SEVEN YEAR ITCH Choreographed by Trent & Mary Cummings (February, 2004) Description 32 Count Partner Circle Dance, Position: Right Open Promenade, lady on right, hands joined in single hand hold position, opposite footwork Music Seven Year Ache - Tricia Yearwood (120 bpm) Wave On Wave - Pat Green (108 bpm)

	STEP, LOCK, STEP, TOUCH, STEP, LOCK, STEP, TOUCH
1-2 	Man: Step left at 45 degree angle (left), lock right behind left
	Lady: Step right at 45 degree angle (right), lock left behind right
3-4 	Man: Step left at 45 degree angle (left), touch right next to left
	Lady: Step right at 45 degree angle (right), touch left next to right
5-6 	Man: Step right at 45 degree angle (right), lock left behind right
	Lady: Step left at 45 degree angle (left), lock right behind left
7-8 	Man: Step right at 45 degree angle (right), touch left next to right
	Lady: Step left at 45 degree angle (left), touch right next to left

	VINE APART, CLAP, VINE TOGETHER WITH 1/4 TURN
	Release hands on vine, turn to face each other, and rejoin in the Closed Position
	Optional rolling turn for Steps 9–12: Man turns one full turn left, lady turns one full turn right
9-10 	Man: Step left with left, step behind with right 
	Lady: Step right with right, step behind with left 
11-12 	Man: Step left with left, touch right foot next to left and clap
	Lady: Step right with right, touch left foot next to right and clap
	Optional rolling turn for Steps 13–16: Man turns one full turn right, lady turns one full turn left
13-14 	Man: Step right with right, step behind with left 
	Lady: Step left with left, step behind with right 
15-16 	Man: Turn 1/4 right and step down on right, touch left next to right
	Lady: Turn 1/4 left and step down on left, touch right next to left
	Rejoined in the Closed Position

	STEP SLIDES TOWARD LOD, WALK TOWARD CENTER OF CIRCLE
	Man’s left and lady’s right hands joined – lady turns under man’s left arm
	Lady’s optional rolling full turn to the right for Steps 17–20:
17-18 	Man: Step left to the left, slide right next to left
	Lady: Step right to the right, slide left next to right
19-20 	Man: Step left to the left, touch right next to left
	Lady: Step right to the right, touch left next to right
21-24 	Man: Walk backward (towards center of circle), right-left-right, touch left
	Lady: Walk forward (towards center of circle), left-right-left, touch right

	TURN TOWARDS LOD, AND WALK ON A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TOWARDS OLOD, KICK
	As you turn, rejoin hands in Right Open Promenade Position, single hand hold
25-28 	Man: Turn 1/4 left (toward LOD) and step down on the left,
	then angling 45 degrees toward OLOD, step right, left, and kick right foot forward
	Lady: Turn 1/4 right (toward LOD) and step down on the right,
	then angling 45 degrees toward OLOD, step left, right, and kick left forward

	WALK BACK, HOOK
	As you begin to walk back, straighten up to face LOD squarely
29-32 	Man:  Walk back right, left, right, hook left in front of right
	Lady: Walk back left, right, left, hook right in front of left
	START AGAIN