Here's another very basic line dance; any Kickery readers planning a 1970s-theme party are going to be all set this week. This one is also from The Complete Book on Disco and Ballroom Dancing (1979). It's thirty-eight beats long, but very easy, though the odd length means it will cross the phrase of the music. That's not unusual in disco-era line dances but drives some people crazy.
Unusually, the Line Walk starts on the left foot.
The Line Walk (38 beats)
1-2-3-4 5-6-7-8 9-10-11-12
Forward-backward-forward walks (L fwd, R fwd, L fwd, R close without weight; R back, L back, R back, L close without weight; L fwd, R fwd, L fwd, R close without weight)
1-2-3-4 5-6-7-8 9-10-11-12
Side steps (R side, L close, R side, L touch; L side, R close, L side, R touch; R side, L touch, L side, R touch)
1-2-3-4 5-6-7-8 9-10
Heel clicks, taps, and turn (Click heels, click again, tap R foot fwd-fwd-back-back-fwd-back-side, and kick R gently forward making a quarter-turn to the left)
11-12-13-14
Backward walk (R back, L back, R back, L close without weight)
Repeat as many times as needed for the music, making a quarter turn each time. The heel-clicking is done by rising up on the toes in order to get the weight off the heels so they can move freely.
My patient dance-testing guinea pigs, who get dragged through many different eras of dance, note that the second part is a bransle-style sequence of double-double-single-single (though starting to the right instead of the left) and call the third part "Dorothy" for obvious reasons.
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