ANTS a.k.a.: "pAnts, or, Ants in my Pants") CHOREOGRAPHER: John Elliott COUNT: 64 TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance LEVEL: Intermediate MUSIC: Ants On A Log by Randy Travis-158bpm Up A Tree by Lynne Garcia-146bpm We All Get Lucky Sometimes by Lee Roy Parnell-156bpm Begin in lines facing forward. This will be 12:00, your original wall. Weight should be on Right Foot (RF). 1) LF step fwd., leaving RF behind 2) HOLD clap hands once 3) RF step fwd., leaving LF behind 4) HOLD clap hands once 5) LF rock wt. bkwd. onto LF 6) RF step together next to LF 7) LF step fwd. 8) RF lock-step behind LF 9) LF step fwd., leaving RF behind 10) HOLD clap hands once 11) RF step fwd., leaving LF behind 12) HOLD clap hands once 13) LF rock wt. bkwd. onto LF 14) RF step together next to LF 15) LF step fwd. 16) RF stomp slightly fwd., R heel next to L toe 17) LF step to left side 18) RF cross-step behind LF 19) LF step to left side 20) RF cross-step over LF 21) LF step bkwd. 22) RF step to right side 23) LF step fwd. 24) RF lock-step behind LF 25) LF step fwd. 26) RF step to right side 27) LF cross-step behind RF 28) RF step to right side 29) LF cross-step over RF 30) RF step bkwd. 31) LF step to left side 32) RF step fwd. &) LF hitch knee (in preparation for next move) Note: you can exaggerate the knees, even use your arms to mimic the knees, during these next two sequences 33) LF pump1 fwd. &) LF hitch knee (in preparation for next move) 34) LF pump fwd. &) LF hook low over R shin as you turn 1/4 to left, RF still pointing to 12:00 — you are now facing 9:00 with RF still pointing to 12:00 35) LF step down about 6" to left of RF with toes of LF pointing to 7:00 — this should look like an exaggerated toe split — placing wt. on ball of LF and heel of RF &) LF/RF moving toward left: swivel L heel and R toe to left 36) LF/RF you are now in "pigeon toe position" with heels apart; ch. wt. to heel of LF and ball of RF &) LF/RF moving toward left: swivel L toe and R heel to left 37) LF/RF you are now in toe split position; ch. wt. to ball of LF and heel of RF &) LF/RF moving toward left: swivel L heel and R toe to left 38) LF/RF you are now in "pigeon toe position"; ch. wt. to heel of LF and ball of RF &) LF/RF pivot 1/4 to left on heel of LF and ball of RF, wt. ch. to RF — you are now facing 6:00 39) LF/RF pushing off RF, step slightly fwd. on LF 40) RF kick fwd. with toe pointed fwd. (clap is optional) 41) RF pump fwd. &) RF hitch knee (in preparation for next move) 42) RF pump fwd. &) RF hook low over L shin as you turn 1/4 to right, LF still pointing to 6:00 — you are now facing 9:00 with LF still pointing to 6:00 43) RF step down about 6" to right of LF with toes of RF pointing to 11:00 — this should look like an exaggerated toe split — placing wt. on ball of RF and heel of LF &) LF/RF moving toward right: swivel R heel and L toe to right 44) LF/RF you are now in heel split ["pigeon toe"] position; ch. wt. to ball of LF and heel of RF &) LF/RF moving toward right: swivel L heel and R toe to right 45) LF/RF you are now in toe split position; ch. wt. to heel of LF and ball of RF &) LF/RF moving toward right: swivel L toe and R heel to left 46) LF/RF you are now in "pigeon toe position"; ch. wt. to ball of LF and heel of RF &) LF/RF pivot 1/4 to right on ball of LF and heel of RF, wt. ch. to LF — you are now facing 12:00 again 47) LF/RF pushing off LF, step slightly fwd. on RF 48) LF kick fwd. with toe pointed fwd. &) LF swing foot bkwd. and turn 1/2 to left — you are now facing 6:00 again (clap is optional) 49) LF step fwd. 50) RF point toe out to right side and clap 51) RF step fwd. 52) LF point toe out to left side and clap 53) LF step fwd. 54) RF lean to left and pump RF out to right side 18-24" above floor 55) RF hook over L knee and turn 1/4 to left on ball of LF to face 3:00 — your new front wall 56) RF kick low & fwd., toe pointed u) RF sm. step bkwd. on ball of foot 57) LF heel touch fwd., wt. bkwd. on RF u) LF step down under body on ball of foot (replace) 58) RF step next to LF on ball of foot u) LF step out to left side on ball of foot 59) RF step out to right side on ball of foot, feet wide apart 60) HOLD clap hands once (feet still apart) u) LF step in on ball of foot(replace) 61) RF step in on ball of foot(replace) u) LF step bkwd. on ball of foot 62) RF heel touch fwd., wt. bkwd. on LF u) RF step down under body on ball of foot (replace) 63) LF step next to RF on ball of foot 64) RF stomp next to LF REPEAT NOTES: 1 Pump: A "pump" is like stepping down on an imaginary brake pedal: the knee is hitched (in preparation for this move) and the sole of the foot is aimed diag. fwd. and down toward the floor in front of you, then the foot is pushed toward the floor without touching the ground. This term is borrowed from the CWLDA (Country Western Line Dance Association). Return 2 The "u" count: I'm well aware that the convention is to count "out-out, in-in" patterns as "&;1, &;2." But that is merely for convenience: the convenience of not having taking the time to learn something new. So here it is: subdivision of the beat. When you say "1&2, 3&4," I think that most people would first think of a Polka or Shuffle rhythm. We all know that the numbers stand for movements that occur on a beat of music. The "&" counts is a half-beat of music. AGREED? When you dance "Out-Out, In-In" type rhythms/patterns, you are dancing on THIRDS of a beat: u "out" 1 "out" & u "in" 2 "in" But I thought we agreed that the "&" stood for a HALF BEAT? In the example above, when there is a third-of-a-beat present ("u"), the "&" before it becomes the second-third of the beat. This is standard musical terminology. And it makes it possible to delineate between half, thirds and quarters of beats. Remember Lawrence Welk's famous "And-a-one, and-a-two"? (He even had his own personalized vanity license plate to say the same thing. What Lawrence Welk was counting was three-thirds of a beat. We should be using the same thing in our dances. Think of a Cup of sugar as equal to 1 Beat of music. Two half cups are equal to 2 half beats of music. We say "1&" when we mean to indicate that 2 steps occur, one on each half beat of the music, like the first beat of a shuffle: 1&2. But beats of music can also be subdivided into thirds. If a recipe in a cookbook called for one third of a cup of sugar and two-thirds of a cup of water, would you put in a half cup of each just because it still added up to 1 Cup? The same goes for steps of the "out-out, in-in" rhythm variety. To properly count thirds of beats, you say 1&u ("one-and-uh") or 1&a ("one-and-ay"). I prefer the "u" ("uh") because I use the "a" to indicate the second fourth of a beat: 1a&u ("one-ay-and-uh"). You can still use "and" instead of "u" if you want to, but someone somewhere is going to misinterpret the steps as half beats instead of the intended one-third and two-thirds of a beat: u, 1-u, 2-u,... Reformatted for display on web site Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas by Don & Patti Brown http://members.aol.com/CactusStar/home.htm