BEGIN THE BEGUINE

CHOREOGRAPHER:  Charlotte Skeeters
		Char.Skeeters@philips.com / charskeeters@hotmail.com
		Signed step description: www.linedancefun.com
COUNT: 64
TYPE: 1 Wall Line Dance
MUSIC:  Begin The Beguine by The Limeliters-122 BPM (Count 16 than start) (CD Singing For The Fun)
	Loving You Makes Me A Better Man by Vince Gill-96 BPM (teach)

BACK, RECOVER, FORWARD, HOLD, LOCK(&), FORWARD, FORWARD, 1/2 PIVOT, SIDE

1	Right rock back
2	Recover forward Left
3-4	Right step forward, hold
&	Left forward in lock step behind Right
5	Right step forward
6	Left step forward
7	Pivot 1/2 turn right (transfer weight right
8	Left step side left

(...next 8 counts are repeats of above,
 except for count 8 which becomes a HOLD)

BACK, RECOVER, FORWARD, HOLD, LOCK(&), FORWARD, FORWARD, 1/2 PIVOT, HOLD

9	Right rock back
10	Recover forward Left
11	Right step forward
12	Hold
&	Left forward in lock step behind Right
13	Right step forward
14	Left step forward
15	Pivot 1/2 turn right (transfer weight right
16	Hold

SIDE, BEHIND, 1/4, FORWARD, 1/2, HOLD, FORWARD(&), FORWARD, FORWARD

17	Left step side left
18	Right cross behind left
19	Left step side left into 1/4 turn left
20	Right step forward
21	Pivot 1/2 turn left (transfer weight left)
22	Hold
&	Right step forward next to left
23	Left step forward
24	Right step forward (big step)

BACK, HOLD, BACK(&), CROSS, BACK, BACK, RECOVER, FORWARD, 1/4 TURN

25	Left step back (big step)
26	Hold
&	Right step back slight angle right
27	Left cross over front of right (still moving back)
28	Right step back
29	Left step back
30	Recover weight forward Right
31	Left step forward
32	Pivot 1/4 turn right (transfer weight right)

CROSS, SIDE, FORWARD, SWING UP, SWING DOWN, BACK, 1/4 TURN, HOLD/DRAG

33	Left cross over right
34	Right step side right
35	Left step forward (in front of right with slight cross-big step)
36	Swing Right leg up into slight kick forward
37	Swing Right leg down crossing over front and to side of left
	(weight right)
38	Left step back
39	Right step back into 1/4 turn right (big step)
40	Hold and start dragging left toward right

CROSS, SIDE, FORWARD, SWING UP, SWING DOWN, BACK, 1/4 TURN, HOLD/DRAG

41	Left cross over right
42	Right step side right
43	Left step forward (in front of right with slight cross-big step)
44	Swing Right leg up into slight kick forward
45	Swing Right leg down crossing over front and to side of left
	(weight right)
46	Left step back
47	Right step back into 1/4 turn right (big step)
48	Hold and start dragging left toward right

CROSS/LUNGE, RECOVER, SIDE, CROSS/LUNGE, RECOVER, 1/4 TURN, FORWARD, 1/2 PIVOT

49	Left cross over right into "lunge"
	(keep right in place, bend both knees)
50	Recover weight to right
51	Left step side left
52	Right cross over left into "lunge"
	(keep left in place, bend both knees)
53	Recover weight to left
54	Right step side right into 1/4 turn right
55	Left step forward
56	Pivot 1/2 turn right (transfer weight right)

1/4 SWAY LEFT, SWAY RIGHT, BACK, RECOVER, RECOVER, HOLD

57-58	Left step forward into 1/4 turn right starting hip/body sway left
59-60	Transfer weight to Right and sway hips/body right
61	Left step back
62	Recover weight forward Right
63	Recover weight back left
64	Hold

(Option: At the end of the first round, there is a nice break
in the music on last 3 counts 6-7-8. You can simply hold for
these last 3 counts, weight will be back on your left)

BEGIN AGAIN

*ONE TIME ONLY* easy Tag when using the Limeliters version of this song.

After 3rd round, there is an 8 count tag:

1	Right rock back
2	Recover weight forward onto left
3	Right rock forward
4	Hold
5	Left step back (big step)
6-8	Hold for these 3 counts

From:	Char.Skeeters@sv.sc.philips.com (Charlotte Skeeters)

Reformatted for display on web site
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
by Don & Patti Brown
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