Pardon My French

Choreographer 	David Dabbs (D&G qualified instructor) 01403 252961 cdcootes@tiscali.co.uk
Description 	64 count partner dance , man facing LOD, lady RLOD.
		Opposite footwork throughout. Start in closed western position.
Music 		Pardon My French -Bobby G. Rice - 128 bpm. CD: Rice With Everything.
Teach speed 	Mexico (Nashville Friends) 114 bpm. CD Nashville Sound Vol.2.
		20 count intro. on Pardon My French. 32 count intro on Mexico.

	RUMBA BOX.
1-8. 	Side on Lt, together with RT, fwd on left, hold. Side on RT, together with Lt, back on Rt, hold.

	MAN: RUMBA BOX. LADY: FULL TURN WITH HOLDS.
9-16 	Man: Repeat steps 1 – 8. Lady: Full turn right on right left right, hold, left right left, hold.
	(Release man’s right, lady’s left on step 9, lady turns under man’s left arm, back into closed western ).

	1/2 RUMBA BOX, WALK FORWARD X 3, HOLD.
17-24 	Side on left, together with right, forward on left, hold, walk forward right left right, hold.

	FORWARD, HOLD, SIDE TOGETHER SIDE, HOLD, ROCK STEP BACK..
25-32 	Fwd on left, hold, side right, together with left, side on right, hold, rock back on left, recover on right.
	(Lady also rocks back. Release man’s right, lady’s left on step 30)

	MAN: ¼ TURN WITH SWAY, HOLD, SIDE ROCK WITH ¼ TURN.
	LADY: ¼ TURN WITH SWAY, HOLD, ¾ TURN
33-36 	MAN: ¼ turn to OLOD on LONG STEP Lt, swaying to Lt, hold. Rock to side on Rt,
	¼ turn to LOD on left
	LADY: ¼ turn to OLOD on LONG STEP right, swaying to right, hold, ¾ turn to RLOD on left, right.
	(Steps 33-34 Man takes lady’s right hand and his left hand over her head as she turns past him on
	LONG STEP to be offset in front of him (her left shoulder to his right shoulder) to sway, bringing those
	hands in front of them down to waist height. His right hand her left are free. Steps 35-36 lady rolls
	back left to face RLOD on left, right.

	WALK FORWARD, HOLD, ¼ TURN ROCK STEP, SIDE, HOLD, ¼ TURN ROCK STEP.
37-44 	Walk forward on right, hold, cross left toe behind right heel in 5th making ¼ turn to ILOD, recover
	on right making ¼ turn to LOD. Step to side on left, hold, cross right toe behind left heel in
	5th making ¼ turn to OLOD, recover on left making ¼ turn to LOD.
	(let go of inside hands, man’s right in lady’s left on step 37, man’s left in lady’s right on step 41).

	SIDE, HOLD, BEHIND SIDE WALK FORWARD HOLD, WALK FORWARD X 2.
45-52 	Step to side on right, hold, behind on left, side on right, walk fwd on left, hold, walk fwd right left
	(Back to closed western on step 45).

	MAN: FULL TURN WITH HOLDS. SIDE WITH SWAY, RECOVER, IN PLACE.
	LADY: RUMBA BOX, SIDE WITH SWAY, RECOVER, IN PLACE.
53-60 	Man: Full turn right on right left right, hold, left right left, hold. Lady: Side on left, together with
	right, fwd on left, hold, side right, together with left, step back on right, hold.
	(Step 53 Release inside hands, raise outside hands, man turns under his right,
	lady’s left, back to closed western on step 60).
61-64 	Step to side on right, swaying to right, recover weight onto left, in place on right, hold.
	BEGIN AGAIN

This song can be heard and seen on Youtube sung by John McNicholl, although he has not recorded it 
JULY 2013