1,000 MILES

CHOREOGRAPHER: Shelley Lindsay (UK) (July 2002) Shelllinds@aol.com
COUNT: 98
TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced
MUSIC: A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton (CD single, album Be Not Nobody and Legally Blonde Soundtrack)

Start when she starts singing (16 counts from the start of the track)
Sequence: A B C A B C C A* A Tag B1 B B* C C*

PART A (48 counts)
1-8	KICK BALL CHANGE, WALK, WALK, STEP PIVOT, PIVOT TOUCH

1&2	Kick left forward, step left back, step right in place
3-4	Walk forward left, walk forward right (with attitude!)
5-6	Step forward left, pivot 1/2 turn right transferring weight to right
7-8	Step forward left, pivot 1/2 turn right touching right in front of left

9-16	COASTER STEP, LOCK STEPS FORWARD, FORWARD COASTER, LOCK STEPS BACK

9&10	Step back right, step left next to right, step forward right
11&12	Step forward left, step right behind left, step forward left
13&14	Step forward right, step left next to right, step back right
15&16	Step back left, step right across left, step left back

17-24	ROCK AND ROCK, WALK, WALK PIVOT TURN

17-18	Rock back right, rock forward left
&19-20	Step right next to left, rock back left, rock forward right
21-22	Walk forward left, walk forward right (with attitude!)
23&24	Step forward left, pivot 1/2 turn right, complete another 1/2 turn stepping back left

25-32	SWEEPING SAILOR, 1/4 TURNING SAILOR, KICK AND TOUCH, 1/4 SAILOR

25&26	Sweep right foot and step back on it, step left to side, step right to side
27&28	Step left behind right, step right to right side, step left forward turning 1/4 left
29&30	Kick right forward, step right in place, touch left to side
31&32	Step left behind right, step right to right side, step left forward turning 1/4 left

33-40	KICK, OUT OUT IN CROSS, 1/2 TURN, SIDE SHUFFLE

33&34	Kick right forward, step right to right side, step left to left side
&35-36	Step right in toward left, cross left over right, step right to right side
37&38	1/4 turn right stepping forward left,
	1/4 right stepping right in place, step left over right
&39-40	Step right to right side, step left across right, step right to right side

41-48	FULL TURN RIGHT, CROSS SHUFFLE STEP TOUCH, JAZZ KNEE OUT IN

41	1/4 turn right stepping forward left
&	1/2 turn right stepping forward right
42	1/4 turn right stepping left to side
&43-44	Step right next to left, step left to left side, touch right next to left
45-46	Touch right out to side turning knee out
47-48	Slide right in toward left, touch right in place

PART B (32 counts)
1-8	FULL TURN, TOUCH, STEP FULL MONTERAY ROCK AND CROSS

1&2	Step forward right, 1/2 right stepping back left, 1/2 right stepping forward right
3-4	Touch left toes to left side, cross left forward and slightly over right
5-6	Touch right to right side, on left turn 360° right stepping right
7&8	Rock out on left, step right in place, cross left over right

9-16	ROCK ROCK AND STEP TOUCH, ROCK FORWARD BACK, SIDE SHUFFLE 1/4 TURN

9-10	Rock right to right side, step left in place
&11-12	Step right in place, step out on left, touch right toes next to left instep
13-14	Rock forward right crossing over left, rock back left
15&16	Step right to right side, step left next to left, 1/4 right stepping forward right

17-24	11/4 TURN RIGHT, TOGETHER FORWARD RIGHT SHUFFLE SYNCOPATED ROCKING CHAIR

17-18	1/2 right stepping back left, 1/2 right stepping forward right
19&20	1/4 right stepping out on left, step right next to left, step forward left
21&22	Step forward right, step left next to right instep, step forward right
23&	Rock forward left, rock back right
24&	Rock back left, rock forward right

25-32	STEP HOLD, PIVOT HOLD, TOUCH TO SIDE WITH ARM CIRCLE

25-26	Step forward left, hold
27-28	Pivot 1/2 turn right, hold
29	Touch left toes to left side,
	right arm is bent at elbow with hand in front of left shoulder
30	Move right hand down to waist level, straighten arm and bring out to right side
31	Lift right arm straight up vertically
32	Bend at elbow bringing right hand down in front of left shoulder (where it started)

PART C (8 counts)
1-8	CROSS ROCK SIDE, 1/2 TURN RIGHT, CROSS ROCK SIDE, CROSS AND SIDE

1&2	Cross rock left over right, rock back right, step left to left side
3&4	Cross right over left, 1/4 right stepping back left, 1/4 right stepping right to side
5&6	Cross rock left over right, rock back on right, step left to left side
7&8	Cross right over left, rock left to left side, step right in place

PART A*
Dance the first 32 counts of part A, as part A starts on the left foot:
31&32	Step left behind right, step right to right side, 1/4 left touching left in place

TAG (2 counts)
There is a 2 count pause in the music, hold for two counts. (count one, two in your head!)

PART B1
Instead of touching left to side on count 29, step to the left side
(Part B begins again on the right)

PART B*
Dance again the last 8 counts of part B (step hold pivot holds, touch left with arm circle)

Part C*
Instead of dancing the last two counts (7 & 8) dance;
7-8	Cross right over left, sweep left foot turning to face front
You will end exactly as the music ends

From: shelllinds@aol.com

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