The Camel's Heart
Choreographed by Dan Testa (518) 272-4205, dancle16@yahoo.com
Description 64-count, couples circle dance
Music The Camel's Heart, Dolly Parton, 114 BPM, CD: Hungry Again
The dance is done in LOD.  The dance starts with men facing OLOD and women facing 
ILOD in an Open Double Hand Hold.  The women should start with weight on Left and 
the men with weight on Right (RLOD foot) - The ladies' steps are given below. 
The men do the same steps on the opposite foot for the entire dance.

	JAZZ BOX, TURNING JAZZ BOX
1,2	Step Right crossing in front, Step back Left
3,4	Step Right to side, Step forward Left
5,6	Step Right crossing in front, Step back Left
7-8	Step Right to side, Step Left forward while turning 1/4 toward right
	(Release outside hands; go into open promenade position)
	FOUR SHUFFLES
9&10	Right Shuffle forward
11&12	Left Shuffle forward
13&14	Right Shuffle forward
15&16	Left Shuffle forward
	HOOK, TOUCH, TRACE OUT A HEART, KICK, TOUCH
17-18	Hook Right Across touching your partner's boot, Lower Right to touch floor (while leg is still hooked)
19-22	Drag Right Toe along floor in a pattern that looks like the right half of a heart
	ending with the Right Leg extended back diagonally to the left
23-24	Lightly kick your partner's boot behind you, Touch Right to floor behind you
	FOUR SHUFFLES
25&26	Right Shuffle forward
27&28	Left Shuffle forward
29&30	Right Shuffle forward
31&32	Left Shuffle forward
STEP-PIVOT, STEP, TOUCH, STEP, TOUCH, TURN, TOUCH
33,34	Step Forward Right, Pivot 1/4 toward Left putting weight on Left (Recover outside hands after pivoting)
35,36	Step Right next to Left, Touch Left to left side
37,38	Step Left next to Right, Touch Right to right side
39	Turn 1/4 toward Right shoulder and step Right next to left (Release outside hands)
40	Touch Left Next to Right
	FOUR SHUFFLES (OR THREE SHUFFLES, STOMP, HOLD)
41&42	Left Shuffle forward
43&44	Right Shuffle forward
45&46	Left Shuffle forward
47&48	Right Shuffle forward
Note: 	If you use 'The Camel's Heart' for your music, the third and fifth patterns will occur on the chorus.  
	There is a rhythm break in the music on counts 47 and 48 here.  I recommend doing the following 
	variation  on the third and fifth patterns.
47,48	Stomp down Right, Hold 
	TWO JAZZ BOXES
49,50	Step Left crossing in front of Right, Step back Right
51,52	Step Left to left side, Step forward Right
53-56	Repeat Counts 49-52
	3 SHUFFLES, STEP-PIVOT
57&58	Left Shuffle forward
59&60	Right Shuffle forward
61&62	Left Shuffle forward
63,64	Step forward Right, Pivot 1/4 Left putting weight on Left foot  (Recover Outside Hands)
	Repeat