RAINY DAY WALTZ
CHOREOGRAPHER: SU SWANSON, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND.
APRIL 1997
MUSIC: "EVERY TIME THAT IT RAINS" BY GARTH BROOKS - "ROPING THE WIND" ALBUM
48 COUNTS, 4 WALLS.
| COUNT | | STEPS |
| 1 - 6 | | GRAPEVINE, ¾ TURN, STEP |
| 1, 2, 3 | | Cross Left Foot Behind Right, Step Right To Side, Cross Left Foot in Front of Right |
| 4 | | ¼ Turn Anti-Clockwise & Step Back on Right |
| 5 | | ½ Turn Anti-Clockwise & Step Forward on Left |
| 6 | | Step Forward on Right. |
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| 1 - 6 | | KICK, HOLD, STEP BACK, ¼ TURN, HOLD FOR 2 |
| 1, 2, 3 | | Kick Left Foot Forward (with a Small Rise on Right Foot), Hold, Step Back on Left |
| 4 | | ¼ Turn Clockwise on Ball of Left Foot & Touch Right Toe to Side |
| 5, 6 | | Hold for 2 Counts. |
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| 1 - 6 | | SAILOR SHUFFLE IN EVEN-TIME, CROSS BEHIND, ¼ TURN, ¼ TURN |
| 1 | | Cross Right Foot Behind Left |
| 2 | | Step Left to Side |
| 3 | | Step Right to Centre |
| 4 | | Cross Left Behind Right |
| 5 | | ¼ Turn Clockwise & Step Forward on Right |
| 6 | | ¼ Turn Clockwise & Big Step to Left Side. |
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| 1 - 6 | | SLIDE CLOSE FOR 3, HOLD FOR 3 |
| 1, 2, 3 | | Slide Right Foot to Close, using 3 Counts |
| | (Head looks Down & Slowly comes Round & Up to Left 45°) |
| 4, 5, 6 | | Hold for 3 Counts. (Head stays to Left) |
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| 1 - 6 | | STEP, TOUCH, HOLD, BACK, TOUCH, ½ TURN |
| 1, 2, 3 | | Step Forward on Right, Touch Left Toe to Side, Hold (Head stays to Left) |
| 4, 5 | | Step Back on Left (Head faces Front), Touch Right Toe to Side |
| 6 | | ½ Turn Clockwise on Ball of Left Foot & Close Right to Left. (Without |
| | changing weight) |
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| 1 - 6 | | 2 BASIC WALTZES |
| 1, 2, 3 | | Step Forward on Right, Close with Left, Step Forward on Right |
| 4, 5, 6 | | Step Forward on Left, Close with Right, Step Forward on Left. |
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| 1 - 6 | | STEP, ROCK, ROLL 1½ TURNS, STEP |
| 1, 2 | | Step Forward Right, Rock Back onto Left |
| 3 | | ½ Turn Clockwise & Step Forward on Right |
| 4 | | ½ Turn Clockwise & Step Back on Left |
| 5 | | ½ Turn Clockwise & Step Forward on Right (Total 1½ Turns Rolling Back |
| | from Start Position) |
| 6 | | Step Forward Left. |
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| 1 - 6 | | STEP, ½ TURN, HOLD, STEP, ¼ TURN & SWAY, SWAY |
| 1 | | Step Forward Right |
| 2 | | ½ Turn Anti-Clockwise on Ball of Right Foot & Closing Left to Right |
| 3 | | Hold |
| 4 | | Step Forward Right |
| 5 | | ¼ Turn Clockwise & Step Out to Left Side (with a Swaying Motion) |
| 6 | | Sway Out to Right Side. |
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| | REPEAT FROM STEP #1 'TIL MUSIC FINISHES, Except for 1 Tag
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| | On 2nd Time to Back Wall (i.e. 7th time through) the 3 Count Hold is extended to a 6 Count Hold. This only happens the one time. Don't be fooled by possible impostors! It may sound like a L O N G Hold, but the music tells you to do this. TRUST ME! |
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Copyright © Su Marshall (nee Swanson) 1998
