Against The Wind

CHOREOGRAPHED
by

Mark And Jan Caley
DESCRIPTION 32 count, beginner / intermediate partner dance, Right side by side ( a.k.a. Sweetheart) facing LOD. Steps are the same for man and lady except where stated
MUSIC Against The Wind - Brooks & Dunn
  There Goes My Baby - Trisha Yearwood
  STEP, TOUCH, 1/4 TURN RIGHT JAZZ BOX
1-2 Step forward on left, right touch out to side
3-4 Right cross over left, left step back
5-6 Right step to side making 1/4 turn right, left touch next to right
  Now facing OLOD with man behind lady, still holding hands
   
  LEFT VINE, TOUCH RIGHT FULL TURN LEFT, TOUCH RIGHT
  Drop left hands as lady turns on counts 7, 8, 9, regain left hand on count 10
  MAN LADY
7-8 Left step to side, cross right behind left Left step to side making 1/4 turn left, right step to
side making 1/4 turn left
9-10 Left step to side, right touch next to left Left step to side making 1/ 2 turn left, right touch next to left
  RIGHT SIDE SHUFFLE, ROCK BACK ON LEFT MAKING 1/4 TURN LEFT, ROCK
FWD ON RIGHT, LEFT SHUFFLE FWD, 1/4 TURN RIGHT JAZZ BOX
11&12 Right step to side, close left to right, right step to side
13-14 Rock back on left making 1/4 turn left, rock forward on to right
15&16 Step forward an left, close right to left, step forward on left
  Now facing LOD in right side by side position
17-18 Right cross over left, Left step back
19-20 Right step to side making 1/4 turn right, left touch next to right
  Now facing OLOD with man behind lady, still holding hands
   
  SIDE BEHIND, LEFT 1/4 SHUFFLE 1 1/4 TURN LEFT, LEFT SHUFFLE
  Drop left hands as lady turns on counts 21,22, 23 &, regain Left hand on count 24
21-22 Left step to side, cross right behind left Left step to side making 1/4 turn left, right step to
 side making 1/2 turn left
23&24 Left step to side, close right to left making
1/4 turn left, step forward on left
Step left, right, left making 1/2 turn left
  Now facing LOD in right side by side position  
     
  SYNCOPATED RIGHT STEPS FORWARD, LEFT STEP, RIGHT SCUFF
25&26& Step forward on right, close left to right, step forward on right, close left to right
27&28 Step forward on right, close left to right, step forward on right
29-30 Step forward on left, brush right forward
31-32 Step forward on right, brush left forward

REPEAT                                                                                                                                                            September 2000