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MELANCHOLY CHILD |
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| Music: | "Melancholy Child" by Pam Tillis |
| Album: | " |
| Original Position: | Feet together, Weight on Left |
| Choreographer: | Ian Dunn (Australia) January, 2000 |
| Difficulty Rating: | Intermediate - 32 count - 2 wall dance |
BEATS |
STEPS |
ROCK, STEP, CROSS SHUFFLE, ¼ MONTEREY, HEEL & TOUCH |
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| 1-2 | Rock/step right to right side, return weight to left |
| 3&4 | Cross shuffle (right over left) right-left-right |
| 5-6 | Touch left toe to left side, dragging left back beside right turn ¼ turn left (weight onto left) |
| &7&8 |
Step back on right, touch left heel forward, step left in place, touch right toe beside left |
HEEL, AND TOE, ½ TURN, SCUFF, SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK, STEP |
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| &1&2 | Step back on right, left heel forward, step back on left, right heel forward |
| 3-4 | Turning ½ turn right step right forward, scuff left |
| 5&6 | Shuffle forward left-right-left |
| 7-8 | Rock forward onto right, return weight back onto left |
¼ TURN, BEHIND, SIDE, CROSS, ROCK, STEP, LEFT SAILOR |
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| 1-2 | Turning ¼ turn right step right to right side, turning ½ turn step left to left |
| 3&4 | Step right behind left, step left to left side, cross right in front of left |
| 5-6 | Rock step left to left side, return weight onto right foot |
| 7&8 | Step left behind right, step right to right side, step left beside right |
** Restart for wall 5 (back wall) |
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RIGHT SAILOR FORWARD, PIVOT, SHUFFLE FORWARD, FULL TURN |
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| 1&2 | Step right behind left, step left to left side, step right forward |
| *** Adagio interlude (front wall) | |
| 3-4 | Step forward on left, pivot ½ turn right |
| 5&6 | Shuffle forward left-right-left |
| 7-8 | Turning full turn left step right-left |
½ TURN, BRUSH |
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| 1-2 | Step forward on right foot, turning ½ turn left brush left foot to knee |
STEP, DRAG, HOP BRUSH, SHUFFLE, STEP, DRAG, HOP BRUSH, SHUFFLE |
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| 1 | Step left forward at 45 degrees left |
| 2 | Drag right foot (toe angled at 45 degrees right) to meet left heel (weight transfer onto right) |
| &3&4 | Hop on right foot brushing left foot to right knee, shuffle at 45 degrees left-right-left |
| (keeping right foot angled to right 45) | |
| 5 | Step right forward at 45 degrees right |
| 6 | Drag left foot (toe angled at 45 degrees left) to meet right heel (weight transfer onto left) |
| &7&8 | Hop on left foot brushing right foot to left knee, shuffle at 45 degrees right-left-right |
| (keeping left foot angled to left 45) | |
STEP, TURN TOUCH |
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| 1-2 | Step left forward, turning ½ turn right touch right toe beside left foot (weight on left) |
REPEAT |
ADAGIO INTERLUDE
Not a bridge but a connecting slow dance
***Long step forward on left, drag right toe to meet left instep (heel
raised)
My own (1-4)Roll full turn right stepping right-left-right, drag left toe
to right (heel raised)
I see (1-4)Roll full turn left stepping left-right-left, drag right toe
to left (heel raised)
Melancholy (1-4)Long step back on right & drag left heel right foot
Child (1-4)Long step back o left & drag right heel left foot
As instrumental
begins again start on the down beat (1), allow 2 notes play first
1-8Scuff right, touch right toe at 45 degrees forward, tap right heel for
5 counts, tap & step onto right
1-8Scuff left, touch left toe at 45 degrees forward, tap left heel for 5
counts, tap & step onto left
Begin wall 7
THE FORM OF THE DANCE
Wall 1 front, 2 back, 3 front, wall 4 facing the
back 24 beats
** Restart for wall 5 facing the back, wall 6
facing the front 26 beats
*** The adagio faces the
front. Wall 7 front, wall 8 back
Ends wall 9 after 20 beats.
Step left to left side, drag right beside left
