THE BOSS MAN

CHOREOGRAPHER:  Steve Hart, Vancouver, WA, (360)-694-6729
		shart@cs.clark.edu
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 4 Wall Phrased Dance
LEVEL: Beginner
MUSIC: Loosen Up My Strings by Clint Black

Phrasing:
  1. Main Sequence, Ending A
  2. Main Sequence, Ending B
  3. Main Sequence, Ending A
  4. Main Sequence, Ending C
  5. Main Sequence, Ending B
  6. Bridge
  7. Main Sequence, Ending B
  8. Main Sequence, Ending B
  9. Main Sequence, Ending B
  (End Dance at long music break that occurs here)

MAIN SEQUENCE (24 COUNTS)

SIDE SHUFFLES, ROCK STEPS

1&2	Right shuffle travelling to Right side (Right, Left, Right)
3	Step Left foot behind Right
4	Rock onto Left foot
5&6	Left shuffle travelling to Left side (Left, Right, Left)
7	Step Right foot behind Left
8	Rock onto Right foot

TURNING SHUFFLES, ROCK STEPS

9&10	Right shuffle forward making half turn Left (Right, Left, Right)
11	Step Left foot back
12	Rock forward on Right foot
13&14	Left shuffle forward making half turn Right (Left, Right, Left)
15	Step Right foot back
16	Rock forward on Left foot

TOE STRUTS FORWARD

17	Step Right toe forward
18	Drop Right heel to floor
19	Step Left toe forward
20	Drop Left heel to floor
21	Step Right toe forward
22	Drop Right heel to floor
23	Step Left toe forward
24	Drop Left heel to floor

ENDING A     (8 COUNTS)

SLOW HIP ROLL, HIP BUMPS

1-4	Roll hips slowly Right-Forward-Left-Back
5-8	Bump hips Left 4 times

ENDING B     (8 COUNTS)

OUT-OUT, CLAP, IN-IN, CLAP, STEP, QUARTER, TRIPLE STOMP

&1	Step Right foot slightly to Right, step Left foot slightly to Left
2	Clap
&3	Step Right foot slightly to Left, step Left foot Together
4	Clap
5	Step Right foot forward
6	Pivot quarter turn Left
7&8	Stomp Right foot, stomp Left foot, stomp-Up Right foot

ENDING C     (4 COUNTS)

SLOW HIP ROLL

1-4	Roll hips slowly Right-Forward-Back-Left

BRIDGE       (16 COUNTS)

ELVIS KNEES

	These are very difficult to count.
	The pulses in the music make the timing obvious.

1	Bump Left knee in (In front of Right)
2-3	Hold for 2 counts
&	Straighten Left knee - bump Right knee in
4	Hold
&	Straighten Right knee - bump Left knee in
5-7	Hold for 3 counts
&	Straighten Left knee - bump Right knee in
8	Straighten Right knee - bump Left knee in

ELVIS KNEES, HIP ROLL, HIP BUMPS

9-10	Hold for 2 counts
&	Straighten Left knee - bump Right knee in
11-12	Hold for 2 counts
13-14	Roll hips Left-Forward-Right-Back
15-16	Bump hips Left twice

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                                Steve Hart
                   Line Dance Instructor/Choreographer
                         Computer Science Student
                             Vancouver, WA  USA
                             shart@cs.clark.edu
                               (360)-694-6729

From:	shart@cs.clark.edu (Steven Hart)

Reformatted for display on web site
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
by Don & Patti Brown
http://members.aol.com/CactusStar/home.htm

Step sheet presentation copyright ©1997 by Don & Patti Brown. All rights reserved. Copyright for the dance remains with the original choreographer. This step sheet may be copied, however, please retain all copyright credits.