TOUGH STUFF

CHOREOGRAPHER: Bill Ray, Keaau, HI
COUNT: 48
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate
MUSIC: The Tough Get Going by Billy Joe Shaver-128 bpm (CD: Everybody's Brother)

POINT & POINT & POINT, CLAP, ROCK, RECOVER, COASTER BACK

1&	Point right toe to right, step right beside left
2&	Point left toe to left, step left beside right
3-4	Point right toe to right, hold (clap hands)
5-6	Rock forward on right, recover on left
7&8	Step back on right, step left beside right, step forward on right

1/4 TURN LEFT & FORWARD TRIPLE, ROCK, RECOVER, 1/4 TURN RIGHT & RIGHT CHASSE, 1/4 PIVOT RIGHT

1&2	Turn 1/4 left on right and step forward on left,
	step right beside left, step forward on left
3-4	Rock forward on right, recover on left
5&6	Turn 1/4 right on left and step right on right,
	step left beside right, step right on right
7-8	Step forward on left, pivot 1/4 turn right stepping right on right

CROSSING TRIPLE, ROCK, RECOVER, ROCK, STEP LEFT, CROSSING TRIPLE

1&2	Cross left over right, step right on right, cross left over right
3-4	Rock back on right, recover on left
5-6	Rock back on right, step left on left
7&8	Cross right over left, step left on left, cross right over left

HEEL TAP, POWER THRUST, & HEEL TAP, POWER THRUST, TAP, KICK, 1/4 PIVOT LEFT

1-2	Tap left heel forward, hold (thrust right fist up)
&3-4	Step back on left, tap right heel forward, hold
	(drop right fist down and thrust left fist up)
5-6	Tap right beside left (drop left fist down and strike both closed fists on chest
	with elbows out to side), kick right forward
7-8	Step forward on right, pivot 1/4 turn left stepping left on left

STEP FORWARD, HOLD, 1/2 PIVOT LEFT, HOLD, 1/4 TURN LEFT & RIGHT CHASSE, CROSS, RECOVER

1-2	Step forward on right, hold
3-4	Pivot 1/2 turn left stepping forward left, hold
5&6	Turn 1/4 left and step right on right, step left beside right, step right on right
7-8	Cross left over right, recover on right

1/2 TURN LEFT & FORWARD TRIPLE, 1/2 PIVOT LEFT, FORWARD TRIPLE, STEP FORWARD, TOUCH

1&2	Turn 1/2 left and step forward on left, step right beside left, step forward on left
3-4	Step forward on right, pivot 1/2 turn left stepping forward on left
5&6	Step forward on right, step left beside right, step forward on right
7-8	Step forward on left, touch right beside left

REPEAT

From: TKANDR@aol.com

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