SHAKEDOWN, RATTLE N' ROLL CHOREOGRAPHER: Bill Bader, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 1997 COUNT: 32 TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance LEVEL: Beginner MUSIC: The Shake by Neal McCoy-150bpm Shake, Rattle and Rollin’ In The Country by Larry Stewart-154bpm Hot, Hot, Hot by Buster Poindexter-130bpm (Slower alternate or teach) NOTE: Throughout the dance the hands are positioned slightly forward at waist level (except when clapping). This will facilitate the shoulder actions. In addition to the hand motions shown, others, such as rolling the fists, can add more fun. SHAKE FORWARD, SHAKE BACK, STEP, SLIDE, STEP, STOMP/CLAP 1-2 Step LEFT along forward/left diagonal and take 2 counts to drop left shoulder forward 3-4 Take 2 counts to bring right shoulder back. Weight shifts onto RIGHT. THE SHAKE: Do the normal leaning forward and back shown for counts 1-4, but count 1&2, 3&4 and bring the shoulders alternately forward as follows: LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT, RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT. 5 Step LEFT along forward/left diagonal 6 Slide RIGHT forward and step beside Left 7 Step LEFT forward continuing along forward/left diagonal 8 Stomp RIGHT beside Left (no weight) and Clap SHAKE FORWARD, SHAKE BACK, STEP, SLIDE, STEP, STOMP/CLAP 9-10 Step RIGHT along forward/right diagonal and take 2 counts to drop right shoulder forward. 11-12 Take 2 counts to drop left shoulder back. Weight shifts onto LEFT. For 9-12 see THE SHAKE above, but use opposite shoulders (R-L-R, L-R-L) 13 Step RIGHT along forward/right diagonal 14 Slide LEFT forward and step beside Right 15 Step RIGHT forward continuing along forward/right diagonal 16 Stomp LEFT beside Right (no weight) and Clap 3 ZIG-ZAGS: BACK L, STOMP/CLAP, BACK R, STOMP/CLAP, BACK L WITH 1/4 TURN, STOMP/CLAP, TOUCH FAR RIGHT, TOGETHER 17 Step LEFT diagonally back to left 18 Stomp RIGHT beside LEFT with a light rebound and Clap 19 Step RIGHT diagonally back to right 20 Stomp LEFT beside RIGHT with a light rebound and Clap 21 Step LEFT diagonally back to left turning 1/4 left (face 9:00) 22 Stomp RIGHT beside LEFT with a light rebound and Clap 23 Touch RIGHT toe slightly further than normal to right 24 Touch RIGHT toe beside Left TAP R HEEL TWICE, TAP L HEEL TWICE, BACK, TOGETHER, SHUFFLE 25 Tap RIGHT heel down bouncing it up 26 Lower RIGHT heel 27 Tap LEFT heel down bouncing it up 28 Lower LEFT heel 29 Step RIGHT back 30 Step LEFT back beside Right 31&32 Shuffle forward RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT (forward, slide together, forward) REPEAT Option: THE SWIM: As in Neal McCoy's video of "The Shake", at 1-2, bring the left hand forward with a swimmer's crawl stroke. At counts 3-4 do the same with the right hand. At counts 9-10, swim with right hand first, then left at 11-12. Option: THE ROLL: At counts 5-7 do a 360 counterclockwise ROLL (along left diagonal) and at counts 13-15 do a 360 clockwise ROLL (along right diagonal) Step Description (8/97) by Bill Bader (604) 684-2455 From: lstrong@uniserve.com (lstrong@uniserve.com) Reformatted for display on web site Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas by Don & Patti Brown http://members.aol.com/cactusstar/home.htm