Reasons
Choreographed by Terry and Caroline French, WestCountry Kickers, 07/17 - westcountrykickers@talktalk.net Description: 64 count circle partner dance Start position: Side by Side facing L.O.D holding inside hands, Man inside, Lady outside Music: Reasons For The Tears I Cry - Vince Gill (109bpm) CD: "Down To My Last Bad Habit" Start on vocals. Music available from Amazon and iTunes MAN LADY FORWARD ROCKING CHAIR, FORWARD SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE ½ TURN 1-4 Rock fwd on L, Recover onto R, Rock back on L, Rock fwd on R, Recover onto L, Rock back on R, Recover onto R, Recover onto L 5-8 Shuffle forward L,R,L, Shuffle ½ turn left R,L,R Shuffle forward R,L,R, Shuffle ½ turn right L,R,L Release hands on count 7, then rejoin new inside hands on count 8
REVERSE ROCKING CHAIR, BACKWARD SHUFFLE, ¼ TURN SIDE SHUFFLE 9-12 Rock back on L, Recover onto R, Rock fwd on L, Rock back on R, Recover onto L, Rock forward on R, Recover onto R Recover onto L 13-16 Shuffle back L,R,L, ¼ turn right side shuffle R,L,R Shuffle back R,L,R, ¼ turn left side shuffle L,R,L Pick up reverse double hand hold (back to back) on count 15
WEAVE, ¼ TURN, WALK, WALK, FORWARD SHUFFLE 17-20 Cross L over R, Step R to right side, Cross L behind R Cross R over L, Step L to left side, Cross R behind L ¼ turn right step R forward ¼ turn left step L forward 21-24 Walk forward L,R, Shuffle forward L,R,L Walk forward R,L, Shuffle forward R,L,R Release Man’s left/Lady’s right hands on count 20
FORWARD, TOUCH, BACK, TOUCH, ROCK, RECOVER, ¼ TURNING TRIPLE STEP 25-28 Step R fwd, Touch L beside R, Step L back, Step L fwd, Touch R beside L, Step R back, Touch R beside L Touch L beside R 29-32 Rock forward on R, Recover onto L, Rock forward on L, Recover onto R, ¼ turn right triple step R,L,R ¼ turn left triple step L,R,L Triple step ¼ turn on counts 31&32 ending offset, left shoulder to left shoulder, pick up double hand hold
STEP FORWARD, KICK, STEP BACK, TOGETHER, STEP FORWARD, KICK, STEP BACK, TOGETHER 33-36 Step forward on L, Low kick R forward, Step forward on R, Low kick L forward, Step back on R, Step L beside R Step back on L, Step R beside L 37-40 Step fwd on R, Low kick L fwd, Step back on L, Step fwd on L, Low kick R fwd, Step back on R, Step R beside L Step L beside R Both step and kick to partners left side each time
WALK, WALK, ¼ TURN SHUFFLE FORWARD, ½ TURN, STEP BACK, BACKWARD SHUFFLE 41-44 Walk fwd L,R, ¼ turn left shuffle fwd L,R,L Walk fwd R,L, ¼ turn right shuffle fwd R,L,R 45-48 ½ turn left step back on R, Step back on L, ½ turn right step back on L, Step back on R, Shuffle backwards R,L,R Shuffle backwards L,R,L Release Man’s right/Lady’s left hands and change sides on counts 41-42 Lady passing under raised leading hands, Man crossing behind Lady, then ¼ turn to shuffle F.L.O.D. Change to new inside hands on count 45
STEP BACK, ½ TURN, SHUFFLE FORWARD, MAN: WALK,WALK, SHUFFLE FORWARD, LADY: ¼ TURN, ¼ TURN, SHUFFLE BACKWARD 49-52 Step back on L, ½ turn right step fwd on R, Step back on R, ½ turn left step fwd on L Shuffle fwd L,R,L Shuffle fwd R,L,R 53-56 Walk fwd R,L, Shuffle fwd R,L,R ¼ turn left step back on R, Step fwd ¼ turn left on L, Shuffle backwards L,R,L Change to new inside hands on count 50. Lady turn under raised hands on counts 53-54 then pick up double hand hold. Lady now in front of Man
MAN: ROCK FWD, RECOVER, SHUFFLE BACKWARD, ROCK BACK, RECOVER, TRIPLE STEP LADY: ROCK BACK, RECOVER, SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK FWD, RECOVER, TRIPLE ½ TURN LEFT 57-60 Rock fwd on L, Recover onto R, Shuffle back L,R,L Rock back on R, Recover onto L, Shuffle forward R,L,R 61-64 Rock back on R, Recover onto L, Triple step R,L,R Rock fwd on L, Recover onto R, Triple ½ turn left L,R,L Release Man’s left/Lady’s right hands on counts 63&64, Lady turns under raised hands to end back in start position Start Again September 2017