THE TRAVELER

CHOREOGRAPHER: Christine Bartlett, Owosso, MI E-mail caltech@tir.com, May 99
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate
MUSIC:  I'm Not Running Any More by John Mellancamp-128 BPM (32 count intro)
	Locomotion by Scooter Lee-120 BPM (Start on vocals)
	Things Change by Dwight Yoakam-108 BPM (16 count intro)

(WHILE TRAVELING TO THE LEFT) ROCK RIGHT, ROCK FORWARD,
COASTER & CROSS, SIDE SHUFFLE, 1/4 TURN LEFT

1	Rock Right foot to right side
&	Step Left foot to left
2	Step Right foot next to Left foot
3	Rock Left foot forward on angle (11:00) to left
&	Step Right foot to left
4	Step Left foot to left
5	Rock Right foot back
&	Step Left foot to left
6	Cross Right foot slightly over Left foot
7	Step Left foot to left
&	Step Right foot next to left
8	Step Left foot to left with 1/4 turn left

ROCK FORWARD, R 3/4 TOE TURN, ROCK FORWARD, JUMP BACK, CLAP

9	Rock forward on Right foot
10	Step Left foot home
11	Touch Right foot around behind Left foot
12	Spin to right 3/4 (ending up with weight on Right foot)
13	Rock forward on Left foot
14	Step Right foot home
&	Jump back slightly to left on Left foot
15	Step Right foot out to right
16	Clap

HIP BUMPS L&R, CROSSOVER HOLD, STEP TO SIDE, STEP BEHIND

17-18	Bump hips twice to left
19-20	Bump hips twice to right
	(pushing arms up and to opposite direction of bumps)
&	Step Left foot slightly behind Right foot
21	Cross Right foot over Left foot
22	Hold
23	Step Left foot to left
24	Step Right foot behind Left foot

CROSSOVER HOLD, SIDE ROCK, 1/4 TURN, SHUFFLE BACK, 360° SPIN LEFT

&	Step Left foot slightly behind Right foot
25	Cross Right foot over Left foot
26	Hold
27	Rock Left foot out to left side
28	Step Right foot home while turning 1/4 to left
29	Step Left foot back
&	Step Right foot next to Left foot
30	Step Left foot back (prepping for turn to left)
31	Cross Right foot over Left foot
32	Spin 360° to left (ending up with weight still on Left foot)

Start Over and Keep Traveling

Variations: Only If the floor is full and traveling is difficult, on counts

1-8	Mambo to the right with Right foot
	Mambo forward with Left foot
	Mambo back with Right foot
	Mambo to left with Left foot with 1/4 turn to left

And: If spinning is difficult for you doing the 3/4 toe turn on
counts 11-12 you can do a triple step 3/4 turn to the right ending
up with weight on Right foot.

Also: The 360° turn on counts 31-32 can be made by stepping back on
Left foot on 30 with a 1/2 turn to left, then step Right foot forward
on 31 and pivot to left 1/2 and take weight on Left foot on 32,
start over with your rock to the right.

From:	pkopcych@ici.net (David R. Kopcych)

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