SWEET MAMA

CHOREOGRAPHER: Karen Looker (Kaz) (December, 2005)
		E-mail: kblooker@hotmail.com Tel: 07817214607
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Beginner
MUSIC: Sweet Mama by Van Zant-127 bpm (Album: Get Right With The Man) (Start after 32 counts of the heavy beat - on vocals)

Choreographed for my visit to Leiden in Holland

SECTION 1
TOUCH SIDE, FRONT, SIDE, FLICK BEHIND, GRAPEVINE RIGHT

1-2	Touch right toe to right side, touch right toe in front of left
3-4	Touch right toe to right side, flick right foot behind left knee
	(Option - slap right heel with left hand as you raise it)
5-6	Step right to right side, cross left behind right
7-8	Step right to right side, touch left beside right

SECTION 2
LEFT SIDE TOGETHER, CHASSE LEFT, BACK ROCK, RIGHT SHUFFLE

1-2	Step left to left side, step right next to left
3&4	Step left to left side, close right next to left, step left to left side
5-6	Rock back on right, recover weight onto left
1st Tag comes here on wall 3 - see below
7&8	Step right forward, step left next to right, step right forward

SECTION 3
LEFT FORWARD ROCK, BACK SHUFFLE, BACK ROCK, STEP 1/4 L PIVOT

1-2	Rock forward on left, recover weight onto right
3&4	Step left backward, step right next to left, step right backward
5-6	Rock back on right, recover weight onto left
7-8	Step right forward, pivot 1/4 turn left

SECTION 4
TOUCH SIDE AND SIDE, TOUCH HEELS FORWARD, STEP 1/4 LEFT PIVOT, STOMP, STOMP

1&	Touch right toe to right side, step right beside left
2&	Touch left toe to left side, step left beside right
3&	Touch right heel forward, step right beside left
4&	Touch left heel forward, step left beside right
5-6	Step right forward, pivot 1/4 turn left
7-8	Stomp right next to left, stomp left in place
2nd Tag comes here at the end of the 7th wall

TAGS:-

1st Tag - danced after count 14 on wall 3 (facing 12:00)
Replace forward shuffle counts 7&8 section 2 with a stomp right then left
7-8	Stomp right in place, stomp left in place
Then restart the dance

2nd Tag - At the end of wall 7
(after count 32 you will turn to face the 12:00 wall - then add following tag)
2 X R JAZZBOXES

1-2	Step right across left, step back on left
3-4	Step back on right, step left next to right
5-6	Step right across left, step back on left
7-8	Step back on right, step left next to right

START AGAIN AND ENJOY!

From: "Karen Looker" 

Reformatted for display on web site
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
by Don & Patti Brown
http://members.aol.com/CactusStar/home.htm