CHEROKEE WALK CHOREOGRAPHER: Bill "Peanut" Rice COUNT: 72 TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance LEVEL: Intermediate MUSIC: Cherokee Boogie by BR5-49 Get A Little Crazy by The Bellamy Brothers This dance was choreographed in honor of the Cherokee Indian, who is famous for covering his tracks by backtracking. Start with left movements moving forward and opposite right movements moving backward, therefore "backtracking." SWIVEL LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT, CENTER, HEEL SPLIT, TAP, TAP, SLAP, SLAP 1 Swivel heels left 2 Swivel heels center 3 Swivel heels right 4 Swivel heels center 5 Split heels 6 Return heels to center 7 On balls of feet, tap heels 8 On balls of feet, tap heels 9 Slap hands on rear of hips 10 Slap hands on rear of hips POINT, CROSS, POINT, CROSS, POINT, CROSS, POINT, STEP 11 Point and touch left toe diagonally forward left 12 Step left foot diagonally forward right across and in front of right foot 13 Point and touch right toe diagonally right 14 Step right foot diagonally forward left across and in front of left foot 15 Point and touch left toe diagonally forward left 16 Step left foot diagonally forward right across and in front of right foot 17 Point and touch right toe diagonally right 18 Step slightly forward on right foot TOUCH LEFT, CENTER, LEFT, TOGETHER, RIGHT, CENTER, RIGHT, TOGETHER 19 Touch left heel diagonally forward left 20 Return heel to touch center 21 Touch left heel diagonally forward left 22 Return heel to center and step 23 Touch right toe diagonally backward right 24 Return toe to touch center 25 Touch right toe diagonally backward right 26 Return toe to center and step SWIVEL RIGHT, CENTER, LEFT, CENTER, HEEL SPLIT, TAP, TAP, SLAP, SLAP 27 Swivel heels right 28 Swivel heels center 29 Swivel heels left 30 Swivel heels center 31 Split heels 32 Return heels to center 33 On balls of feet, tap heels 34 On balls of feet, tap heels 35 Slap hands on rear of hips 36 Slap hands on rear of hips POINT, CROSS, POINT, CROSS, POINT, CROSS, POINT, STEP 37 Point and touch right toe diagonally backward right 38 Step right foot diagonally backward left across and behind left foot 39 Point and touch left toe diagonally backward left 40 Step left foot diagonally backward right across and behind right foot 41 Point and touch right toe diagonally backward right 42 Step right foot diagonally backward left across and behind left foot 43 Point and touch left toe diagonally backward left 44 Step slightly backward on left foot TOUCH RIGHT, CENTER, RIGHT, TOGETHER, LEFT, CENTER, LEFT, TOGETHER 45 Touch right toe diagonally backward right 46 Return toe to touch center 47 Touch right toe diagonally backward right 48 Return toe to center and step 49 Touch left heel diagonally forward left 50 Return heel to touch center 51 Touch left heel diagonally forward left 52 Return heel to center and step HEEL SPLIT, HEEL, CENTER, RIGHT GRAPEVINE, TOGETHER 53 Split heels 54 Return heels to center 55 Touch right heel forward 56 Touch right toe center 57 Step right 58 Step left behind 59 Step right 60 Step left together beside right BUMP HIPS LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT 61 Bump hips left 62 Bump hips left 63 Bump hips right 64 Bump hips right 65 Bump hips left 66 Bump hips left 67 Bump hips right 68 Bump hips right TURN, STEP, SLIDE, STEP, SLIDE 69 Turning 1/4 turn left, step forward on left foot 70 Slide right foot up beside left (take weight on right) 71 Step forward on left foot 72 Slide right foot forward beside left REPEAT Prepared by: Linda Guthrie (704/865-0667) From: LDSG8888@aol.com (Linda Guthrie) Reformatted for display on web site Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas by Don & Patti Brown http://members.aol.com/cactusstar/home.htm