I KEEP TRYING
Choreographed by Mariette & Jean-Marc Villeneuve, Canada (2015) countrymjm@hotmail.com / www.countrymjm.com Description: 64 count Partner dance - Intermediate - Intro 32 counts Start Position: Palm of the right hand to palm of the right hand. Man facing LOD / Lady facing RLOD Music Don’t You Let It Slip Away - Juanita du Plessis English translation by WESTCOUNTRY KICKERS
1-8 M: TURN ⅛, TURN ⅛, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN, TURN ⅛, TURN ⅛, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN 1-8 L: TURN ⅛, TURN ⅛, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN, TURN ⅛, TURN ⅛, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN 1-2 ⅛ turn right, ⅛ turn right, stepping L,R ⅛ turn right, ⅛ turn right, stepping R,L 3&4 Shuffle left, right, left ¼ turn right (RLOD) Shuffle right, left, right ¼ turn right (LOD) 5-6: ⅛ turn right, ⅛ turn right, stepping L,R ⅛ turn right, ⅛ turn right, stepping R,L 7&8 Shuffle right, left, right ¼ turn right (LOD) Shuffle left, right, left ¼ turn right (RLOD)
9-16 M: ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FWD, WALK, WALK, SHUFFLE FWD 9-16 L: STEP, PIVOT ½ TURN, SHUFFLE FWD, ½ TURN, ½ TURN, SHUFFLE FWD 1-2 Rock left back, recover on right Right forward, pivot ½ turn left 3&4 Shuffle forward left, right, left Shuffle forward right, left, right Sweetheart (LOD) 5-6 Step forward, step forward Left back ½ turn right, step right forward ½ turn right 7&8 Shuffle forward right, left, right Shuffle forward left, right, left Raise L hands, Lady turns under raised L hands, L hands crossed over the R hands (LOD)
17-24 M: ROCK STEP FWD, SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FWD 17-24 L: STEP, PIVOT ½ TURN, ½ TURN SHUFFLE, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FWD Raise L hands, Lady turns under raised L hands 1-2 Rock left forward, recover on right Right forward, pivot ½ turn left 3&4 Shuffle back left, right, left Shuffle right, left, right ½ turn left Sweetheart LOD 5-6 Rock right back, recover on left Rock left back, recover on right 7&8 Shuffle forward right, left, right Shuffle forward left, right, left
25-32 M: STEP, PIVOT ¼ TURN, SAILOR STEP, SAILOR STEP, ¼ TURN, STEP FWD 25-32 L: STEP, PIVOT ¼ TURN, SAILOR STEP, SAILOR STEP, ¼ TURN, ½ TURN Take R hands over Lady’s head 1-2 Left forward, pivot ¼ turn right (OLOD) Right forward, pivot ¼ turn left (ILOD) R hands crossed over L hands 3&4 Cross L behind R, step right side, step left (OLOD) Cross R behind L, step left side, step right side (ILOD) 5&6 Cross right behind left, step left side, step right side Cross left behind right, step right side, step left to left side Take hands over Lady’s head into windows 7-8 ¼ turn right step left fwdd, step right fwd (RLOD) ¼ turn left step right fwd, ½ turn left step left back (LOD)
33-40 M: ROCK STEP FWD, SHUFFLE BACK, BACK, ¼ TURN, CROSS SHUFFLE 33-40 L: ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FWD, ¼ TURN, ½ TURN, CROSS SHUFFLE 1-2 Rock left forward, recover on right Rock right back, recover weight on left 3 & 4 Shuffle back left, right, left Shuffle forward right, left, right Take hands over Lady’s head into cross hands, R hands over L 5-6 Right back, left back, ¼ turn left ¼ turn right, step right ½ turn right 7&8 Cross shuffle right, left, right, (OLOD) Cross shuffle left, right, left, (ILOD)
41-48 M: SIDE, TOGETHER, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN, WALK, WALK, SHUFFLE FWD 41-48 L: SIDE, TOGETHER, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN, ¼ TURN, BACK, BACK SHUFFLE 1-2 Left side, step right next to left Right side, step left next to right 3&4 Shuffle left, right, left ¼ turn left Shuffle right, left, right ¼ turn right (LOD) R hands crossed over L hands 5-6 Step forward, step forward ¼ turn right, step right back ¼ turn to right 7&8 Shuffle forward right, left, right Shuffle back left, right, left Take hands over Lady’s head then change to Closed Western hold
49-56 M: WALK, WALK, SHUFFLE FWD, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FWD 49-56 L: BACK, BACK, BACK SHUFFLE, STEP, PIVOT ½ TURN, SHUFFLE FWD 1-2 Step left forward, step right forward Step back right, step back left 3&4 Shuffle forward left, right, left Shuffle back right, left, right Release Man’s R/Lady’s L hands, Lady turns under raised hands into left open promenade facing LOD 5-6 Rock right back, recover weight on left Left forward, pivot ½ turn right 7&8 Shuffle forward right, left, right Shuffle forward left, right, left 57-64 M: ¼ TURN, ¼ TURN, ½ TURN TRIPLE STEP, STEP BACK ROCK, TRIPLE STEP 57-64 L: ¼ TURN, STEP FOWARD, TRIPLE STEP ¼ TURN, STEP FWD ROCK, TRIPLE STEP Raise hands, Man turns under raised hands 1-2 ¼ turn left, step right ¼ turn left ¼ turn right, left forward 3 & 4 Triple step left, right, left ½ turn left (LOD) Triple step right, left, right ¼ turn right (RLOD) Transfer the R hand of the Lady into the R hand of Man to starting position 5-6 Rock right back, recover weight on left Rock left forward, recover on right 7 & 8 Triple step right, left, right Triple step left, right, left