COTTON-EYED JOE REEL

CHOREOGRAPHER: Bunny & Ken Fargo
COUNT: 36
TYPE: Partner Dance
MUSIC: Cotton-Eyed Joe by The Rednex

Partners face each other, standing approximately 6 feet apart

CROSS, KICK, SHUFFLE, REPEAT

1	Cross Left foot across Right shin 
2	Kick Left foot forward
3&4	Step Left, Right, Left in place 
5	Cross Right foot across Left shin 
6	Kick Right foot forward
7&8	Step Right, Left, Right in place

POLKA, POLKA, POLKA REEL, POLKA AWAY, POLKA AWAY

	Do these steps towards partner
9&10	Step Left, Right, Left forward
11&12	Step Right, Left, Right forward 
	(Partners now right shoulder to right shoulder)
	Partners link right elbows
13&14	Step Left, Right, Left turning CW linked with partner
15&16	Step Right, Left, Right turning CW linked with partner
17&18	Step Left, Right, Left turning CW linked with partner
19&20	Step Right, Left, Right turning CW linked with partner
	(return to original direction)
	Release elbows
21&22	Polka away from partner in opposite directions Left, Right, Left
23&24	Polka away from partner

STEP, 1/4 TURN, STEP, 1/4 TURN, STOMP, STOMP, CLAP, CLAP

25	Step forward on left foot and pivot 1/4 turn CW
26	Shift weight to Right foot
27	Step forward on left foot and pivot 1/4 turn CW
28	Shift weight to Right foot
29	Stomp Left foot next to Right 
30	Stomp Right foot next to Left
31	Clap hands
32	Clap hands

KICK-BALL-CHANGE, KICK-BALL-CHANGE

33	Kick Left foot forward slightly
&	Step ball of Left foot next to Right
34	Step Right foot home 
35	Kick Left foot forward slightly
&	Step ball of Left foot next to Right
36	Step Right foot home 

REPEAT