TOO MANY RIVERS TO CROSS (PARTNER) (18 Sep 2004)
Choreographed by Toshio Suzuki   sujukisan@yahoo.com 
Description Phrased (AABBCC), couples dance
Position Begin by facing each other in butterfly position, Man facing OLOD.
Lady’s steps are mirror image of Man’s.
Dance is performed counterclockwise around the dance floor
Music Too Many Rivers to Cross by Brenda Lee

	Intro Wait 8 counts, Man remains in place facing OLOD, Lady turns (rolling vine)
1,2,3&4 	Lady: Rolling vine to right on R, ending R,L,R
	(Couple starts with double hand hold (butterfly), moving to open single hand
	hold as Lady does the turns)
5,6,7&8 	Lady: Rolling vine to left on L, ending L,R,L
	(Couple ends in butterfly position again)
	Man’s Steps (unless otherwise stated)
Set A
	Vine & Turn
1,2,3&4 	Step L to left, step R behind L, step L to left, step R beside L, ½ turn left on L
	(Start with double hand hold (butterfly), changing to open single hand hold as they turn)
5,6,7&8 	Step R to right, step L behind R, step R to right, step L beside R, ½ turn right on R
	(Couple end facing each other in butterfly position)
	Basketball Turn, Forward Shuffles
9-12 	Slight lunge to the left on L, recover on R ¼ turning right, step forward on L (slightly tilting body forward),
	recover on R ½ turning right
13&14 	Forward shuffle L,R,L
15&16 	Forward shuffle R,L,R
	(Couple is in semi closed position while shuffling/ traveling down the LOD)
17 to 32 	Repeat 1 to 16 of Set A
Set B
	Rock Apart, Shuffle
	(Right promenade to left promenade)
1,2,3&4 	Man: Rock apart on L, recover on R, cross shuffle L,R,L (moving behind Lady and
	towards the right to end on Lady’s right)
	Lady: Rock apart on R, recover on L, cross shuffle R,L,R (moving in front of Man
	and towards the left to end on Man’s left
	(Left promenade, traveling down LOD)
5,6,7&8 	Man: Rock apart on R, recover on L, shuffle forward R,L,R
	Lady: Rock apart on L, recover on R, shuffle forward L,R,L
	Rock Forward, Turn, Walk
	(Reverse promenade right traveling down RLOD)
9,10 	Rock forward on L, recover on R ½ turning left
11-16 	Walk forward L,R,L,R,L,R
17-26 	Repeat 1 - 10 of Set B.( with couple facing RLOD)
	(Right promenade traveling down LOD)
27-32 	Walk forward L,R,L,R, step forward on L ¼ turning right, step R beside L (weight on right)
	(Couple now face each other with Man facing OLOD)
Set C
	Toe, Heel, Cross Shuffle
	(Couple is facing each other in open double hand hold (butterfly)
1,2, 3&4 	Touch L toe (slightly angled in) beside R, touch L heel (slightly angled out) beside R, cross shuffle L,R,L
5,6,7&8 	Touch R toe (slightly angled in) beside L, touch R heel (slightly angled out) beside L, cross shuffle R,L,R
	Rock, Recover, Cross, Hold
9-12 	Rock L to left side, recover on R, cross L over R, hold
13-16 	Rock R to right side, recover on L, cross R over L, hold
	Slow Box Turns
	(Couple moves into closed position for the box turns)
17 to 32 	Step/drag forward on L, hold, step R beside L ¼ turning left, step L beside R,
	Step/drag back on R, hold, step L beside R ¼ turning left, step R beside L,
	Step/drag forward on L, hold, step R beside L ¼ turning left, step L beside R
	Step/drag back on R, hold, step L beside R ¼ turning left, step R beside L
33-64 	Repeat 1 to 32 of Set C
	Then begin the dance all over again by repeating sets A,B,C. Dance ends nicely together with the music.
Every effort has been made to ensure these cue Sheets are accurate, Should you find any errors,
Please let me know via e-mail thank you...... Robert
http://www.arjjazedance.free-online.co.uk September 2004