Four Strong Winds

Choreographed by 	David Dabbs (D & G qualified instructor) email: david.dabbs14@gmail.com
Description 	Intermediate 64 count partner dance starting in double hand hold,
		man facing OLOD, lady, ILOD opposite footwork, man’s listed.
Music: 		Four Strong Winds - Neil Young CD: Comes A Time. 112bpm
		There are also other country versions of this song by Waylon Jennings and Bobby Bare
		32 count intro. In conjunction with line dance by Gaye Teather.

	ROCK STEP FORWARD, SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FORWARD.
1-4 	Rock forward on left, recover on right, shuffle back left right left.
5-8 	Rock back on right, recover on left, shuffle forward right left right..
	SIDE, CROSS BEHIND, CHASSIS LEFT, CROSS IN FRONT, SIDE LEFT, TRIPLE IN PLACE
9-12 	Side on left, cross right behind left, side left, together right, side on left.
13-16 	Cross right over left, side left, triple in place right left right.
	ROCK STEP FORWARD, TRIPLE IN PLACE, ROCK STEP BACK, TRIPLE IN PLACE
17-20 	Rock forward on left, recover on right, in place left right left.
21-24 	Rock back on right, recover on left, in place right left right.
	MAN: IN PLACE X 2, TRIPLE IN PLACE, ¾ TURN LEFT, TRIPLE IN PLACE.
	LADY: ½ TURN RIGHT INTO HAMMERLOCK, TRIPLE IN PLACE, ¾ TURN RIGHT OUT
	OF HAMMERLOCK, TRIPLE IN PLACE.
25-28 	Man: In place left, right, triple in place left right left.
	Lady: ½ turn right (OLOD) on right, left, triple in
	place right left right. (Raise forward hands, man’s right lady’s left behind her back).
29-32 	Man: ¾ turn left (RLOD) on right, left, triple in place right left right.
	Lady: ¾ turn right (LOD) on left
	right, triple in place left right left. (
	Raise forward hands over heads, rejoin in double hand hold step 32)
	MAN: ¼ TURN LEFT STEPPING BACK, TOGETHER, TRIPLE IN PLACE,. ¼ TURN LEFT STEPPING FORWARD, 
	TOGETHER, TRIPLE IN PLACE,. LADY: WALK FORWARD X 2, SHUFFLE FORWARD, ½ LEFT TRIPLE IN PLACE.
33-36 	Man: ¼ left (OLOD) stepping back on left, together with right, triple in place left right left.
	Lady: Walk forward right, left, shuffle fwd right left right. (Raise man’s left lady’s right step 33)
37-40 	Man: Step fwd on right with ¼ turn left (LOD), step left next to right, triple in place right left right.
	Lady: ½ turn left (RLOD) on left right triple in place L-R-L (Back to double hand hold step 40)
	SIDE, TOGETHER, SHUFFLE FORWARD, REPEAT ON OPPOSITE FEET.
41-44 	Side on left, together with right, shuffle forward left right left.
45-48 	Side on right, together with left, shuffle forward right left right.

	MAN: ROCK STEP BACK, TRIPLE IN PLACE,. STEP FORWARD WITH ¼ TURN RIGHT,
	STEP BACK WITH ¼TURN RIGHT, TRIPLE IN PLACE. LADY: ½ TURN LEFT TO SWEETHEART, 
	TRIPLE IN PLACE. STEP FORWARD 1/4 TURN LEFT, STEP BACK WITH ¼ TURN LEFT, TRIPLE IN PLACE.
49-52 	Man: Rock back on left, recover on right, triple in place left right left..
	Lady: ½ turn left (LOD) on right, left, triple in place right left right into sweetheart position.
	(Change hands above heads, right to right step 51).
53-56 . 	Man: Step forward with ¼ turn right (OLOD) on right, step back with ¼ turn right (RLOD)
	on left, triple in. place right left right.
	Lady: Step forward with ¼ turn left (ILOD) on left to face each other, step back with
	¼ turn left (RLOD) on right, triple in place left right left.(Release right hands step 53)
	STEP BACK, ¼ TURN TO FACE, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN LEFT, STEP FORWARD LEFT,
	¼ TURN RIGHT, TRIPLE IN PLACE
57-60 	Step back on left,, ¼ turn left on right (facing each other), shuffle ¼ turn left (LOD) on L-R-L
	(into sweetheart step 59)
61-64 	Step forward on right, ¼ turn right on left to face, triple in place right left, right..
	(Right hands over lady’shead step 63, change to double hand hold)
	Begin Again 							July 2021