Marie's Dance
Choreographed by Dan Testa 518-272-4205 dancle16@yahoo.com 
Description 52 count, intermediate/advanced partner/circle dance in Open position with man facing OLOD, lady facing ILOD and man's left hand holding lady's right
Music Shakin' Things Up - Lorrie Morgan 125 BPM
Vertical Expression - Bellamy Brothers 102 BPM

When using "Shakin' Things Up" do all 52 counts of the dance. 
When using other music that is phrased regularly, only do counts 1-48 of the dance

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MAN LADY
PREP, HOLD, (LADY'S UNDERARM TURN) WALK, WALK, STEP
1-2 Rock slightly back left, Hold Rock slightly back right, Hold
3-5 Lift left arm and walk R-L-R around the lady
making a ½ turn right.
Walk L-R-L turning ½ left under the man's left arm.
The man and lady switch places ending with man facing ILOD and lady facing the man.
HOLD, (LADY'S TURN UNDER MAN'S RIGHT ARM) WALK, WALK, STEP
6 Hold Hold
During the hold, man takes lady's left hand with his right and drops his left hand
7-9 Lift Rt arm and walk L-R-L making a ¼ turn right Walk R-L-R turning ¾ left under man's right arm.
The couple ends with man facing LOD and lady facing the man
HOLD, WALK, WALK, SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE
10 Hold Hold
During the hold, man takes lady's right hand with his left and places his right hand on the 
lady's back ending in closed /position
11-12 Walk forward right, left Walk back left, right
13&14 Right shuffle forward Left shuffle back
15&16 Left shuffle forward Right shuffle back
ROCK, HOLD, WALK, WALK, STEP, HOLD
17 Rock slightly back right Rock slightly back left
Man slides right hand down lady's arm to take lady's left hand on the rock
18 Hold Hold
19-21 Walk L-R-L to left of lady while turning ½ right ending behind lady Walk forward R-L, step right next to left
The lady and man end facing RLOD. The couple is in wrap position with the lady's right arm
above her left arm
22 Hold Hold
BUMP, BUMP, BUMP, HOLD
23-24 Bump hips right, left Bump hips left, right
25-26 Step right crossing behind left while turning ¼ right and releasing right hand, Hold Bump hips left, Hold
WALK, WALK, SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE
27-28  Step fwd left, walk right turning ¼ right to face lady Walk back right, left
Man takes lady's left hand with his right hand
29&30 Left shuffle forward Right shuffle back
31&32 Right shuffle forward Left shuffle back
Couple ends in open position with lady facing RLOD, man /facing LOD
ROCK, STEP, TURN SHUFFLE, ROCK, STEP, TURN SHUFFLE
33-34 Rock forward left, recover in place right Rock back right, recover in place left
35&36 Triple step in place left-right-left Shuffle forward right-left-right turning ½ left
Man lifts left arm for lady to turn underneath and drops his right hand. Lady ends facing LOD
and at man's right
37-38 Rock back right, recover in place left Rock back left, recover in place right
Man places right hand on lady's back to help her change direction here
39&40 Triple step in place right-left-right Shuffle forward left-right-left turning ½ right
Man lifts left arm for lady to turn back underneath
WALK, WALK, ROCK, STEP
Man takes lady's left hand with his right hand
41-42 Walk forward left, right Walk back right, left
Here, the couple's hands revolve in a circle in the vertical plane tangent to line of dance. Each set of hands will be
opposite on the circle. If you imagine the lady's hands as bicycle pedals, it will look like the man is gently pedaling the bicycle with his hands
43-44 Rock forward left, recover in place right Rock back right, recover in place left
TURN SHUFFLE, SIDE SHUFFLE
45&46 Drop right hand and lift left arm. Shuffle L-R-L back
and turn ¼ right to face OLOD and partner
Shuffle fwd R-L-R turning ¾ left under man's arm.
The lady does not need to finish all ¾ of her turn here. She may under-turn and make up the
rest on the next two counts.
47&48  Shuffle R-L-R slightly to the side ending opposite the lady Shuffle L-R-L slightly to the side ending opposite the man
ROCK, STEP, ROCK, STEP
49-52 Rock left crossing in front of right, recover in place right, rock left to side, recover in place right Rock right crossing in front of left, recover in place left, rock right to side, recover in place left
REPEAT
Every effort has been made to ensure these cue Sheets are accurate, Should you find any errors,
Please let me know via e-mail thank you...... Robert
http://www.arjjazedance.free-online.co.uk January 2003