Take Me By The Hand

Take Me By The Hand

Choreographed by	Caroline and Terry French (10/06)
Description	64-count Partner dance, mirror image, man's steps shown (lady opposite foot) Start Both facing L.O.D. holding inside hands
Music	Teach Me Tonight - Billy Yates - CD: Harmony Man 16 count intro - start on the words "your secrets"

FWD SHUFFLE X2, FWD ROCK STEP, SHUFFLE ½ TURN 1&2 Left shuffle forward, stepping L, R, L 3&4 Right shuffle forward, stepping R, L, R 5-6 Rock forward onto Left, recover onto Right 7&8 Shuffle ½ turn left, stepping L, R, L Release hands on count 7, pickup new inside hands on count 8

FWD SHUFFLE X2, STEP FWD, PIVOT ½ TURN, FWD SHUFFLE 9&10 Right shuffle forward, stepping R, L, R 11&12 Left shuffle forward, stepping L, R, L 13-14 Step forward on Right, pivoting ½ left step onto Left 15&16 Right shuffle forward, stepping R, L, R Release hands on count 14, pickup new inside hands on count 15

STEP, LOCK, FWD SHUFFLE, STEP, LOCK, FWD SHUFFLE 17-18 Step forward on Left, lock Right up behind Left 19&20 Left shuffle forward, stepping L, R, L 21-22 Step forward on Right, lock up Left behind Right 23&24 Right shuffle forward, stepping R, L, R

FWD ROCK STEP, COASTER STEP, ¼ TURN, CROSS BEHIND, ¼ TURN SHUFFLE 25-26 Rock forward onto Left, recover onto Right 27&28 Step back on Left, step Right beside Left, step forward on Left 29-30 Turning ¼ turn left step Right to right side, cross Left behind Right 31&32 Turning ¼ turn right step forward Right, step Left beside Right, step forward on Right

¼ TURN, CROSS BEHIND, SIDE, CROSS IN FRONT, SIDE, CROSS BEHIND, ¼ TURN, STEP FWD 33-34 Turning ¼ turn right step Left to left side, cross Right behind Left 35-36 Step Left to left side, cross Right in front of Left 37-38 Step Left to left side, cross Right behind Left 39-40 Turning ¼ turn left step forward on Left, step forward on Right Pick up double hand hold on count 33, back to inside hand hold on count 39

STEP FWD, PIVOT ½ TURN, SHUFFLE ½ TURN 41-42 Step forward on Left, pivoting ½ right step onto Right 43&44 Shuffle ½ turn right, stepping L, R, L 45-46 Rock back on Right, recover onto Left 47&48 Right shuffle forward, stepping R, L, R Release hands on count 43, pickup inside hands again on count 44

SIDE ROCK STEP, FWD SHUFFLE, STEP FWD, PIVOT ½ TURN, SHUFFLE ½ TURN 49-50 Side rock Left to left side, recover onto Right 51&52 Left shuffle forward, stepping L, R, L 53-54 Step forward on Right, pivoting ½ left step onto Left 55&56 Shuffle ½ turn left, stepping R, L, R Release hands on count 54, pickup inside hands again on count 56

BACK ROCK STEP, FWD SHUFFLE, FWD ROCK STEP, COASTER STEP 57-58 Rock back on Left, recover onto Right 59&60 Left shuffle forward, stepping L, R, L 61-62 Rock forward onto Right, recover onto Left 63&64 Step back on Right, step Left beside Right, step forward on Right START AGAIN