DRIFTER - Couples Circle Dance


CHOREOGRAPHER: Sue Denny Inman
TYPE: Couples Circle Dance
COUNTS: 42, 46 Stesp
DIFFICULTY: Beginner - Intermediate
MUSIC: Black Velvet, A.Myles/P.Benatar/R.Lee
       The Wanderer, Eddie Rabbit
PREPARED BY: Mike Armstrong (marmstr@ibm.net)

POSITION: Dance is done in Western Open Position, and one step of dance
          equals one beat of music, except for shuffles which are three
          steps to two beats of music.

COUNTS / STEP DESCRIPTIONS

HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, TOGETHER:
  1  Touch right heel forward
  2  Touch right heel next to left
  3  Touch right heel forward
  4  Touch right heel next to left

STEP, TOUCH, CROSS, TOUCH:
  5  Step forward on right and pivot 90 degrees C.W.
  6  Touch left toe to the left side
(Note: Man is behind lady with their hands over the lady's shoulders.)
  7  Left steps across right foot
  8  Touch right to the right side

CROSS, BACK, SIDE, TOGETHER: (this is a reverse box step)
  9  Right steps across left foot
  10  Left step back
  11  Right step to side
  12  Left touch together

SIDE, BEHIND, SIDE, TOGETHER: (left grapevine for the man,
      left turning grapevine for the lady)
  13  Left step to left side
  14  Right step behind left
  15  Left step to left side
  16  Right step together

RIGHT, CENTER, LEFT, CENTER: (rise up on balls of feet)
  17  Heels touch right
  18  Heels touch center
  19  Heels touch left
  20  Heels touch center

BACK, TWO,THREE, SCOOT:
  ("Drifts" back to Western Open Position
   facing Line-Of-Dance)
  21  Right step back
  22  Left step back
  23  Right step back
  24  Raise left knee and scoot on right foot

BOOGIE FRONT, BOOGIE BACK:
  25  Left step forward and push left hip towards LOD
  26  Push left hip towards LOD again
  27  Push right hip to rear LOD
  28  Push right hip to rear LOD again

FRONT, BACK, FRONT, BACK, STEP, SCOOT:
  29  Push left hip towards LOD
  30  Push right hip to rear LOD
  31  Push left hip towards LOD
  32  Push right hip to rear LOD
  33  Left step forward
  34  Raise right knee and scoot on left foot

SHUFFLE RIGHT, SHUFFLE LEFT:
  35& Right step forward, left step next to right
  36  Right step forward
  37& Left step forward, right step next to left
  38  Left step forward

SHUFFLE RIGHT, SHUFFLE LEFT:
  39& Right step forward, left step next to right
  40  Right step forward
  41& Left step forward, right step next to left
  42  Left step forward

                  START OVER

*NOTE:  Stay basic for beginners.
        The more turns you do on vines the more difficult.


For JC Dill and any others who may be interested. It's best done
to Black Velvet or something equally slow. Then it's sensuous and
romantic and can be *very* expressive, especially during the hip
pushes. It's a staple in our local dance diet.

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Mike Armstrong, Consulting Sys. Eng.
Bank of America, Concord, CA
(BofA doesn't express my opinions,
and I don't express theirs. We both
prefer it that way.)