A PRETTY DANCE

SONG: Try Not To Look So Pretty by Dwight Yoakam

CHOREOGRAPHER: Jan Wyllie, Hervey Bay, Qld., Australia

Email:janwyllie@iinet.net.au   Web Site: http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~janwyllie/

DANCE:36 counts,  2 walls, 104bpm, Easy Intermediate Level, 28 count intro      Choreo Jan 2008

Utube link http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=KMD4hDmGoE4                            1 RESTART

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STEPS           PATTERN OF DANCE

                           Rock/Return, 1/2 Shuffle, Step Pivot 1/2, Step Pivot 1/4

1,2                            Rock/step fwd on R, Rock/return wt to L

3&4                          Shuffle back RLR (or 1/2 turn right (back over right shoulder) shuffle fwd R,L,R)

5,6                            Rock back on L, Rock Fwd on R (or Step fwd on L, Pivot 1/2 right transferring wt to R)

7,8                            Step fwd on L, Pivot 1/4 left transferring wt to R

 

                                 Rock/Return, Side Shuffle, L Sailor Step, Behind Side Across

9,10                          Rock/step L behind R, Rock/return wt to R

11&12                    Shuffle to the left side stepping L,R,L

13&14                    Step R behind L, Step L to left, Step R to right (sailor)

15&16                    Step L behind R, Step R to right, Step L across R

 

                                 Step 1/4 Turn, Stomp Stomp, Rock Return, 1/2 Shuffle

17,18                        Step R to right, Making 1/4 turn left step fwd on L

19,20                        Stomp R fwd, Stomp L fwd

21,22                        Rock/step fwd on R, Rock back on L

23&24                    Shuffle back RLR (or 1/2 turn right (back over right shoulder) shuffle fwd R,L,R)

 

                                 Step Pivot 1/2, 1/2 Shuffle, Rock/Return, Walk Fwd RL

25,26                        Rock back on L, Rock fwd on R (or Step fwd on L, Pivot 1/2 right transferring wt to R)

27&28                    Making 1/2 turn right shuffle L,R,L

29,30                        Rock/step back on R, Rock fwd on L

31,32                        Walk fwd R,L,  (or execute 2 x 1/2 turns left stepping R,L)

 

                                 Kick & Touch, Kick & Touch

33&34                    Kick R fwd, Step R beside L, Touch L beside R

35&36                    Kick L fwd, Step L beside R, Touch R beside L

 

                                 *There is a restart on wall 5 after count 20

 

                                 *You can do this dance with turns if you want to increase the level of difficulty.

                                 To do the turns simply follow the instructions in the brackets.

 

 

                                   As the old saying goes,  ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’!

Just as well too, Otherwise there would be a lot of dejected people around!

“Try not to look so pretty” is something that nobody has EVER said to me! Hehehehehe

 

                                                             See you on the floor sometime...Jan                  

Jan Wyllie