TURKEY TROT

CHOREOGRAPHER: Mare Dodd
COUNT: 64
TYPE: Circle Contra Dance
MUSIC: Turkey In The Straw (Bluegrass Banjo Music) by Bill Monroe
	Turkey In The Straw (Bluegrass Banjo Music) by Doc Watson

Dance is done in two circles facing each other - inside circle faces out;
outside circle faces in - everyone is on same foot

WALKS FORWARD R-L-R, TOUCH L & CURTSEY/BOW, WALK BACK L-R, L COASTER STEP

1-4	Walk forward Right, Left, Right, touch Left & curtsey/bow to your partner
5-6	Walk back Left, Right
7&8	Left coaster step

GRAPEVINE R WITH SCUFF, STEP L, R BEHIND, 1/4 L SHUFFLE

1-4	Grapevine Right with scuff Left on 4th count
5-6	Step Left to Left side, step Right behind Left
7&8	Turning 1/4 Left shuffle forward Left, Right, Left

SHUFFLE FORWARD X 4

1&2	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
3&4	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left
5&6	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
7&8	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left
	(you will have passed 2 people while shuffling)

GRAPEVINE R WITH SCUFF, STEP L, R BEHIND, L SHUFFLE TO SIDE

1-4	Grapevine Right with scuff Left on 4th count
	(you will be changing sides: outside goes inside, inside goes outside of circle)
5-6	Step Left to Left side, step Right behind Left
7&8	Shuffle Left to Left side stepping Left, Right, Left
	(you will be changing back to your original side of the circle)

SHUFFLE FORWARD X 4

1&2	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
3&4	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left
5&6	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
7&8	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left

JAZZ SQUARE WITH 1/4 TURN R, JAZZ SQUARE IN PLACE

1-2	Cross Right over Left, step back on Left
3-4	Turning 1/4 Right step forward on Right, step Left beside Right
5-6	Cross Right over Left, step back on Left
7-8	Step Right to Right side, step Left beside Right

GRAPEVINE R WITH SCUFF, GRAPEVINE L WITH SCUFF

1-4	Grapevine Right with scuff Left on 4th count
5-8	Grapevine Left with scuff Right on 8th count

DO-SI-DO AROUND PARTNER

1&2	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
	(toward partner's Right shoulder and slightly behind them)
3&4	Shuffle Left over Right stepping Left, Right, Left
	(moving to the Right and across partner's back to other side
5&6	Shuffle Right, Left, Right backward and away from partner
7&8	Shuffle Left to Left side stepping Left, Right, Left to face partner again

BEGIN AGAIN!

From: swing@adelphia.net

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