meter 4/4 formation semicircle with hands held down

PART I. ONE TIME Walking R & L

mm.1     R, L, R, Close (Arms swing fwd on cts.1 & 3, bk on 2 & 4)

mm.2     L, R, L, Close (Arms swing fwd on cts.1 & 3, bk on 2 & 4)

PART II. TWICE

Touch Lifts

mm.1     Touch R heel, lift it, touch R heel, lift it

mm.2     Touch R heel, hold, hold, lift

Moving in on R & L diag. in a T-stance

mm.1     (Moving fwd. on R diag.) R, Close, R, Close, R, Close, R  (1&2&3&4)

mm.2     (Moving fwd. on R diag.) L, Close, L, Close, L, Close, L   (1&2&3&4)

Hop-displace and stamping (Facing to L of center and traveling sidewards out of the circle, then stamping in place)

mm.1     Hop L raising R leg (held fairly straight) towards ctr, close R to L (with R replacing the L while L comes up in preparation for beat 2-giving the illusion that one foot is knocking the other away), take a small sidewards step on L out of the ctr.,rpt. beat (1&), rpt. beat 2, rpt. beat(1&), rpt. beat 2     (1&2&3&4-cue words: hop dis-place, dis-place, dis-place)

mm.2     (In place facing slightly L of ctr.) stamp R(on & before1), step R(twisting slightly to R), stamp L, step L(twisting L), stamp R, step R(twisting to face ctr.), hop fwd. on R diag. leading with the chest taking an Arabesque or 'Italian Statue' position.
(&1&2&3&4 -cue words: stamp, step, stamp, step, stamp,step, hop)

mm.3     Repeat mm.1 changing the initial hop to a leap back onto the L while turning the body to face L

Repeat the whole dance from the beginning. It will end on Part II, mm.2, beat 4

notes by Andy Pollock, as taught by David Skidmore, who learned it from Sunni Bloland.