate
MUSIC: It Had To Be You by Rod Stewart (CD: It Had To Be You / The Great American Songbook)

Dancers begin in Side By Side position, in the center of the floor.

BOTH:
1-8	RIGHT SIDE, ROCK-RECOVER, CROSS-STEP SIDE, BEHIND-SIDE-CROSS, SIDE ROCK-RECOVER

1-2	Right step side right, rock-recover onto Left
3-4	Right cross over Left, step side left on Left
5&6	Right cross behind, Left step side left, Right cross over Left
7-8	Left step side left, rock-recover onto Right

BOTH:
9-16	LEFT SIDE, ROCK-RECOVER, CROSS-STEP SIDE, BEHIND-SIDE-CROSS, SIDE ROCK-RECOVER

1-2	Left step side left, rock-recover onto Right
3-4	Left cross over Right, step side right on Right
5&6	Left cross behind, Right step side right, Left cross over Right
7-8	Right step side right, rock-recover onto Left

BOTH:
17-24	RIGHT CROSS, POINT LEFT, LEFT CROSS, POINT RIGHT, FORWARD 1/2 LEFT PIVOT, SHUFFLE

1-2	Right cross over Left, point Left side left
3-4	Left cross over Right, point Right side right
5	Right step forward
6	Pivot 1/2 left on ball of Right foot stepping forward with weight onto Left
	(release right hands; man turns under raised left arms. as couple shuffles forward,
	left arms will pass over ladies head. Couple will now resume side-by-side position)
7-8	Right step forward, Left step forward next to Right, step forward onto Right

25-32	HIS STEPS:					HER STEPS:

1	Left step side left			Left step right crossing over Right
2	Right step next to Left			Right step next to Left
	(Lady will be crossing in front of and to the right side of the man)
3	Left step forward			Left step back
4	Right touch next to Left		Right TOUCH next to Left

BOTH:
5-6	Right step forward, pivot 1/2 turn left on ball of Right foot (weight ending on Left)
	(Partners will release right hands - man will turn under raised left arms)
	HIS STEPS					HER STEPS:
7	Step forward on Right pivoting 1/4 left	Step Right on Right pivoting 1/4 left,
						crossing In front of man and coming down with weight on his right side
8	Rock onto Left				Left step down next to Right
	(resume side-by-side position)

At the end of the song you will hear the music slow down. You will have finished the first 20
counts and will be facing the front wall. Immediately after the 2nd cross point both step
forward on Right and pivot 1/2 left (release right hands-man turns under raised left hands)
stepping forward
On Left with weight - Repeat - (Arms will now pass over ladies head) full turn left ends the dance

From: TKANDR@aol.com

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