GIMME A BREAK CHOREOGRAPHER: Peter Metelnick COUNT: 56 TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance MUSIC: That Don't Impress Me Much by Shania Twain See the note at the end of the dance to hit the breaks. It may look like serious work on paper, but on the floor it's a lot of fun! RIGHT HEEL GRIND, RIGHT BACK, LEFT FORWARD, HOLD, JAZZ BOX 1 Touch right heel forward, 2 Turn right toes to the right (weight remains on left foot) &3 Step right foot back, step left foot slightly forward 4 Hold (weight is on left foot) 5-6 Cross step right foot over left, step left foot back 7-8 Step right foot to right side, step left foot together RIGHT HEEL GRIND TURNING 1/4 RIGHT, BALL CROSS SHUFFLE, RIGHT SIDE ROCK & RECOVER, RIGHT TOGETHER, LEFT TO LEFT SIDE 9 Touch right heel forward 10 Turn right toes turn to the right 1/4 while pivoting on left foot (now facing right side wall, weight is on left foot) &11 Step right foot back, cross step left foot over right &12 Step right foot to right side, cross step left foot over right 13 Rock step right foot to right side 14 Recover weight on left foot &15-16 Step right foot together, step left foot to left side, hold RIGHT TOGETHER, 1/4 LEFT & LEFT FORWARD SHUFFLE, RIGHT FORWARD, 1/2 LEFT, WALK FORWARD 4 &17 Step right foot together, turning 1/4 left step left foot forward &18 Step right foot together, step left foot forward 19 Step right foot forward 20 Pivot 1/2 left (now facing back wall) 21-22 Step right foot forward, step left foot forward 23-24 Step right foot forward, step left foot forward ROCK RIGHT FORWARD AND RECOVER, RIGHT BACK COASTER STEP, LEFT ROCK FORWARD AND RECOVER, LEFT BACK COASTER STEP 25-26 Rock step right foot forward, recover weight on left foot 27 Step right foot back & Step left foot together 28 Step right foot forward 29-30 Rock step left foot forward, recover weight on right foot 31 Step left foot back & Step right foot together 32 Step left foot forward RIGHT TOUCH TURN MAKING FULL TURN LEFT, CROSS ROCK & RECOVER, RIGHT COASTER STEP BACK 33 Touch right foot forward & Hitch right knee up while pivoting 1/4 left on left foot 34 Touch right foot forward & Hitch right knee up while pivoting 1/4 left on left foot 35 Touch right foot forward & Hitch right knee up while pivoting 1/4 left on left foot 36 Touch right foot forward & Complete full turn left (end facing back wall) 37-38 Cross rock right foot over left, recover weight on left foot 39 Step right foot back & Step left foot together 40 Step right foot forward LEFT TOUCH TURN MAKING 3/4 TURN RIGHT, CROSS ROCK AND RECOVER, LEFT COASTER STEP 41 Touch left foot forward & Hitch left knee up while pivoting slightly right on right foot 42 Touch left foot forward & Hitch right knee up while pivoting slightly right on right foot 43&44& Repeat 41&42& to complete a 3/4 turn right 45-46 Cross rock left foot over, recover weight on right foot 47 Step left foot back & Step right foot together 48 Step left foot forward RIGHT FORWARD, 1/2 LEFT PIVOT TURN, 1/2 LEFT TURNING SHUFFLE, LEFT ROCK BACK AND RECOVER, LEFT FORWARD SHUFFLE 49-50 Step right foot forward, pivot 1/2 left 51 Turning 1/2 left step right foot back & Step left foot together 52 Step right foot back 53-54 Rock step back on left foot, recover weight on right foot 55 Step left foot forward & Step right foot together 56 Step left foot forward REPEAT You will need to add a 16 count tag during the instrumental in the song (end of the 4th rotation) to keep the dance phrased properly. You get a vocal cue from Shania who says "yeah" just before you add the following 16 counts: YEAH! 16 COUNT INTERLUDE WALK FORWARD 2, RIGHT COASTER STEP FORWARD, WALK BACK 2, LEFT COASTER STEP BACK 1-2 Step right foot forward, step left foot forward 3 Step right foot forward & Step left foot together 4 Step right foot back 5-6 Step left foot back, step right foot back 7 Step left foot back & Step right foot together 8 Step left foot forward SIDE ROCKS AND SAILOR STEPS 9 Rock step right foot to right side 10 Recover weight on left foot 11 Cross step right foot behind left & Step left foot to left side 12 Step right foot slightly forward 13 Rock step left foot to left side 14 Recover weight on right foot 15 Cross step left foot behind right & Step right foot to right side 16 Step left foot slightly forward OPTIONAL BREAKS: Note that the following steps are optional. If you want to dance through the breaks, feel free The phrasing of the song is: Verse (break), Chorus (with a break inside) Verse (break), Chorus (with a break inside) Instrumental Verse (break), Chorus repeated with no breaks until the end If you want the dance to fit the breaks in the music, you will need to make slight variations in the steps. Each verse ends with a break on the last 8 counts of the dance (counts 49-56) with Shania talking. To hit the break replace steps 49-56 with: HOLD! GIMME A BREAK! #1 &49 Hop right foot forward, step left foot together 50-56 Hold with weight on left foot. Shania will be talking. For fun, yell along with her 1st time she says "okay, so you're a rocket scientist" (facing right side wall) 2nd time she says "okay, so you're Brad Pitt" (facing left side wall) 3rd time she says "okay so you've got a car" (facing right side wall) Then restart the dance from the beginning right after she says the words "That Don't". You will start on the word "impress" During the choruses there is another break you may want to hit which comes right after the touch turn left on counts 37-40. You would normally do the right cross rock & right coaster step back at this point, but you can substitute: GIMME A BREAK! #2 37-40 Stomp right foot forward, hold with weight on left foot Then continue the dance with count 41 Reformatted for display on web site Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas by Don & Patti Brown http://members.aol.com/CactusStar/home.htm