C'EST LA VIE

CHOREOGRAPHER: Barry Watson & James Cunningham
COUNT: 64
TYPE: 4 Wall Phrased Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate
MUSIC: C'est La Vie by B-Witched

Sequence: INTRO, A (6 TIMES), BREAK, BBAB

There is a 4 beat break after the 6th wall of the dance.
Snake rolls may be put in or right and left triple steps.
When this dance is done to other songs only part A of the dance should be danced.

INTRO
SYNCOPATED JUMP CROSSES, 1/2 TURN RIGHT, CLAP, MASHED POTATO STEPS

&1	Take small step right on right, Take small step left on left
&2	Step right beside left, Cross left over right
3-4	Unwind 1/2 turn right, Clap
&5	Split heels, Return heels sliding right heel behind left placing left heel to right instep
&6	Split heels, Return heels sliding left heel behind right placing right heel to left instep
&7	Split heels, Return heels sliding right heel behind left placing left heel to right instep
&8	Split heels, Return heels sliding left heel behind right placing right heel to left instep

SYNCOPATED JUMP CROSSES, 1/2 TURN RIGHT, CLAP, MASHED POTATO STEPS

&9	Take small step right on right, Take small step left on left
&10	Step right beside left, Cross left over right
22-12	Unwind 1/2 turn right, Clap
&13	Split heels, Return heels sliding right heel behind left placing left heel to right instep
&14	Split heels, Return heels sliding left heel behind right placing right heel to left instep
&15	Split heels, Return heels sliding right heel behind left placing left heel to right instep
&16	Split heels, Return heels sliding left heel behind right placing right heel to left instep

PART A
SYNCOPATED SIDE STEPS, SIDE STEPS, HITCH, TOUCH RIGHT, TURN HEEL, HEEL BOUNCES

&1	Step right to right side, Step left to left side
&2	Step right into center, Step left beside right
3-4	Step right to right side, Step left to left side
5&6	Hitch left knee, Touch left toe out to left side, Turn left foot 1/4 turn right
7-8	Bounce left heel twice

RIGHT VAUDEVILLE, LEFT VINE, RIGHT VAUDEVILLE, PIVOT 1/2 TURN RIGHT

9&10	Cross right over left, Step back on left, Touch right heel forward
&	Step right beside left
11-12&	Step left to left side, Cross right behind left, Step left to left side
13&14	Cross right over left, Step back on left, Touch right heel forward
&	Step right beside left
15-16	Step forward on left, Pivot 1/2 turn right moving weight to right

STEP LEFT, HOLD, STEP RIGHT, STEP, LEFT, HOLD, SCUFF, BRUSH, CROSS RIGHT, UNWIND 1/4 TURN RIGHT

17-18	Step left to left side, Hold
&19-20	Step right beside left, Step left into 1/4 turn left, Hold
21-23	Scuff right forward, Brush right back, Cross right behind left
24	Unwind 1/4 turn right with feet ending up side by side

HAND MOVEMENTS, TURNING LEFT SHUFFLE, SCUFF RIGHT, TOUCH RIGHT

&25	Place fists beside one another and raise to head height raising right knee,
	Lower fists and knee
&26	Push right fist to right side at waist level and right knee to right side,
	Return fist and knee to center
&27	Place fists beside one another and raise to head height raising left knee,
	Lower fists and knee
&286	Push left fist to left side at waist level and left knee to left side,
	Return fist and knee to center
29&30	Step left into 1/4 turn left, Step right beside left, Step forward on left
31&32	Scuff right forward, Hitch right knee, Touch right in place

PART B
HITCH, RIGHT SHUFFLE, SCUFF, 1/2 TURN RIGHT, BACK LEFT SHUFFLE, SCUFF, 1/4 TURN RIGHT, SCUFF

&	Hitch right knee up
1&2	Step forward on right, Step left next to right, Step forward on right
3-4	Scuff left heel forward, Brush right toes back and turn 1/2 right
5&6	Step back on left, Step right beside left, Step back on left
&7	Scuff right heel over left leg,
	Brush right toes to left side of left leg and turn 1/4 right
8	Scuff right heel forward

STEP RIGHT, STEP LEFT, SYNCOPATED BACK JUMPS, APPLEJACKS

9-10	Step forward on right, Step forward on left
&11	Step right back to right diagonal, Step left back to left diagonal
&12	Step right in line with right shoulder, Step left in line with left shoulder
&13	Swivel right heel and left toes to left side, Swivel feet back to center
&14	Swivel left heel and right toes to right side, Swivel feet back to center
&15	Swivel right heel and left toes to left side, Swivel feet back to center
&16	Swivel left heel and right toes to right side,
	Swivel feet back to center taking equal weight

START AGAIN AND ENJOY!

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