Charleston Bump couples circle dance


NAME:  Charleston Bump
DESCRIPTION: Couples progressive circle dance
COUNTS: 28
LEVEL: Beginner
CHOREOGRAPHER:  Unknown
PREPARED BY: Steve Grout
MUSIC:  Bubba Can Dance
        I Like It I Love It
        ...Actually this fun and a little rowdy dance goes good to
        anything where bumping hips with your partner is appropriate.
        Make sure the music is not too fast so you can really do the 
        hip bumps right!

STARTING POSITION: Couples face forward LOD with man on the inside and
hold 'inside' hands (lady's left hand in the man's right hand).  This
is an opposite-feet couples' dance.

NOTES:
  For the first steps below, the man on the inner circle uses his
outside (left) foot while the lady on the outer circle uses her
outside (right) foot.

...And Gentlemen!  Be sure to bump with your lady in a GENTLEMAN-LIKE
way!  If you don't know your partner personally, the hip bumps to the
inside DO NOT HAVE TO touch.

COUNTS / STEP DESCRIPTIONS

BUMP HIPS TOGETHER TWICE AND THEN TWICE OUTIDE:
 1-4      Bump Hips together twice
          Bump Hips to outside twice

BUMP HIPS ONCE TOGETHER AND OUTSIDE:
 5-6      Bump Hips together, 
          Then bump Hips to outside, 

PIVOT TURN TO THE OUTSIDE TWICE:
 7        Let go of hands and step forward with Inside Foot.
 8        Then pivot to the outside with a 1/2 turn 
          and moving weight back to Outside Foot ending up facing RLOD.
 9        Step forward with the Outside Foot, 
 10       then pivot to the outside 1/2 turn
          and moving weight back to the Inside Foot ending up facing LOD.

JOIN HANDS AND DO 3 FORWARD SHUFFLES:
(Starting with Inside Foot, Shuffle forward 3 times.)
 11&12    Rejoin Inside Hands and shuffle forward (Inside, Outside, Inside)
 13&14    shuffle forward (outside, inside, outside)
 15&16    shuffle forward (Inside, outside, inside)

FACING IN, GRAPEVINE FORWARD LOD THEN 1/4 AND KICK:
 17-20    Turning to face each other, step to side (forward LOD)
          Step other foot behind forward-LOD-Foot .
          Step to side (forward LOD)
          Turn 1/4 turn to face forward LOD and kick Inside Foot

BACK STEPS AND STOMP:
 21-24    Step back Inside Foot, Outside Foot, Inside Foot
          Stomp Outside Foot

TOE TOUCHES IN FRONT AND REAR:
 25-28    Touch Outside Foot with partner's Outside Foot in front.
          Stomp Outside Foot beside Inside Foot, 
          Touch Outside Foot with partner's Outside Foot to the rear, 
          Stomp Outside Foot beside Inside Foot

                   BEGIN AGAIN.

- --Steve Grout 
  Austin, TX