THE PHOENIX

CHOREOGRAPHER: William Sevone (WM '71) (January 28 2002), Fremantle, Australia
		email: williamsevone@yahoo.com.au
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate
MUSIC: My Heart Will Never Break This Way Again by Patty Loveless-63 bpm (Strong Heart)

Choreographer's note: The concept/idea and a few basic sequence of steps
for this dance were created on October 25 2000, when I purchased and
heard this song for the very first time. At that time I was coming to the
end of a year long very deep, inner emotional battle with myself. What I
wrote was folded up and placed it inside the album cover, always knowing
it was there. It was not whilst I was choreographing the dance "No More"
that I suddenly felt the time was right to finish off what I had started
all those month's ago.

Dance note: The rhythm of this song could lean itself to being a quick
waltz - but the dance is not. Try and incorporate the styling within the
dance - it adds to what is already there.

Dance starts on vocals with feet slightly apart and weight on right

CROSS STEP, SIDE TOUCH, HOLD, 1/4 RIGHT-ROCK FORWARD,
ROCK BACKWARD-1/4 LEFT, ROCK FORWARD, CROSS STEP, SIDE STEP

1-2	Cross step left behind right, Touch right toe to right side
3	Hold
4	Turn 1/4 left and rock forward onto right
5	Rock onto left and turn 1/4 left
6	Rock forward onto right
7-8	Cross step left behind right, Step right to right side
	Style note: Counts 2-3: arms across chest, hands on shoulders - loose hug

1/4 RIGHT-STEP FORWARD, TOE TOUCH, HOLD, 1 & 1/2 TURNS RIGHT, ROCK FORWARD-BACKWARD

9-10	Turn 1/4 right and step forward onto left, Step/touch right toe forward
11	Hold
12	Turn 1/2 right and step forward onto right
13	Turn 1/2 right and step backward onto left
14	Turn 1/2 right and step forward onto right
15-16	Rock forward onto left, Rock back onto right
	Style note: Counts 10-11: Right arm across waist, left arm acoss back

1/4 LEFT-STEP LOCK,STEP FORWARD, SIDE ROCKS,
CROSS STEP-1/4 LEFT, 1/2 LEFT-STEP BACKWARD, STEP BACKWARD

17-18	Turn 1/4 left and step forward onto left, Lock right behind left
19	Step forward onto left
20	Rock right to right side
21	Rock onto left
22	Cross step right over left and turn 1/4 left
23	Turn 1/2 left and step backward onto left
24	Step (long) backward onto right (left toe raised)
	Style note: Count 24: both arms sweeping backwards, upper body slightly forward

PLACE, STEP FORWARD, HOLD, BEND, 1/2 LEFT-'KICK', STEP BACKWARD, STEP, SIDE TOUCH

25-26	(straightening up) Place left toe to floor, Step forward onto right (left heel raised)
27	Hold
28	Bend both knees and arms slightly forward
29	(straightening up) Turn 1/2 left (on right) and 'kick' left off floor
30	Step backward onto left
31-32	Step right next to left, Touch left toe to left side
	Style note: Count 26-27: both arms bent at elbows point slightly upwards
	Count 29: both arms forward
	Count 30: sweeping both arms backwards

DANCE FINISH: after count 16 of the 8th wall

1-2	Step (long) backward onto left over 2 counts (left heel raised)
3-4	(dropping left heel) Pivot 1/2 left over 2 counts (right heel raised)
5-6	Step right next to left, Right hand to hat brim
7-10	Hold

From: williamsevone@yahoo.co.au (william sevone)

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