AMERICAN PIE

CHOREOGRAPHER: Britton Edwards
COUNT: 44
TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Beginner
MUSIC: American Pie by Just Luis

VINE RIGHT, STOMP, BUTTERFLY

1	Step Right foot to right
2	Step Left foot to right (behind Right foot)
3	Step Right foot to right
4	Stomp Left foot beside Right foot, a shoulder width apart
5-8	Butterfly: With feet planted firmly on the floor and knees slightly
	bent, move knees in - out - in - out while arms and hands make 
	a figure 8, moving in - out - in - out and palms face down while 
	moving in and up while moving out. Make this a fluid motion with 
	hands moving no farther apart than shoulder width.

VINE LEFT, STOMP,BUTTERFLY

9	Step Left foot to left
10	Step Right foot to left (behind Left foot)
11	Step Left foot to left
12	Stomp Right foot beside Left foot, a shoulder width apart
13-16	Butterfly: With feet planted firmly on the floor and knees slightly
	bent, move knees in - out - in - out while arms and hands make 
	a figure 8, moving in - out - in - out and palms face down while 
	moving in and up while moving out. Make this a fluid motion with 
	hands moving no farther apart than shoulder width.

WALK FORWARD ("drying nails") AND BACK ("finger snaps")

17-20	Walk forward Right, Left, Right, Left 
	while flicking hands high above your head as if drying your nails
21-24	Walk backward in a low crouch, Right, Left, Right, Left 
	while snapping your fingers with each step "West Side Story" style

KICK-BALL-CHANGES, 1/4 TURNS

25	Kick Right foot forward
&	Step back on Right foot
26	Step Left foot in place
27	Kick Right foot forward
&	Step back on Right foot
28	Step Left foot in place
29	Step Right foot forward
30	Pivot 1/4 to Left on ball of Right foot 
	and step down on Left beside Right foot
31	Step Right foot forward
32	Pivot 1/4 to Left on ball of Right foot 
	and step down on Left beside Right foot
	
SHUFFLE FORWARD, TURNING SHUFFLE, ROCK STEP

33&34	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
35&36	Shuffle Left, Right, Left making 1/2 turn and end walking backward
37	Rock back on Right foot
38	Rock forward (recover), stepping on Left foot

SHUFFLE FORWARD, TURNING SHUFFLE, ROCK STEP

39&40	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
41&42	Shuffle Left, Right, Left making 1/2 turn and end walking backward
43	Rock back on Right foot
44	Rock forward (recover), stepping on Left foot

REPEAT

About the choreographer: Britton Edwards choreographed this dance at the
age of 8, which may make her the world's youngest choreographer (or at
least the world's youngest choreographer on the web). She lives in Ontario
and can be contacted through Marty West. Here's the dance.

From:	cajunjon@ctel.com.au (Cajun Jeonn)

Reformatted for display on web site 
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
by Don & Patti Brown
http://members.aol.com/cactusstar/home.htm