Monday Morning Merle
Choreographer Wayne Beazley & Kevin Smith - Newcastle, Australia, February 2019 waynebeazleylinedancer@gmail.com - kickincountryau@yahoo.com Description 4 Wall, 64 Count Intermediate Line dance Music Monday Morning Merle - Cody Johnson, (3.49 min) "Aint Nothin To It" EP, 96 Bpm Intro: Start after 32 counts Restart (#) On wall 2, During counts 13-16 (rocking chair) straighten up ⅛ R ie: should end up facing the back wall. - then Restart dance in new direction Touch, Ball Touch, L Together, R Fwd, Pivot ½ L, R Fwd - ½ L, Hitch L, ¼ L Side Shuffle, R Sailor ¼ L 1&2& Touch R Tog & Step R back, Touch L toe fwd & Step L tog 3-4 Step R fwd, Pivot ½ L (6 o’clock) 5 Step R fwd turning ½ L - Hitch L (12 o’clock) 6&7 Turning a further ¼ L - Side shuffle LRL (9 oclock) 8&1 R Sailor step turning ¼ L (6 o'clock) L Coaster, R Fwd, Pivot ⅜ L, Rocking Chair 2&3 L Coaster step (step L back & step R tog, step L fwd) 4& Step R fwd & Pivot ⅜ L - taking weight on L (1.30 o’clock) 5-8 Rock R fwd (facing 1.30),Recover, Rock R back, Recover # Restart Occurs Here R Fwd, Pivot ⅝ L, Sweep L Back, Step L Behind, R to Side, L Cross Shuffle, Big Step R, Drag L, Step L Together 1-2 Step R fwd, Pivot ⅝ L - sweeping L back (6 o’clock) 3-4 Step L behind R, Step R to side 5&6 L Cross Shuffle 7-8 T ake Big step to side R, Drag L towards R & Step L tog R across L, Roll ¾ L, ½ L Shuffle, R Fwd, Pivot ½ L, R Shuffle Fwd 1-3 Step R across L, ¼ L - L fwd, Step R fwd turning ½ L (9 o’clock) 4&5 Turn a further ½ L - shuffle fwd LRL (3 o’clock) 6& Step R fwd & Pivot ½ L - taking weight on L (9 o’clock) 7&8 Shuffle fwd RLR L Kickball Step, Paddle ¼ R, Touch across, L to Side, Touch across, R Together, L Fwd, Pivot ¼ R 1&2 Kick L fwd & step L tog, Step R fwd 3-4 Step L fwd, Paddle ¼ R (12 o’clock) 5&6& Touch L toe across R & step L to Side L, Touch R toe across L & step R tog 7-8 Step L fwd, Pivot ¼ R (3 o’clock) Cross Rock L, Recover, Side L, Cross Rock R, Recover, ¼ R - R Fwd, L Fwd, Pivot ½ R, Skip Fwd, R Fwd, Pivot ¼ L 1-2& Rock L across R, Recover & step L to side L 34& Rock R across L, Recover & ¼ R - Step R fwd (6 o’clock) 5-6& Step L fwd, Pivot ½ R & step L tog (skip fwd) (12 o’clock) 7-8 S tep R fwd, Pivot ¼ L (9 o’clock) Syncopated Weave L, R Samba, L across R, R to side - ¼ L, Lock Shuffle Back 1&2& Step R across L & step L to L side, Step R behind L & step L to L side 3&4 R Samba 567&8 Step L across R, Step R to side turning ¼ L, Lock shuffle back LRL (6 o’clock) Back ¼ R, Touch L tog, L to Side L - ½ L, Touch R tog, ¼ R - R Fwd, 2 X Syncopated Paddles – ¼ R - ½ R, L Fwd 1-2 Step R back turning ¼ R, Touch L tog (9 o’clock) 3-4 Step L to side L turning ½ L, Touch R tog (3 o’clock) 5 ¼ R - R fwd (6 o’clock) &6 & L fwd paddling ¼ R, Take weight on R (9 o’clock) &7 & L fwd paddling ½ R, Take weight on R (3 o’clock) 8 Step L fwd February 2019