SHAKE IT

CHOREOGRAPHER: Barry Durand - Washington, DC USA
COUNT: 64
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate
MUSIC: The Shake by Neal McCoy

Hits all accents of the song and requires a repeat
phrase on 1st and 2nd chorus. 

Because of the feel of the song I gave you the option of using fast hip
bumps on the chorus of the song and even through the rest of the song. 
During the 1st and 2nd verse - the song is kind of mellow so I gave you
the easier hip bumps to use there.

SHAKE IT LEFT, SHAKE IT RIGHT 

1-4	Hip bump left, center, left, hold
5-8	Hip bump right, center, right, hold
	(During chorus use 3 quick hip bumps left, left, left, hold
	and the same on right.)

STEP, KNEE, HOP, HOP, PUSH TURN SPIN 

9	Step forward left
10	Step right behind left bringing left knee up
11	Scoot forward on right with left knee up
12	Scoot forward on right with left knee up
13	Step down on left
14	Push turn (military turn) to right stepping on right 
	turning about 1/4 turn right leading into a...
15-16	Skaters turn (3/4 turn) to right with weight on right foot
	drawing a circle with the left foot. End up facing front.
	Skaters turn is a one foot spin.

SHIMMY, SHAKE LOW 

17-20	Take left foot forward with some weight in a press and 
	shimmy forward and back starting with right shoulder
21-24	Step side left in 2nd position as you do hip sway (rock)
	Left, Right, Left, Right (lower in sway)

SIDE SHUFFLE, ROCK STEP

25&26	Start left foot with side shuffle or chasse Left, Right, Left
	side, together, side
27-28	Rock step Right, Left 
29&30	Start right foot with side shuffle or chasse (R, Left, Right 
	side, together, side
31-32	Rock step Left, Right

KICK, CROSS, TURN, STOMP

33	Kick left to side
34	Cross in front of right
35	1/2 twist turn to right
36	Hop forward both feet stomp
37	Kick left to side
38	Cross in front of right
39	1/2 twist turn to right
40	Hop forward both feet stomp

MODIFIED RUNNING MAN, OUT, IN, OUT, TURN, OUT, IN, OUT, TOGETHER

41	On a diagonal to the right shoot right foot forward 
	and left foot backward simultaneously splitting 
	weight with feet apart in line 
	(4th position or extended 3rd position)
42	Bring feet together
43	On a diagonal to the right shoot right foot forward 
	and left foot backward simultaneously splitting 
	weight with feet apart in line 
	(4th position or extended 3rd position)
44	Bring feet together and turn to diagonal left
45	On a diagonal to the right shoot right foot forward 
	and left foot backward simultaneously splitting 
	weight with feet apart in line 
	(4th position or extended 3rd position)
46	Bring feet together
47	On a diagonal to the right shoot right foot forward 
	and left foot backward simultaneously splitting 
	weight with feet apart in line 
	(4th position or extended 3rd position)
48	Bring feet together and stay facing left diagonal when done
	Can do actual running man also

SIDE TOGETHER, SEXY

49	Step side left
50	Step together right
51	Step side left
52	Step together right
53	Step side left
54	Step together right
55	Step side left
56	Step together right
	(Best to do this with a rolling hip movement sort of sexy)

SHIMMY & CLAP 

57-58	Step wide step to right in 2nd position and shimmy fast
59-60	Bring feet together and clap twice
61-62	Step wide step to left in 2nd position and shimmy fast
53-64	Bring feet together and turn 1/4 turn to left and clap twice

REPEAT

NOTES: During 1st verse use easy hip movement and do hip sway with out
lowering too much. Also do easy shimmy. During chorus on "Shake it to the
Left, Shake it to the Right' - use fast hip bumps. Also use a "funky" 
shimmy and 'low' hip sway. Use side body rolls on side shimmy during steps 
57 - 64 as an option during chorus and add an extra side shimmy and claps 
on 1st and 2nd chorus only. This is important to maintain phrasing for the 
song. When teaching this, just tell them that during the chorus part (Shake
it to the Left, Shake it to the Right) simply repeat the side shimmy and 
clap a 2nd time. You will also make the direction change so there will be
2 direction changes during the chorus. At the end of the song, during the 
part calling out the cities, I like to add excitement by adding a clap on 
count 4 & 8 of running man. also add a clap on 2,4,6,8, during side step 
hip rolls. At the end of the next full cycle of the dance add an extra set
of side step hip rolls and shimmy claps before finishing last time through
dance. This is not really necessary but it phrases better. This may seem 
like alot but it really isn't. I have taught this dance about 40 times and
it is easy enough even for beginners. Intermediate Advanced dancers pick it
up in a snap. You will have to call out the phrase changes and extra 
patterns for the first few times and then they will get it. Enjoy.

From:	Swing97@aol.com (Barry Durand)

Reformatted for display on web site 
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
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