SIDE KICK NAME: Side Kick couple dance TYPE: Couples dance COUNTS: 30 beats of music CHOREOGRAPHER: Rick & Kathy Stearns SUBMITTED BY: Don Deyne (DRDeyne@apci.net (618)624-5833) DIFFICULTY: Intermediate MUSIC: Moderate swing such as: Wink - Neal McCoy - 120 A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action - Toby Keith - 128 I've Fallen In Love (And I Can't Get Up) - Charlie Floyd - 132 NOTES: Begin in right-open-promenade (lady stands to man's right, man hold's lady's left hand in his right, both face LOD) The "step-drag-step" sequence when partners cross over, is the key to this dance. Also don't turn too early on 22 and 30. Let the pressure on the hands guide your pivot. COUNTS / STEP DESCRIPTIONS MEN LADIES STEP, TOUCH, BACK, TOUCH, STEP, DRAG, STEP, SCUFF: 1 Step forward Left Step forward Right 2 Touch together Right Touch together Left 3 Step back Right Step back Left 4 Touch Left Heel forward Touch Right Heel forward 5 Step forward Left Step forward Right 6 Drag together Right Drag together Left 7 Step forward Left Step forward Right 8 Scuff forward Right Scuff forward Left JAZZ TURN, VINE LOD, KICK: 9 Step Right across left Step Left across right 10 Step back Left Step back Right 11 1/4 turn right and step Right 1/4 turn left and step Left (Partners pick-up "forward" Hands) 12 Touch together Left Touch together Right 13 Side step Left Side step Right 14 Step Right behind left Step Left behind right 15 Side step Left Side step Right 16 Kick diagonally forward right Kick forward left (Lady kicks between man's legs) BACK, TOUCH, STEP, DRAG, STEP, HITCH/PIVOT, STEP, KICK: 17 Step back Right Step back Left 18 Touch back Left Touch back Right 19 Step forward left Step forward right (Release rear Hands - lady passes forward LOD under joined Hands) 20 Drag together Right Drag together Left 21 Step forward Left Step forward Right 22 Hitch right/pivot 1/2 left Hitch left/pivot 1/2 right 23 Step forward Right Step forward Left (Partners pick-up "rear" Hands) 24 Kick diagonally forward Left Kick forward Right (Lady kicks between man's legs) BACK, TOUCH, STEP, DRAG, STEP, HITCH/PIVOT: 25 Step back Left Step back Right 26 Touch back Right Touch back Left 27 Step forward right Step forward left (Release rear Hands - lady passes forward LOD under joined Hands) 28 Drag together Left Drag together Right 29 Step forward right Step forward left 30 Hitch left/pivot 1/4 right Hitch right/pivot 1/4 left REPEAT - -- Don Deyne (drdeyne@apci.net) Dancin' on The Information Super Dance Floor at http://www.apci.net/~drdeyne