Twixt
Choreographed by Terry and Caroline French, - West Country Kickers: - westcountrykickers@talktalk.net Description: 64 count partner dance. Start position: Double hand hold, Man facing OLOD, Lady facing ILOD, opposite footwork throughout except where stated. Music Somewhere Between Right And Wrong - Earl Thomas Conley 136bpm. CD: Greatest Hits Don’t Make It Easy For Me - Earl Thomas Conley 123bpm. (Slow/teach) CD: Greatest Hits SIDE, TOUCH, SIDE, TOUCH, SIDE, BEHIND, SIDE, TOUCH 1-4 Step left to left side, Touch right beside left, Step right to right side, Touch left beside right 5-8 Step left to left side, Step right behind left, Step left to left side, Touch right beside left
SIDE, TOUCH, SIDE, TOUCH, SIDE, BEHIND, ¼ TURN, BRUSH 9-12 Step right to right side, Touch left beside right, Step left to left side, Touch right beside left 13-16 Step right to right side, Step left behind right, Turning ¼ right step forward on right, Brush left forward Release man’s right hand/lady’s left hand on count 15.
STEP, ½ PIVOT TURN, SHUFFLE FORWARD, WALK, WALK, SHUFFLE FORWARD 17-20 Step forward on left, Pivot ½ turn right, Shuffle forward stepping left, right, left 21-24 Walk forward right, left, Shuffle forward stepping right, left, right Release man’s Lt hand/lady’s Rt hand and join man’s Rt hand/lady’s Lt hand on count 18. Option: Counts 21,22 can be replaced with two half turns.
SIDE, TOUCH, ¼ TURN, TOUCH, SIDE, BEHIND, SIDE, TOUCH 25-28 Step left to left side, Touch right beside left, Turning ¼ right step forward on right, Touch left beside right 29-32 Step left to left side, Step right behind left, Step left to left side, Touch right beside left Join man’s left hand/lady’s right hand into double hand hold on count 27.
WALK, WALK (Changing sides & turning ¼ to face LOD), SHUFFLE FORWARD 33-34 Walk forward right, left (changing sides & turning ¼ to face LOD – man turns left, lady turns right), 35-36 Shuffle forward stepping right, left, right Release man’s right hand/lady’s left hand on count 33 as you change sides, passing left shoulder to left shoulder, Lady turning under raised hands (man’s left/lady’s right hand)
ROCK, RECOVER, COASTER STEP, ROCK, RECOVER, SHUFFLE ½ TURN 37-40 Rock forward on left, Recover onto right, Step back on left, Step right beside left, Step forward on left 41-44 Rock forward on right, Recover onto left, Shuffle ½ turn right stepping right, left, right Release man’s left hand/lady’s right hand and join man’s right hand/lady’s left hand on count 43
STEP, ½ PIVOT TURN, SHUFFLE FORWARD 45-48 Step forward on left, Pivot ½ turn right, Shuffle forward stepping left, right, left Release man’s right hand/lady’s left hand and join man’s left hand/lady’s right hand on count 46
MAN: BEHIND, SIDE, ¼ TURN TRIPLE STEP LADY: CROSS, SIDE, ¼ TURN TRIPLE STEP (Changing sides) (Changing sides) 49-52 Cross right behind left, Step left to left side, Cross left over right, Step right to right side, Turn ¼ right stepping right, left, right, on the spot Turn ¼ turn left stepping left, right, left, on the spot to face partner to face partner Keeping hold of hands while changing sides, lady turns under raised hands (man’s left/lady’s right hand).Join man’s right hand/lady’s left hand into double hand hold on count 52
SIDE, BEHIND, SIDE, CROSS, SIDE SHUFFLE, BACK ROCK, RECOVER, SIDE SHUFFLE, BACK ROCK, RECOVER 53-56 Step left to left side, Cross right behind left, Step left to left side, Cross right over left 57-60 Left side shuffle stepping left, right, left, Rock step right behind left, Recover onto left 61-64 Right side shuffle stepping right, left, right, Rock step left behind right, Recover onto right START AGAIN December 2012