CLAP YOUR HANDS

CHOREOGRAPHER: Vivienne Scott, linedanceviv@hotmail.com www.stayinline.ca
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Beginner
MUSIC: My Dear Botanist by Dyana & Matalya Syenchukov (CD: Best Songs Of The Russian Raio #10)
	Boom Boom by Chayane

"My Dear Botanist": This is the literal translation of the title of this lively
Russian Song from Russia -- music available from Vivienne Scott

STEP SIDE RIGHT, STEP TOGETHER, SHUFFLE SIDE RIGHT, CROSS ROCK, SHUFFLE LEFT WITH 1/4 TURN

1-2	Step right to right side, step left beside right
3&4	Step right to right side, close left beside right, step right to right side
5-6	Cross rock left over right, recover on right
7&8	Step left to left side turning 1/4 left, step right beside left, step forward left

STEP SIDE RIGHT, STEP TOGETHER, SHUFFLE SIDE RIGHT, CROSS ROCK, SHUFFLE LEFT WITH 1/4 TURN

1-2	Step right to right side, step left beside right
3&4	Step right to right side, close left beside right, step right to right side
5-7	Cross rock left over right, recover on right
7&8	Step left to left side turning 1/4 left, step right beside left, step forward left
	(For fun, if you feel like it, for the first 16 counts you can hold your arms folded
	up in front of you like the 'Cossack' dancers do!)

STOMPS FORWARD RIGHT, LEFT, TRIPLE CLAPS, REPEAT

1-2	Stomp forward right, stomp forward left
3&4	Clap hands above right shoulder three times
5-6	Stomp forward right, stomp forward left
7&8	Clap hands above right shoulder three times
	(For fun, now and again slap the hands of the dancer next to you!)

WALK BACK RIGHT, LEFT, TRIPLE IN PLACE, WALK BACK LEFT, RIGHT, TRIPLE IN PLACE

1-2	Walk back right, left (Option: Two 1/2 turns over right shoulder traveling back)
3&4	Step right in place, step left beside right, step right in place
5-6	Walk back left, right (Option: Two 1/2 turns over left shoulder traveling back)
7&8	Step left in place, step right beside left, step left in place

ENJOY!

From: TKANDR@aol.com

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