BUCKAROO

CHOREOGRAPHER: Mare Dodd
COUNT: 80
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced
MUSIC: Buckaroo by Lee Ann Womack

"DO THE MONKEY"-USING ARM MOVEMENTS (LIKE SOME OF US DID IN THE 60'S)

1-3	Bending knees, step right to right side & do "the monkey"
	(make fist with hands, bend arms at elbows: right fist goes up,
	left fist down, then switch, & switch)
4	Touch left beside right (holding right fist up & left fist down)
5-7	Bending knees, step left to left side & do "the monkey"
	(left fist goes up & right fist down, switch, & switch)
8	Touch right beside left (holding left fist up & right fist down)

"DO THE SWIM" ("PONIES")

9&10	Triple ("pony") in place right-left-right
	(extend right hand forward-palm down & wiggle head!
11&12	"Pony" left-right-left
	(extend left hand forward-palm down & wiggle head
13&14	Triple ("pony") in place right-left-right
	(extend right hand forward-palm down & wiggle head!
15&16	"Pony" left-right-left
	(extend left hand forward-palm down & wiggle head

STEP, BEHIND, "PONY"; STEP, BEHIND, "PONY"

17	Step right to right side
18	Step left behind right
19&20	"Pony" in place right-left-right
21	Step left to left side
22	Step right behind left
23&24	"Pony" in place left-right-left

KNEE POPS WITH HOLDS; ALTERNATING KNEE POPS

&25	Quickly step on right; pop left knee forward
26	Hold & snap fingers
&27	Quickly step on left; pop right knee forward
28	Hold & snap fingers
&29	Quickly step on right; pop left knee forward
&30	Quickly step on left; pop right knee forward
&31	Quickly step on right; pop left knee forward
&32	Quickly step on left; pop right knee forward

RIGHT SIDE SHUFFLE; FULL TURN RIGHT; LEFT SIDE SHUFFLE; ROCK-STEP

33&34	Shuffle to right side-right-left-right
35	Step left over right as you begin full turn right
36	Step on right as you complete full turn right
37&38	Shuffle to left side-left-right-left
39	Rock back on right
40	Recover forward on left

SCUFF-HITCH-STEP 4 TIMES MOVING FORWARD

41&42	Scuff right forward, hop on left while hitching right knee,
	step on right
43&44	Scuff left forward, hop on right while hitching left knee,
	step on left
45&46	Scuff right forward, hop on left while hitching right knee,
	step on right
47&48	Scuff left forward, hop on right while hitching left knee,
	step on left

SCOOTS/SKIPS BACKWARDS

&49	Scoot/skip back on left while hitching right knee,
	step down on right
&50	Scoot/skip back on right while hitching left knee,
	step down on left
&51	Scoot/skip back on left while hitching right knee,
	step down on right
&52	Scoot/skip back on right while hitching left knee,
	step down on left

JUMP BOTH FEET OUT; CROSS LEFT OVER RIGHT; UNWIND 1/2 RIGHT; CLAP

53	Jump both feet apart
54	Cross left over right
55	Unwind 1/2 right
56	Clap

RIGHT & LEFT SAILOR SHUFFLES; STEP-PIVOT 1/4 LEFT; STOMPS RIGHT & LEFT

57&58	Right sailor shuffle
59&60	Left sailor shuffle
61	Step forward on right
62	Pivot 1/4 left
63	Stomp right
64	Stomp left

RIGHT MONTEREY TURNS

65	Touch right to right side
66	Pivot 1/2 right bringing right beside left
67	Touch left to left side
68	Step left beside right
69	Touch right to right side; on ball of left
70	Pivot 1/2 right bringing right beside left
71	Touch left to left side
72	Step left beside right

"MASHED POTATOES"

&73	Swivel both toes in; swivel both toes out
	as you step back on right
&74	Swivel both toes in; swivel both toes out
	as you step back on left
&75	Swivel both toes in; swivel both toes out
	as you step back on right
&76	swivel both toes in; swivel both toes out
	(don't step back) (weight on right)
&77	Swivel both toes in; swivel both toes out
	as you step back on left
&78	Swivel both toes in; swivel both toes out
	as you step back on right
&79	Swivel both toes in; swivel both toes out
	as you step back on left
&80	swivel both toes in; swivel both toes out

REPEAT

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