DC WALK

CHOREOGRAPHER: Chris Hookie
COUNT: 28
TYPE: Couple Dance
LEVEL: Easy Advanced Beginner
MUSIC:  The Weekend
	Meet Me In Montana by Dan Seals
	Right Hand Man
	The Wanderer by Eddie Rabbitt
	She And I by Alabama
	Love Is On A Roll by Don Williams
	Key Largo
	[or any music up to about 130 BPM...]

SPEED: 25-32 MPM 100-128 BPM
CHOREOGRAPHED: 1988, Cottonwood, California

Varsouvienne Position

Note: Directions are for both Ladies and Gentlemen.

1-4	Four sliding steps forward LEFT foot lead
	(Left, Right, Left, Right)
5	With weight on right foot make a 1/4 turn right
	and then the LEFT foot steps to the side
6	RIGHT cross behind LEFT
7	LEFT to the side
8	RIGHT cross in front
9	LEFT to the side
10	RIGHT cross in front

11-13	With weight on right foot make a 1/4 turn right
	and take three steps backwards (Left, Right, Left)
14	RIGHT foot cross in front of LEFT foot
15	LEFT foot step to the side
16	RIGHT foot stomp center

17-20	Two RIGHT swivets (*see comments for explanation)
21	(Backwalk) Jump back on RIGHT foot,
	keep free left leg straight while elevated
22	Spring forward onto LEFT foot
23	RIGHT foot step forward
24	Make a 1/2 turn left while at the same time
	hook LEFT foot across right knee

25&26	Shuffle forward LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT
27&28	Shuffle forward RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT

Repeat

Dance Style: The DC Walk is a smooth and flowing dance designed to keep
the forward motion going as long as possible. The four steps at the
beginning are actually sliding steps. Keep steps small and knees bent
especially during step 5-10. The swivets should be sharp and the
"backwalk" - rockstep should be explosive. [C.H.]

Music: Songs that are smooth and flowing but not brassy or jazzy.
Songs with a solid walking rhythm are best.

*Swivet: When choreographing the DC Walk in 1998, a term could not be
found to define performing a swivel with one foot while performing a
pivot with the other, therefore the two terms (swivel and pivot)
were combined together to create a new term "Swivet". A swivet is a
two count move where one foot does a pivot and the other foot does a
swivel (aka: fan) at the same time. A right swivet is where the right
foot does the swivel (weight on right heel and toe swivels out to the
right) and the left foot does the pivot (weight on toe and heel pivots
to the left). It is called a right swivet because on beat one, the toes
face towards the right. For a left swivet, just reverse the process
-- left heel and right toe, swivet left. [C.H.]