Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 12:35:26 -0600 From: Steve Grout 512-356-7071 Subject: Cowboy Boogie Line Dance (Charleston Rock) - only added 'AKA' X-Ld-Name: cowboy-boogie.txt X-Ld-Cmd: replace Moderator note: Reposted to note an additional 'AKA' From: Erin Donnelly The Cowboy Boogie, AKA "Charleston Rock", aka "Ming Boogie", is a fairly old line-dance, though it fits exactly with the recent Randy Travis song of the same name. This Yet-Another-Freeze-Like-Dance (YAFLD) is a lot of fun since the simple pattern lets it be done to fairly fast tunes. Another variation of this dance is the Cowgirl Hustle. COWBOY BOOGIE Line Dance NAME: COWBOY BOOGIE aka CHARLESTON ROCK aka Ming Boogie DESCRIPTION: 4 Wall Line Dance COUNTS: 20 CHOREOGRAPHER: Unknown SUBMITTER: Erin Donnelly MUSIC: Burn Me down = Marty Stuart (Slow) Born to Boogie = Hank Williams, Jr. (Fast) Cowboy Boogie = Randy Travis COUNTS FOOT WORK RIGHT GRAPEVINE 1-4 Vine right with a left foot hitch and clap at the end. Right steps right, left steps behind right, right steps right, left hitch (schottische step) and clap. LEFT GRAPEVINE AND SCHOTTISCHE STEP FORWARD: 5-8 Vine left with a right foot hitch and clap at the end. Left steps left, right steps behind left, left steps left, right hitch and clap. CONTINUE WITH TWO SCHOTTISCHE STEPS FORWARD 9-12 Step forward on right. Clap hands and hitch with left foot. Step forward on left. Clap hands and hitch with right foot. BACK STEPS: 13-14 Step back on right. Step back on left. HIP ROCKS, THEN 1/4 TURN LEFT TO NEW WALL: 15-18 Do 2 hip pushes backward. Do 2 hip pushes forward. 19-20 Push hips backward. Push hips forward on left foot while making a 1/4 turn to the left and clap. Begin again! +===============================================================+ Erin P. Donnelly USGS Library-Cartographic Information Center edonnell@igsrglib01.er.usgs.gov +===============================================================+ - --------------- Erin, we learned this dance as Ming Boogie except that when we walk backwards it's back right, back left, back right, and left hitch and then the hip movements to finish off. - --Valerie La Rue