PARADISE STRUT

CHOREOGRAPHER: Roy Greene (HadleyConn@aol.com)
COUNT: 48
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate 
MUSIC:  Even If I Tried by Emilio-120bpm
	You Gotta Love That by Neal McCoy-132bpm
	Heads Or Tails by Jo Dee Messina-140bpm
	Paradise Knife & Gun Club by Lonestar-176bpm

HEEL, HEEL, SIDE, SIDE, STOMP, STOMP

1-2	Tap Right heel forward twice
3-4	Touch/point Right toe out to Right side twice
5-6	Stomp Right foot twice

HEEL, SIDE, HOME, SIDE, KNEE, SIDE, KNEE

7	Touch Left heel forward
8	Touch/point Left toe out to Left side
9	Touch Left toe next to instep of Right foot
10	Touch/point Left toe out to Left side
11	Hitch Left knee across body toward Right
12	Touch/point Left toe out to Left side
13	Hitch Left knee across body toward Right

VINE, 2, 3, KICK, TURN, KICK, STEP

14	Step Left foot to Left side
15	Cross Right foot behind Left foot
16	Step Left foot to Left side
17	Kick Right foot forward	
18	Turn 1/4 Left on ball of Left foot while kicking Right foot back
19	Kick Right foot forward
20	Step Right foot home

STRUT STEP, STRUT STEP, STRUT STEP, STRUT, HOLD

21	Step Left foot forward, heel raised, weight on toe
22	Slap down heel of Left foot
23	Step Right foot forward, heel raised, weight on toe
24	Slap down heel of Right foot
25	Step Left foot forward, heel raised, weight on toe
26	Slap down heel of Left foot
27	Step Right foot forward, heel raised, weight on toe
28	Hold position with Right heel raised

KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, HOLD

29	Push Right heel to floor raising Left heel off floor
30	Push Left heel to floor raising Right heel off floor
31	Push Right heel to floor raising Left heel off floor
32	Hold position with Left heel raised
	
VINE, BEHIND, VINE, IN FRONT, VINE, STOMP

33	Step Left foot to Left side
34	Cross Right foot behind Left foot
35	Step Left foot to Left side
36	Cross Right foot in front of Left foot
37	Step Left foot to Left side
38	'Stamp' Right foot next to Left foot, 
	weight remaining on Left foot

KICK, KICK, BUMP, BUMP, BUMP, BUMP 

39-40	Kick Right foot forward twice	
41	Step Right foot back bumping Right hip back to Right 
42	Bump Right hip back to Right again	
43-44	Bump hips forward to Left twice
	
ROLL YOUR HIPS

45-48	Roll hips in a big circle, Right/Left/Right/Left, 
	weight ending on Left foot

Repeat dance facing new wall

ADDITIONAL MUSIC

My Wife Thinks You're Dead by Junior Brown-124bpm
Now That's Alright With Me by Mandy Barnett-124bpm
Brain In A Jar by James Bonamy-124bpm
Heartbreak School by James Bonamy-124bpm
Rodeo Man by Ronna Reeves-136bpm
Swingin' Doors by Martina McBride-136bpm
Thanks To You by Marty Stuart-136bpm
That's Enough Of That by Mila Mason-136bpm
She's Got A Mind Of Her Own by James Bonamy-136bpm
Don't Touch My Hat by Lyle Lovett-138bpm
Born Ready by Jesse Hunter-142bpm
Hey Hot Rod by Clint Black-144bpm
Tonight My Heart Rides Again by Steven Craig Harding-144
She's Gettin' There by Sawyer Brown-144bpm
Silver Tongue & Gold Plated Lies by K.T. Oslin-144bpm
Fais Do Do by Eddy Raven & Jo-El Sonnier-176bpm

From:	BJandCrew@aol.com (BJandCrew)

Reformatted for display on web site 
Dancing Deep in the Heart of Texas
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