TEXAS SUNSHINE

Choreographer 	David Dabbs (D&G qualified instructor) email: david.dabbs14@gmail.com
Description: 	68 count intermediate partner dance starting in closed western position.
		Opposite footwork initially.Man’s steps shown.
Music: 		Beautiful Texas Sunshine - Doug Sahm ) 108 bpm. CD: The Return Of Wayne Douglas.
		32 count intro

	ROCK STEP FORWARD, SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FORWARD.
1-4. 	Rock forward on left, recover on right, shuffle back on left right left.
5-8. 	Rock back on right, recover on left, shuffle forward on right left right.

	MAN: ROCK FWD, ¼ TURN STEPPING BACK, CHASSIS LEFT.
	LADY: ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FORWARD.
9- 12. 	Man: Rock forward on left, ¼ turn left stepping back on right (facing ILOD) chassis on left right left down RLOD
	Lady: Rock back on right, recover on left, shuffle forward down RLOD on right left right.
	( As lady shuffles she should be in front of the man and to his right).

	MAN: ROCK BACK, ¼ TURN, CHASSIS RIGHT.
	LADY: STEP FORWARD, ½ TURN LEFT STEPPING BACK ON RIGHT, CHASSIS LEFT.
13-16. 	Man: Rock back on right, ¼ turn left on left (RLOD) chassis right on right left right towards ILOD
	Lady: Step forward on left, ½ turn left (LOD) stepping back on right, chassis to ILOD on left right left
	( Back into closed western on step 15 ).

	REPEAT STEPS 9 – 16. ( Man chassis facing OLOD, lady shuffles down RLOD, into closed western on step 23 ).

	MAN: ROCK STEP FWD, IN PLACE.
	LADY: ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE ½ TURN, BOTH: ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FWD.
25-28. 	Man: Rock forward on left, recover on right, step in place on left right.
	Lady: Rock back on right, recover on left, shuffle ½ turn left to LOD on right left right.
	(Take man’s left lady’s right over her head and change hands as she turns into
	sweetheart position. You are now on same weighted foot. )
29-32. 	Rock back on left, recover on right, shuffle forward on left right left.

	MAN: ROCK STEP FORWARD, SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE FORWARD.
	LADY: STEP ½, SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK STEP FORWARD, SHUFFLE BACK.
33-40.	Man: Rock forward on right, recover on left, shuffle back on right left right, rock back on left,
	recover on right, shuffle forward left right left.
	Lady: Step forward on right, ½ turn left on left, shuffle forward right left right (RLOD), rock forward on left,
	Recover on right, shuffle back on left right left. ( Man takes left hands above lady’s head on
	step 33 as she turns into a rose arch, right hands around partners’ waists ).

	MAN: WALK FWD, SIDE TOUCH, SHUFFLE FWD, WALK FORWARD X 2, SHUFFLE FWD.
	LADY: ½ TURN, SHUFFLE FWD, WALK FWD X 2, SHUFFLE FWD.
41-48. 	Man: Walk forward right, TOUCH left to side, shuffle forward left right left.
	Walk forward right,left, shuffle forward right left right..
	Lady: ½ turn right (LOD) on right, left, shuffle fwd right left right, walk forward left, right, shuffle fwd left right left.
	Man keeps lady’s left as she turns into sweetheart position, now back on opposite feet ).

	ROCK STEP FWD, COASTER STEP, REPEAT ON OPPOSITE FEET.
49-56. 	Rock fwd on left, recover on right, step back on left, together with right, fwd on left. Repeat on opposite feet.

	MAN: WALK FWD X 2, SHUFFLE FWD. REPEAT ON OPPOSITE FEET.
	LADY: ½ TURN LEFT, SHUFFLE BACK, WALK BACK X 2, SHUFFLE BACK.
57- 64 	Man: Walk forward left, right, shuffle forward left right left. Repeat on opposite feet.
	Lady: ½ turn right on right, left, shuffle back right left right, walk back left, right, shuffle back left right left.
	( Man takes left hands over lady’s head and changes hands as she turns into closed western ).

	BOTH: ROCKING CHAIR.
65-68. 	Rock forward on left, recover on right, rock back on left, recover on right.
	Begin Again 					August 2015

Note: 	Only do 64 steps if dancing to alternative music