Tumbleweed 2 Description: 2 Wall Patterned Line Dance, 48 Counts, Mid-Intermediate Level Choreographer: Bill Bader, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1/2004 Contact: 604-684-2455, billbader@hotmail.com, http://www.billbader.com MUSIC: Signature Song: "Tumbleweed" by Coco Montoya. 124 bpm. CDs: Ya Think I'd Know Better and on Swingin' The Blues Vol. 1. Or... "Tumbleweed" (same song) by The Fantastic Shakers. CD: Shakin' The Shack. Both are equally good. Intro: There is a long (72+ count) instrumental intro. Begin with the words. See below for pattern. Country option: "Red Lips, Blue Eyes, Little White Lies" by Gary Allan. 126 bpm. This song has an identical pattern to "Tumbleweed", so, see below for pattern. CDs: It Would Be You, Toe The Line 4, Best Of Toe The Line. PATTERN: Shorten the 3rd and 6th walls: dance counts 1-32 with a small revision for 31-32 (for 2 songs above) which keeps the dance oriented to front and back walls. Hint: At the beginning of each short wall, if you listen for the word, "Baby", you will not need to count walls. Country option with straight 48 counts: "If It Will It Will" by Hank Williams Jr. 128 bpm. CD: Pure Hank. Teaching song: "Why Haven't I Heard From You" Reba McEntire. 114 bpm. CD Read My Mind. * 1-16: KICK-BALL/CHANGE, FORWARD, TURN 1/4: 4X CREATING A BOX SHAPE 1&2 Kick RIGHT forward, Step ball of RIGHT beside Left, Step LEFT beside Right, 3-4 Step RIGHT forward starting to turn left, Slide/Step LEFT beside Right finishing a 1/4 turn left, 5-8 Repeat 1-4, 9-16 Repeat 1-4 two more times, (This completes a 4-sized box. We have returned to the 12:00 wall) * 17-24: SIDE, HOLD, TOGETHER, SIDE, TOUCH, ROLLING 3/4 TURN LEFT, SHUFFLE BACK 1-2 Step RIGHT to right side, Hold, & Step LEFT beside Right, 3-4 Step RIGHT to right side, Touch LEFT beside Right, 5 Step LEFT to left side turned 1/4 left, 6 Step RIGHT forward turning 1/2 left, 7&8 Shuffle back: LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT, (facing 3:00) * 25-32: ROCK BACK-FWD, FORWARD TRIPLE TURNING 1/2 L, LEFT SAILOR, RIGHT SAILOR ** 1-2 Step RIGHT back, Rock Step forward onto LEFT, 3&4 Step forward into a Triple on RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT turning 1/2 left, 5&6 Sailor: Step LEFT crossed behind Right, Side step RIGHT, Step LEFT slightly left 7&8 Sailor: Step RIGHT crossed behind Left, Side step LEFT, Step RIGHT slightly right * 33-40: ROCK BACK-FWD, FORWARD TRIPLE TURNING 3/4 R, SIDESTEP, TOUCH/CLICK, SIDESTEP, TOUCH 1-2 Step LEFT back with toe angled left, Rock Step forward onto RIGHT, 3&4 Step forward into a Triple on LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT turning 3/4 right, (6:00) 5-6 Step RIGHT to right side, Touch LEFT toe beside Right & click fingers of right hand down to right side 7-8 Step LEFT to left side, Touch RIGHT toe beside Left, * 41-48: ROLLING FULL TURN WITH TRIPLE TO RIGHT SIDE, KICK-STEP-TOUCH-STEP-TOUCH-STEP-TOUCH 1-2 Step RIGHT to right side turning 1/4 right, Step LEFT forward turning 1/2 right 3&4 Turn 1/4 more into a Side Shuffle moving right on RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT (6:00) 5& Kick LEFT across Right, Step LEFT beside Right 6& Touch RIGHT toe near Left rotating right knee inward, Step RIGHT beside Left 7& Touch LEFT toe near Right rotating left knee inward, Step LEFT beside Right 8 Touch RIGHT toe near Left rotating right knee inward (Notice there is no & count here...don't step down!) End of pattern. Begin again... ** Restart. On Walls 3 and 6 replace counts 29-32 with: 5-6 Touch L toe back, Lower weight onto L, 7-8 Touch R toe back, Turn 1/4 right (weight on L) Then restart the next wall (restart will always be toward 12:00) © Bill Bader 2004. Photocopying is allowed for classes and competitions. This step description was written January 28, 2004 by the choreographer. For updates and other dances by Bill, visit http://www.billbader.com Formatted: 3rd August, 2004. http://triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance