AS GOOD AS I ONCE WAS

CHOREOGRAPHER: Dennis & Ruthie Duke - Bessemer, AL
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Easy/Intermediate
MUSIC: As Good As I Once Was by Toby Keith

Sequence: A, A, Pause, A, A, Tag, A, A, Pause, A, A, A, Pause, A, A, A

PART A
HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, HOOK, SHUFFLE

1-2	Touch Right heel forward, step Right beside Left
3-4	Touch Left heel forward, step Left beside Right
5-6	Touch Right heel forward, hook Right heel in front of Left knee
7-8	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right

HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, HOOK, SHUFFLE

9-10	Touch Left heel forward, step Left beside Right
11-12	Touch Right heel forward, step Right beside Left
13-14	Touch Left heel forward, hook Left heel in front of Right knee
15-16	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left

STEP, TURN, SHUFFLE, STEP, TURN, SHUFFLE

17-18	Step Right forward, pivot 1/2 left (counter-clockwise) putting weight on Left
19-20	Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right
21-22	Step Left forward, pivot 1/2 right (clockwise) putting weight on Right
23-24	Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left

KICK TWICE, 1/4 RIGHT, 1/4 LEFT, 1/4 RIGHT

25-26	Kick Right forward twice
27-28	Step Right 1/4 turn right (turning body to right), touch Left next to Right
29-30	Step Left 1/4 turn left (turning body to left), touch Right next to Left
31-32	Step Right 1/4 turn right (turning body to right), step Left next to Right

16-COUNT TAG

VINE RIGHT WITH 1/2 TURN, VINE LEFT, VINE RIGHT WITH 1/2 TURN, VINE LEFT

1-2	Step Right to right, step Left behind Right
3-4	Step Right to right with 1/2 turn right (clockwise), touch Left beside Right
5-6	Step Left to left, step Right behind Left
7-8	Step Left to left, touch Right beside Left
9-10	Step Right to right, step Left behind Right
11-12	Step Right to right with 1/2 turn right (clockwise), touch Left beside Right
13-14	Step Left to left, step Right behind Left
15-16	Step Left to left, touch Right beside Left

NOTE: After each pause, the dance begins again on the word "once" with Right heel forward.
This would be an easy/beginner line dance with the part A step pattern, but the sequence
(pauses and tag) bring it closer to an intermediate dance.

This dance was first taught August 27, 2005, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
at the Alabama Square and Round Dance Association (ASARDA) state convention.

Bouncin' Boots
Country & Western Line Dancers
Dennis & Ruthie Duke - Instructors
1440 Suncrest Circle
Bessemer, AL 35020-8345
Phone: (205)428-0343
kb4xn@amsat.org

From: dduke@bham.rr.com

Reformatted for display on web site
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