ELVIS 'N' CHIPS
CHOREOGRAPHER: Carol Clements (July 2000)
COUNT: Phrased
TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermeidate/Advanced
MUSIC: There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis by Kirsty MacColl-174 BPM
(Galore Album The Best Of Kirsty Maccoll)
The Blue Pages by Noah Gordon-145 BPM (Teach) (The Most Awesome Line Dance Album 5
(dance right through using the same phrasing)
Section A: 64 counts - core dance
Section B: 40 counts - completes verse
Sequence: AB (first verse) A (chorus) AB (second verse) A (chorus)
then continue with A to end
The sequence of steps is easy to follow as the music denotes
which section of the dance you are in and section B has been
kept deliberately simple.
"ELVIS" SECTION (A)
TOE STRUTS BACKWARDS, ROCKS, OUT-OUT
1-2 Point Right toe back, place heel down travelling backward
3-4 Point Left toe back, place heel down travelling backward
5-6 Rock Right back, recover Left forward
7-8 Step Right to Right, step Left to Left feet shoulder width apart
ELVIS KNEES, STEP LOCK STEP SCUFF
9-10 Roll Right knee in and out
11-12 Roll Left knee in and out
(Styling option: During the choruses, if you want to,
you can add an Elvis "pose" to the knees with a fake
"collar flick/shoulder shrug", and a pelvis roll -
leave out the styling during the verses)
13-14 Step forward Right, lock Left behind Right
15-16 Step forward Right, scuff Left
STEP TURN STEP, STEP TURN CROSS POINT FLICK
17-18 Step forward Left pivot half turn Right stepping on Right
19-20 Step forward Left, step forward Right
21-22 Quarter turn Left rocking weight onto Left, cross Right over Left
23-24 Point Left to Left, flick Left behind Right
UNSYNCOPATED SAILOR STEPS
25-26 Cross Left behind Right, step Right diagonally backward
27-28 Step Left slightly forward to Left diagonal, cross Right behind Left
29-30 Step Left diagonally backward, step Right slightly forward to Right diagonal
31-32 Cross Left behind Right, step Right diagonally backward
TOE STRUTS, ROCKS, OUT-OUT
33-34 Point Left toe back, place heel down travelling backward
35-36 Point Right toe back, place heel down travelling backward
37-38 Rock Left back, Right forward
39-40 Step Left to Left, step Right to Right (feet shoulder width apart)
ELVIS KNEES IN REVERSE, STEP LEFT TOUCH STEP RIGHT TOGETHER
41-42 Roll Left knee out, hold using hips
43-44 Roll Right knee out, hold using hips
(See styling note above + it helps the outward knee roll
if you roll ankles outward at the same time)
45-46 Step Left to Left side, touch Right next to Left (big step)
47-48 Step Right to Right side, step Left beside Right
(big step taking weight on Left foot)
TOUCH KICK CROSS, TOUCH KICK CROSS, TOUCH KICK
49-50 Touch Right to Left instep, kick Right to Right diagonal
51-52 Cross Right over Left taking weight, Touch Left to Right instep
53-54 Kick Left to Left diagonal, cross Left over Right taking weight
55-56 Touch Right to Left instep, kick Right to Right diagonal
(If you're able to add a twisting motion to these steps,
it will give a more rock "n" roll flavour to the dance)
POINT PIVOT, POINT PIVOT, POINT PIVOT, TAP KICK
57-58 Point Right forward, pivot quarter Left
59-60 Point Right forward, pivot quarter Left
61-62 Point Right forward, pivot quarter Left
(Left foot remains in place throughout, these are push turns)
63-64 Tap Right beside Left, kick Right forward
(You are Now facing 6:00)
SECTION (B)
STEP LOCK STEP SCUFF x 2
1-2 Step forward Right, lock Left behind
3-4 Step forward Right, scuff Left
5-6 Step forward Left, lock Right behind
7-8 Step forward Left, scuff Right
JAZZ BOX 1/4 TURN X 2
9-10 Cross Right over left, step back Left
11-12 Sstep side Right turning 1/4 Right, step Left beside Right
13-14 Cross Right over left, step back Left
15-16 Sstep side Right turning 1/4 Right, step Left beside Right
STEP LOCK STEP SCUFF x 2
17-18 Step forward Right, lock Left behind
19-20 Step forward Right, scuff Left
21-22 Step forward Left, lock Right behind
23-24 Step forward Left, scuff Right
JAZZ BOX 1/4 TURN X 2
25-26 Cross Right over left, step back Left
27-28 Sstep side Right turning 1/4 Right, step Left beside Right
29-30 Cross Right over left, step back Left
31-32 Sstep side Right turning 1/4 Right, step Left beside Right
GRAPEVINE RIGHT, KICK, GRAPEVINE LEFT KICK
33-34 Step Right to Right, cross Left behind
35-36 Step Right to Right, kick Left forward
37-38 Step Left to Left, cross Right behind
39-40 Step Left to Left, kick Right forward
© C Clements
From: carol.clements@ntlworld.com (Carol Clements)
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