NIGHT AND DAY STRUT
Choreographer: Kirsi-Marja Vinberg
Music: Night And Day by Rod Stewart (The Great American Songbook 3)
Counts: 32
Type: 4 wall beginner/intermediate line dance, suitable for seniors
TOE STRUTS FORWARD, PADDLE TURN L AROUND
1-4 Step right toe forward, drop right heel down, step left toe forward, drop left heel down
5-8 Turn left holding left foot as supporting foot, step right foot to side in the 5th and 7th count changing weight to the left foot in 6th and 8th count and turn all around (facing 12 o’clock/ alternative 5-8 alternative: touch right toe to side, step right foot home, touch left toe to side, step left foot home (no turnings)
TOE STRUTS FORWARD, ROCK STEP FORWARD WITH TOE STRUTS
1-4 Step right toe forward, drop right heel down, step left toe forward, drop left heel down
5-8 Step right toe forward, drop right heel down, step left toe in place, drop left heel down
GRAPEVINE RIGHT WITH ¼ TURN R WITH BRUSH, PADDLE TURN R AROUND
1-4 Step right to side, left behind and cross right, step right to side turning ¼ right, brush left forward
5-8 Turn right holding right foot as supporting foot, step left foot to side on 5th and 7th count and changing weight to the right foot on 6th and 8th count and turn all around right (facing 3 o’clock) /alternative 5-8: rocking chair: step left foot forward, step right in place, step left foot back, step right in place (no turnings)
TOE STRUTS FORWARD, PIVOT TURN ½ R, L TOE STRUT FORWARD
1-4 Step left toe forward, drop left heel down, step right toe forward, drop right heel down
5-8 Step left foot forward, turn ½ right and change the weight to the right foot, step left toe forward, drop left heel down
Note: Make all the struts in this dance in bigger steps, as you would walk swinging in the air.
Repeat