Time Marches On  

Choreographer           Peter Metelnick, London ON, (519)439-5990
Description                 72 Count, 1 wall line dance (for the basic pattern)
Music:                         Time Marches On by Tracy Lawrence (start on vocal) 
Sequence --                 A 3B, A 2B, A, A 3B, A 3B (sequence is easier than it looks – 
                                   B part that repeats is only 8 counts
 

PART A   SCISSOR STEPS, CROSS SHUFFLE
1-2          Step right to right side, Step left together
3-4          Cross right over left, Hold
5-6          Step left to left side, Step right together
7&8         Cross left over right, step right together, step left to the right
 

               SIDE SHUFFLE, SIDE CROSS SHUFFLE, STEP, PIVOT, STEP, PIVOT (Still facing forward)
9&10       Step right to right side, step left together, step right to right side
11&12     Cross left over right, step right together, step left to left side
13- 14     Turning your head to face the side wall, step right forward , Left pivot turn
15-16      Step right forward, Left pivot turn (weight on left)
 

               CROSS ROCK STEP, SIDE SHUFFLE, REPEAT (Facing rear of hall)
17-18      Cross right over left and rock forward,Recover on left
19&20     Step right to right side, step left together, step right to right side
21-22      Cross left over right and rock forward, Recover on right
23&24     Step left to left side, step right together, step left together
 

               CROSS ROCK STEP, 1/4 TURN-SHUFFLE, CROSS ROCK STEP, SHUFFLE
25 -26 &  Cross right over left and rock forward , Recover on left, Turn right on left raising right
27&28     Step right forward, step left together, step right forward
29-30      Cross left over right and rock forward, Recover on right
31&32     Step left to left side, step right together, step left together
 

               WEAVE LEFT, STEP, PIVOT, STEP, PIVOT
33-34      Cross right over left, Step left to left side
35-36      Cross right behind left, Turn right on left
37-38      Step right forward , Left pivot turn
39-40      Step right forward, Left pivot turn (weight on left )
 

               GRAPEVINE RIGHT, STEP, PIVOT, STEP, PIVOT
41-42      Step right to right side, Cross left behind right
43 -44     Step right to right side, Turn right on left to face front of hall
45-46      Step right forward, Left pivot turn
47-48      Step right forward, Left pivot turn (weight on left)
 

PART B   TIME MARCHES ON (Facing front of hall:)
1-2          Step right forward, Step left forward
3-4          Step right forward, Kick left foot forward
5-6          Step left back, Step right back
7&8         Step left back, step right together, step left forward

Choreographer Note: This dance is dedicated to my father, Henry Metelnick (1930 - 1996).
September 2000