BE MY BABY

CHOREOGRAPHER: William Sevone
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Advanced Beginner
MUSIC: Be My Baby by The Ronettes-131 bpm (Dirty Dancing / many compilations)

Choreographer's note: A healthy sign of aging is when you can remember when a certain record
was released - the first time around. In this case it was 1963 - ahhhh... I remember it well.
A subdued 'Wall Of Sound' from Phil Spector - with a hint of Latino flavouring - superb.
The only 'tricky' bit within the dance could possibly be counts 5 to 8 -
and may need a little practice.

Always remember - 'The beat may reach your feet - but the rhythm should electrify your soul'.

Dance starts on vocals with feet together and weight on left

2X FORWARD TOE STRUT, KICK BALLPOP, HEEL DROP-HEEL FORWARD-BACKWARD TOE TOUCH (12:00)

1-2	(short step) Step forward onto right toe, Drop right heel to floor
3-4	(short step) Step forward onto left toe, Drop left heel to floor
5&6	Flick kick right forward, step right toe next to left
	(dropping right heel to floor) Pop/push left knee forward raising left heel
&7-8	Drop left heel to floor, touch right heel forward,
	Touch right toe backward to outside of left foot

2X DIAGONAL STEP FORWARD, 2X DIAGONAL SHUFFLE FORWARD,
1/4 LEFT STEP BACKWARD, 1/2 LEFT STEP FORWARD (3:00)

	Short steps are required in the following section
9-10	Step right diagonally forward right, Step left diagonally forward left
11&12	(diagonally right) Step forward onto right,
	close left next to right, step forward onto right
13&14	(diagonally left) Step forward onto left, close right next to left, step forward onto left
15	Turn 1/4 left (9:00) and step slightly backward onto right
16	Turn 1/2 left and step forward onto left

KICK BALLTOUCH, 1/4 LEFT, 2X SIDE TOE STRUT, CROSS POINT (12:00)

17&18	Flick kick right forward, step right next to left, touch left toe backward
19-20	(dropping left heel) Turn 1/4 left, Cross step right toe over left
21-22	Drop right heel to floor, Step left toe to left side
23-24	Drop left heel to floor, Cross point right toe over left

2X SIDE STEP-DRAG WITH EXPRESSION, 1/4 LEFT STEP BACKWARD, TOGETHER (9:00)

25	Step right to right side
26-27	Drag left to touch next to right over two counts
28	Step left to left side
29-30	Drag right to touch next to left over two counts
	Dance note: On 'drags' bend knees slightly and straighten up, Optional: forward hand rolls
31-32	Turn 1/4 left and step backward onto right, Step Left next to right

From: taylormademusic@yahoo.com

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