ITSY BITSY SPIDER

CHOREOGRAPHER: Mare Dodd - 4/12/00
COUNT: 48
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
MUSIC: Itsy Bitsy Spider by Little Richard

For our children, 10th anniversary

Don't be fooled by the song title. This is a really upbeat, funky version of
the song. Sequence is as follows: 48 counts; 48 counts; 1st 32 counts;
48 counts; 1st 32 counts; 48 counts till the end. Not hard to follow!

TOE-HEEL STRUTS WITH ARM WORK (LIKE CLIMBING UP A ROPE LADDER)

1-2	Touch Left toe forward, drop Left heel
	(Left arm goes up over head - like climbing up a rope)
3-4	Touch Right toe forward, drop Right heel
	(Right arm up over head)
5-6	Touch Left toe forward (Left arm up), drop Left heel
7-8	Touch Right toe forward (Right arm up), drop Right heel

STEP, SCUFF, TURN, SCUFF & REPEAT

9-10	Step forward on Left, scuff Right
11-12	Turn 1/2 Left stepping on Right, scuff Left
13-14	Step forward on Left, scuff Right
15-16	Turn 1/2 Left stepping on Right, scuff Left

STEP-SLIDE, STEP SCUFF, STEP R, HOLD, TURN 1/2 L, STOMP L, STOMP R

17-18	Step forward on Left, slide Right up behind Left
19-20	Step forward on Left, scuff Right
21-22	Step Right to Right side, hold one count and clap
23-24	Turn 1/2 Left on ball of Right and stomp Left, stomp Right

WEAVING GRAPEVINE TO R, STOMP L, STOMP R

25-26	Step Left behind Right, step Right to Right side
27-28	Step Left over Right, step Right to Right side
29-30	Step Left behind Right, step Right to Right side
31-32	Stomp Left, stomp Right

SHUFFLES FORWARD: LEFT, RIGHT, & LEFT, STEP-PIVOT 1/2 L

33&34	Shuffle forward Left-Right-Left
35&36	Shuffle forward Right-Left-Right
37&38	Shuffle forward Left-Right-Left
39-40	Step forward on Right, pivot 1/2 Left (weight on Left)

1/4 TURN, HOLD & CLAP, 1/2 TURN, HOLD & CLAP, 1/2 TURN, HOLD & CLAP, STOMP L & R

41-42	Turn 1/4 Left stepping on Right, hold one count and clap
43-44	Turn 1/2 on ball of Right stepping on Left, hold one count and clap
45-46	Turn 1/2 on ball of Left stepping on Right, hold one count and clap
47-48	Stomp Left, stomp Right

HAVE FUN!!

From:	swing@westco.net (Bill & Mary)

Reformatted for display on web site
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