THE LONELY HEART

CHOREOGRAPHER: Don McRitchie (June 2003) Redcliffe - Queensland
		Phone - 07-3293-0209 e-mail - don12@bigpond.com
COUNT: 48
TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced
MUSIC: Somewhere Between by Suzy Bogguss (Album Somewhere Between)

LEFT BACK LOCK, RIGHT BACK LOCK

1	Step diagonally back left on Left
2	Lock Right in front of left
3	Step back diagonally left on Left
4	Step diagonally back right on Right
5	Lock Left in front of Right
6	Step back diagonally right on Right

1/4 TURN LEFT, TOGETHER, 1/4 TURN LEFT, FORWARD

7	Turning 1/4 left step Left to the side
8	Step Right beside Left
9	Turning 1/4 left step Left forward

ROCK BACK, 1/2 TURN LEFT, TOGETHER, FORWARD WALTZ STEP

10	Rock back on Right
11	Turning 1/2 left step Left forward
12	Step Right beside Left
13-15	Waltz forward Left, Right, Left

BACK, 1/2 TURN LEFT, FORWARD, LOCK

16	Step back on Right
17&18	Turning 1/2 left step forward on Left, step Right slightly in front of the Left,
	on the balls of both feet turning 1/2 left, lock Left in front of Right
	(this is a tight lock in place, now facing 12:00) (Count is 1-2&3)

1/4 TURN LEFT, SIDE, DRAG, FORWARD, FORWARD LOCK, FORWARD

19	Turning 1/4 left step back on Right
20	Step Left to the side
21	Drag Right beside Left (no weight)
22	Step forward on Right
23&24	Step forward on Left, lock Right behind Left, step forward on Left

FORWARD, 1/4 TURN RIGHT, ROCK

25	Step forward on Right
26	Turning 1/4 right step Left to the side
27	Rock Right in place

FRONT CROSS, SIDE, BACK CROSS

28	Cross Left in front of Right
29	Step Right to the side
30	Cross Left behind Right (ending weight on Left)
31	Recover weight on to Right
32	Step Left to left side
33	Cross Right behind Left (weight ending on Right)

RECOVER, SHUFFLE RIGHT

34	Recover weight on to Left
35&36	Shuffle right stepping Right, Left, Right

CROSS, SIDE BEHIND

37	Cross Left in front of Right
38	Step Right to the side
39	Step Left behind Right (ending weight on Left)

RECOVER, SHUFFLE LEFT

40	Recover weight on to Right
41&42	Shuffle Left stepping Left, Right, Left

ROCK FORWARD, BACK, 1/2 TURN RIGHT, & WALTZ FORWARD

43	Rock forward on to Right
44	Rock back on Left
45	Turning 1/2 right step forward on Right

& FORWARD LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT

&46-48	Step Left beside Right, waltz forward Right, Left, Right

BEGIN THE DANCE AGAIN AND ENJOY

There is an easy 12 beat tag at the beginning of the 4th wall, facing the back.

SAILOR STEPS

1-3	Step Left behind Right, step Right to the side, step Left in place
4-6	Step Right behind Left, step Left to the side, step Right in place
7-9	Step Left behind Right, step Right to the side, step Left in place
10-12	Step Right behind Left, step Left to the side, step Right in place
	and begin the dance again

To finish at the front, dance the first 6 steps of the dance,
cross Left behind Right and slowly unwind 1/2 turn left to finish facing the front.

Note: Ballroom dancers may find steps 17&18 easier to do as a reverse heel turn
and a backward turning lock followed by the hesitation drag. Don

From: don12@bigpond.com (Don McRitchie)

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