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GO AWAY

SONG:            “GO AWAY” by LORRIE MORGAN

ALBUM:           “SHAKIN’ THINGS UP”.

ORIGINAL POSITION:  FEET TOGETHER WEIGHT ON THE LEFT FOOT.

CHOREOGRAPHER:    GORDON ELLIOTT. Sydney. NSW. AUSTRALIA. October 2001.

 

 

BEATS

STEPS:  This dance is done in all FOUR directions.

 

 

 

 

1 &

2 &

3, 4

5 & 6

7, 8

KICK-TOGETHER, KICK-TOGETHER, PIVOT TURN,

½ TURN SHUFFLE, BACK, ROCK FORWARD

KICK R ACROSS IN FRONT OF LEFT, STEP R TOGETHER,

KICK L ACROSS IN FRONT OF RIGHT, STEP L TOGETHER,

STEP R FORWARD, TURN 180 DEGREES LEFT TAKE WEIGHT ONTO L,

TURN 180 DEGREES LEFT SHUFFLE BACK : R-L-R,

STEP L BACK, ROCK FORWARD ONTO R.

 

 

 

 

1, 2

& 3, 4

5, 6

& 7, 8

FORWARD, FORWARD, SIDE-SIDE, FORWARD,

TOUCH, HOLD, TOGETHER-TOUCH, HOLD

STEP L FORWARD, STEP R FORWARD,

STEP L FORWARD AT 45 DEGREES, STEP R TO THE SIDE, STEP L FORWARD,

TOUCH R TOE TO THE SIDE, HOLD,

STEP R TOGETHER, TOUCH L TOE TO THE SIDE, HOLD.

 

 

 

 

 & 1 &

2 &

3, 4

5, 6

7, 8

R HEEL SWITCH , L HEEL SWITCH, FORWARD, ¼ TURN,

HIP, HIP, HIP, HIP

STEP L TOGETHER, TOUCH R HEEL FORWARD, STEP R TOGETHER,

TOUCH L HEEL FORWARD, STEP L TOGETHER,

STEP R FORWARD, TURN 90 DEGREES LEFT KEEP WEIGHT ON R,

PUSH HIPS RIGHT, PUSH HIPS RIGHT,

PUSH HIPS RIGHT, PUSH HIPS RIGHT.

 

 

 

 

1,2,3,4

5

6, 7

8

ROLLING VINE LEFT & CLAP,

SIDE, SLOW DRAG, TOGETHER

ROLLING VINE TO THE LEFT TURNING 360 DEGREES LEFT :

STEP L, STEP R, STEP L, TOUCH R TOGETHER & CLAP,

STEP R TO THE SIDE,

SLOW DRAG L TOWARDS RIGHT (2 beats),

STEP L TOGETHER.

 

 

 

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REPEAT THE DANCE IN NEW DIRECTION

 

 

NOTES : Easy to hear in the music.

 

At the end of Wall 1 and Wall 3 she will be singing “Go away…”  and you will be dragging the left foot towards the right foot.  Slow down the drag to fill in this time.  Start the dance again as she starts singing “…No wait a minute”.

 

Also at the end Wall 5 there is a longer stop in the music.  She will have sung “…it scares me to death”.  Hold until she has sung “Go Away” and start the dance again as above as she sings “…wait a minute”.

 

During Wall 7 the song it changes tempo but keep dancing through this until the beat returns.

 

To end the dance after the rolling vine left  and drag together add 4 more stomps then look down on the last drum crash.

 

 

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