DI'S DANCING CIRCLE

CHOREOGRAPHER: Di from Dubai (January 2005)
COUNT: 32
TYPE: Circle Dance
LEVEL: Beginner
MUSIC: Sweet Maria by Cheap Seats-138 bpm
	Best Days Of Our Lives by Bahamen-126 bpm (Slower Speed to Practice)

Note: Participants (should be an even number) form a circle determining who is A and who is B -
A stands to the right of B - A is traditionally the woman and B the man but this is not mandatory

1-8	GRAPEVINES RIGHT AND LEFT WITH HITCHES (holding hands)

1-2	Step right to right side, step left behind right
3-4	Step right to right side, hitch left
5-6	Step left to left side, step right behind left
7-8	Step left to left side, hitch right

9-16	WALKING FORWARD AND BACK WITH HITCHES (holding hands)

1-4	Walk forward right, left, right, hitch left
5-8	Walk back left, right, left, hitch right

17-24	STEP SIDE AND TOUCH/CLAP ON RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES, STEP FORWARD, PIVOT 1/2 TURN TWICE

1-2	Step right to right side, touch left next to right while clapping
3-4	Step left to left side, touch right next to left while clapping
5-6	Step forward on right, pivot 1/2 turn left
7-8	Step forward on right, pivot 1/2 turn left

25-32	STEP SIDE AND TOUCH/CLAP ON RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES, STEP TOGETHER TWICE EITHER TO RIGHT
	OR TO LEFT CROSSING IN FRONT OR BACK OF PERSON TO YOUR RIGHT OR LEFT

A
1-2	Step right to right side, touch left next to right while clapping
3-4	Step left to left side, touch right next to left while clapping
5-6	Crossing in front of person to your right:
	Step right to right side, step left next to right
7-8	Step right to right side, step left next to right
	(while reaching out for the hands of the people on the right and left sides)

B
1-2	Step right to right side, touch left next to right while clapping
3-4	Step left to left side, step right next to left while clapping
5-6	Crossing in back of person to your left:
	Step left to left side, step right next to left
7-8	Step left to left side, touch right next to left
	(while reaching out for the hands of the people on the left and right sides)

START AGAIN (holding hands for steps 1-16)

From: difromdubai@yahoo.com (Diana Tattarakis)