GOODBYE MARIA

CHOREOGRAPHER: Bastiaan van Leeuwen (May 07)
COUNT: 92
TYPE: 2 Wall Phrased Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced
MUSIC: Goodbye Maria by BR5-49 (CD: Big Backyard Beat Show)

Dance Sequence - A, A, A, A 1-36, B, B, B, B, B, Bridge, A, A 1-36

SECTION A
1-8	SIDE SHUFFLE, ROCK BACK, KICK BALL CROSS, KICK BALL CROSS

1&2	Step right to right side, close left beside right, step right to right side
3-4	Rock left back, recover weight onto right
5&6	Kick left forward, step left beside right, cross right over left
7&8	Kick left forward, step left beside right, cross right over left

9-16	SIDE SHUFFLE, ROCK BACK, KICK BALL CROSS, KICK BALL CROSS

1&2	Step left to left side, close right beside left, step left to left side
3-4	Rock right back, recover weight onto left
5&6	Kick right forward, step right beside left, cross left over right
7&8	Kick right forward, step right beside left, cross left over right

17-24	1/4 TURN LEFT, BESIDE, & CROSS, & CROSS, & CROSS, SIDE ROCK, CROSS, BALL CROSS

1&	1/4 turn left stepping right back, step left beside right (9h00)
2&	Cross right over left, close left beside right
3&4	Cross right over left, close left beside right, cross right over left
5-6	Rock left to left side, recover weight onto right
7&8	Cross left over right, step ball of right beside left, cross left over right

25-32	SIDE ROCK, FORWARD, SIDE ROCK, FORWARD,
	SYNCOPATED ROCK STEP 1/4 TURN RIGHT, BESIDE, HEEL JACK, CLAP 2X

1&2	Rock right to right side, recover weight onto left, step right forward
3&4	Rock left to left side, recover weight onto right, step left forward
5&6	Rock right forward, recover weight onto left with 1/4 turn right,
	step right beside left (12:00)
&7	Step left back, touch right heel forward
&8	Clap hands 2x

33-40	BESIDE, DIAGONAL SYNCOPATED LOCKSTEPS FORWARD RIGHT, HITCH 1/4 TURN LEFT,
	DIAGONAL SYNCOPATED LOCKSTEPS FORWARD LEFT

&1	Step right beside left, step left diagonally right forward
&2	Cross right behind left, step left diagonally right forward
&3	Cross right behind left, step left diagonally right forward
&4	Cross right behind left, step left diagonally right forward
&5	Hitch right knee 1/4 turn left, step right diagonally forward
&6	Cross left behind right, step right diagonally left forward
&7	Cross left behind right, step right diagonally left forward
&8	Cross left behind right, step right diagonally left forward

41-48	SIDE ROCK, CROSS, HOLD, SIDE ROCK 1/4 TURN LEFT, CROSS, HOLD

1-2	Rock left to left side, recover weight onto right
3-4	Cross left over right, hold
5-6	Rock right to right side, recover weight onto left with 1/4 turn left (9:00)
7-8	Cross right over left, hold

49-56	SHUFFLE FORWARD 1/4 TURN LEFT, SHUFFLE BACKWARD 1/2 TURN LEFT,
	COASTER STEP, FULL TURN LEFT

1&2	1/4 turn left stepping left forward, close right to left, step left forward (6:00)
3&4	1/2 turn left stepping right back, close left to right, step right back (12:00)
5&6	Step left back, step right beside left, step left forward
7-8	1/2 turn left stepping right back, 1/2 turn left stepping left forward

57-64	JAZZ BOX RIGHT, STEP FORWARD LEFT, PIVOT 1/2 TURN LEFT, FULL TURN LEFT, STOMP

1-2	Cross right over left, step left back
3-4	Step right beside left, step left forward
5-6	Step right forward, 1/2 turn left (6:00)
7&8	1/2 turn left stepping right back, 1/2 turn left stepping left forward,
	stomp right beside left (weight on left)

SECTION B
1-12	SIDE STEP RIGHT, DRAG LEFT, TOUCH LEFT, 3/4 TURN LEFT, BACK BASIC, TWINKLE LEFT

1-3	Step right to right side, drag left to right, touch left beside right
4-6	1/4 turn left stepping left forward, 1/2 turn left stepping right back,
	step left beside right (9:00)
7-9	Step right back, step left beside right, step right in place
10-12	Cross left over right, step right to right side, step left in place

13-24	TWINKLE RIGHT, 3/4 TURN LEFT, BACK BASIC, FU:L TURN LEFT

1-3	Cross right over left, step left to left side, step right in place
4-6	Step left forward with 1/4 turn left, 1/2 turn left stepping right back,
	step left beside right (12:00)
7-9	Step right back, step left beside right, step right in place
10-12	1/4 turn left stepping left forward, 1/4 turn left stepping right back,
	1/2 turn left stepping left forward

NOTE: when you dance the section B for the fifth time:
On the last 6 counts of section B the music will slow down,
so dance the last 6 counts a little bit slower

BRIDGE
1-4	TOUCH DIAGONAL FORWARD, HEEL BOUNCES

&-4	Touch right diagonally forward, bounce right heel four times

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