LINE OF PEARLS (aka the "Howdy" dance)

CHOREOGRAPHER: Charlotte Skeeters, charskeeters@hotmail.com
COUNT: 64
TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance
MUSIC:  Howdy by Groovegrass Boyz, CD-Groovegrass 101 Start: After 64 cts.
	Running Water by Kentucky Headhunters

Note: Also really fun as a contra line

ROCK FORWARD, CENTER, BACK, CENTER, SHUFFLE, SWAY, SWAY

1	Right rock forward
2	Left rock back in place
3	Right rock back
4	Left rock foward in place
5&6	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
7	Left step forward diagonal left and sway hips left (facing 2:00)
8	Rock back diagonal right and sway hips right

SWAY, SWAY, SHUFFLE, SWAY, SWAY, SWAY, SWAY

9	Left rock forward diagonal left and sway hips left (facing 2:00)
10	Rock back diagonal right and sway hips right
11&12	Shuffle back Left, Right, Left
13	Right step back diagonal right and sway hips right (facing 2:00)
14	Rock forward diagonal left and sway hips left
15	Right step back diagonal right and sway hips right (facing 2:00)
16	Rock forward diagonal left and sway hips left

SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE, (& Turn) SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE

17&18	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
	(snap fingers on 17 with right hand forward and left hand back)
19&20	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left
	(snap fingers on 19 with left hand forward and right hand back)
&	Pivot 1/4 turn right on ball of left (sharp turn)
21&22	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
	(snap fingers on 21 with right hand forward and left hand back)
23&24	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left
	(snap fingers on 23 with left hand forward and right hand back)

(& Turn) SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE, FORWARD, PIVOT, HOLD, (&)JUMP, TOGETHER

&	Pivot 1/4 turn right (sharp turn) on ball of left
25&26	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
	(snap fingers on 25 with right hand forward and left hand back)
27&28	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left
	(snap fingers on 27 with left hand forward and right hand back)
29	Right step forward
30	Pivot 1/2 turn left (transfer weight left)
31	Hold
&	Quick jump forward on Right
32	Left tep next to right

POINT,&,POINT,&,POINT, HIP,HIP, POINT,&,POINT,&,POINT, HOLD/CLAP-CLAP

33&	Right point-touch side right, Right step next to left
34&	Left point-touch side left, Left step next to right
35	Right point-touch side right
&36	Bounce hips up/down
37&	Right point-touch forward, Right step next to left
38&	Left point-touch forward, Left step next to right
39	Right point-touch forward
&40	Hold and clap-clap

&,CROSS,SIDE,CROSS,SIDE,STEP TOGETHER, HIP BUMPS with HAND JIVE

&41	Right step back, Left cross-step over right
42	Right step side right
43	Left cross-step behind right
&	Right step side right
44	Left step next to right (feet close together)
&45&46	Bump Hips up/down/up/down
	Forward HandJive: Extend hands out in front,
	palms down and cross, uncross, cross
&47&48	Bump Hips up/down/up/down
	Backward HandJive: Extend hands behind back,
	palms facing back and cross, uncross, cross (end with weight right)

POINT,&,POINT,&,POINT, HIP,HIP,STEP, HOLD/CLAP,&, STEP,HOLD/CLAP

49&	Left point-touch side left, Left step next to right
50&	Right point-touch side right, Right step next to left
51	Left point-touch side left
&52	Bounce hips up/down
53	Left step forward diagonal left
54	Hold and clap
&55	Right step next to left, Left step forward diagonal left
56	Hold and clap

WALKING 1/2 ARCH TURN LEFT; HIP BUMPS with HAND JIVE

57-58	Walk around 1/2 left making a wide arch turn
	stepping Right, Left, Right, Left
	(end with feet together)
&59&60	Bump Hips up/down/up/down
	Forward HandJive: Extend hands out in front,
	palms down and cross, uncross, cross
&61&62	Bump Hips up/down/up/down
	Backward HandJive: Extend hands behind back,
	palms facing back and cross, uncross, cross

BEGIN AGAIN!

From:	Char.Skeeters@sv.sc.philips.com (Charlotte Skeeters)

Reformatted for display on web site
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
by Don & Patti Brown
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