HAPPY FEET

Choreographer: Kirsi-Marja Vinberg

Music: Botch-A-Me by Rosemary Clooney

Counts: 32 with four tags

Walls: 2

Type: phrased improver line dance

Notice, for practice:

Alternative music: On the Sunny Side Of the Street by Jesse´s New Orleans Band (with no tags and restarts)

GROOVE WALK

1-2 Rock step back: step right foot back, left foot in place

3-4 Step right forward, hold with snap

5-6 Rock step forward: step left foot forward, step right in place

7-8 Step left foot back, hold with snap

SKIP UP (ROCK STEP BACK, KICK STEPS FORWARD WITH ¼ TURN LEFT)

1-2 Rock step back: step right foot back, step left foot in place

3-4 Kick right foot forward, step right forward

5-6 Kick left foot forward, step left forward

7-8 Kick right foot high left in 90 degrees angle (towards 9 o´clock wall) and turn ¼ left on the ball of the left foot, kick back

ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE STEP FORWARD, ROCK STEP FORWARD TURNING ¼ LEFT, SHUFFLE STEP TO SIDE

1-2 Step right foot back, left in place

3&4 Step right foot forward, left together, right foot forward

5-6 Step left foot forward, step right in place and turn ¼ left

7&8 Step left to side, right together, left to side

HAPPY FEET TO R, HAPPY FEET TO L

1a2a3-4 Step right to side, left together, right to side, left together, right to side, hold with snap

5a6a7-8 Step left to side, right together, left to side, right together, left to side, hold with snap

Tags:

In the third repetition dance the first 24 counts, then:

STOMP R, HOLD 3, STOMP LEFT, HOLD 3

1-4 Stomp right foot to side, hold 3 counts

5-8 Stomp left foot to side, hold 3 counts

After sixth repetition, repeat the last 8 counts

HAPPY FEET TO R, HAPPY FEET TO L

1a2a3-4 Step right foot to side, step left together, right foot to side, left foot together, step right to side, hold

5a6a7-8 Step left foot to side, right together, left to side, right together, left to side, hold

then

STOMP R, HOLD, STOMP L, HOLD

1-2 Stomp right foot to side, hold

3-4 Stomp left foot to side, hold

5-6 Stomp right to side, hold

7-8 Stomp left to side, hold

In the eighth repetition dance the first 24 counts,

then:

STOMP R, HOLD 3, STOMP L, HOLD 3

1-4 Stomp right to side, hold 3 counts

5-8 Stomp left to side, hold 3 counts

Dance the ninth repetition to the end, and then repeat HAPPY FEET TO R, HAPPY FEET TO L (8 counts)

Then make the ending

ROCK STEP BACK, STEP FORWARD, TURN ½ L AND KICK

1-2 Step right foot back, step left in place

3 Step right foot forward

4 Turn ½ left on the ball of the right foot and kick left foot forward high!

Styling: lindy bouncing, shuffle steps in the rhythm of 1 a2. When stomping, raise your hands and make your own funny movements with hands.