GIMME A BEAT

CHOREOGRAPHER:  Peter Metelnick, London ON Canada, January ‘99
		519-439-5990, fax: 519-439-6037,
		email: peter.metelnick@sympatico.ca
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
MUSIC:  Got the Feelin' by Five (practice/start after first 16 counts) from the CD Fresh Hits ‘98
	Guilty by Warren Brothers (practice/start on vocal)
	Giddy Up by Nsync (practice/start on vocal)
	This Kiss by Faith Hill (practice/start on vocal)
	C'est La Vie by B*Witched (start on vocal)**dancers' favourite, from the CD Fresh Hits ‘98
	Unlimited Megajam by 2 Unlimited (start on 17th beat ), from the CD Jock Jam 4**dancers' favourite
	Megamix by Janet Jackson (start right after the rap), from the CD single Best Things in Life Are Free**dancers' favourite
	Loosen My Strings by Clint Black (dance mix/start on vocal)
	Kickin' and Screamin' by Brady Seals (start on vocal)**dancers' favourite
	Just Enough Rope by Suzy Bogguss (start on vocal)
	Going the Distance by Chad Brock (start on vocal)
	Life Is A Highway by Chris LeDoux (start on vocal)
	Runaway Love by Chris LeDoux (start on vocal)
	I Said A Prayer by Pam Tillis (start on vocal)
	I Want You Back by Nsync (start on verse vocal)
	Howdy by Groovegrass Boyz
	Salty Dog Blues by Groovegrass Boyz

R KICK BALL TOUCH, L KICK BALL TOUCH, R KICK-HOP-STEP, APPLE JACKS LEFT & RIGHT

1	Kick right foot forward
&	Step right foot together
2	Touch left toes to left side
3	Kick left foot forward
&	Step left foot together
4	Touch right toes to right side
5	Kick right foot forward
&	Step right foot to right side
6	Step left foot together
&7	With weight on left heel and right toes:
	turn left toes and right heel left,
	turn left toes and right heel back to centre
&8	With weight on right heel and left toes:
	turn right toes and left heel right,
	turn right toes and left heel back to centre
	(shift weight back to left foot)

R CROSS & UNWIND 3/4 L, R FORWARD SHUFFLE, L TOE BACK,
R HEEL FORWARD, L SCUFF-HITCH-TURN 1/4 L

9	Cross step right foot over left
10	Unwind 3/4 left
	(weight ends on left foot/now facing right side wall)
11	Step right foot forward
&	Step left foot together
12	Step right foot forward
13&	Tap left toes back, step left foot together
14&	Touch right heel forward, step right foot together
15	Scuff left foot forward
&	Keep raising left leg up into a left hitch and
	start to turn 1/4 left on right foot
16	Complete 1/4 left turn on right foot with left knee up
	(now facing front wall)

VINE L 2, DRAG L, R SIDE ROCK & RECOVER, R SAILOR SHUFFLE

17	Step left foot to left side
18	Cross step right foot behind left
19	Step left foot to left side
&	Cross step right foot behind left
20	Step left foot to left side
21	Step right foot to right side and rock
22	Recover weight on left foot
23	Cross step right foot behind left
&	Step left foot to left side
24	Step right foot to the right

1/4 L & L COASTER STEP BACK, R FORWARD, 1/2 L PIVOT TURN, FORWARD FULL
SPIN TURNING L, SYNCOPATED R FORWARD & BACK ROCK STEPS

25	Turn 1/4 left on right foot and step left foot back
&	Step right foot together
26	Step left foot forward (now facing left side wall)
27	Step right foot forward
28	Pivot 1/2 left (now facing right side wall)
29	Step right foot forward turning 1/2 left
30	While pivotting 1/2 left on right foot step left foot forward
	(will complete a full turn/end facing right side wall)
31	Rock step right foot forward
&	Recover weight on left foot
32	Touch right toes together
(Easy alternate steps for 31&32 - change count to
	31	Step right foot forward
	32	Step left foot together

Repeat

From:	chambrln@execulink.com (Doug & Cathy)

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