THE TRAIL OF TEARS

 

Choreographer:         DJ Dan & Wynette Miller

Category:                 Partner Dance, 32 Count, Circle

Position:                   Side-By-Side (Open Sweetheart)

                              Same footwork throughout

 

Up To Music:             The Trail Of Tears by Billy Ray Cyrus (169 bpm)

Medium:                  A Long Way Home by Dwight Yoakam (147 bpm)

Slow:                       Did I Tell You by Jerry Williams (130 bpm)

 

MAMBO FORWARD, MAMBO BACK, TWO LOCK STEPS FORWARD

 

1&2        Rock right forward, recover onto left, step right back

3&4        Rock left back, recover onto right, step left forward

5&6        Step right forward, lock left behind right, step right forward

7&8        Step left forward, lock right behind left, step left forward

 

TOE-HEEL-CROSS, TOE-HEEL-CROSS, LOCK STEP BACK, COASTER STEP

 

1&2        Touch right toe next to left, touch right heel next to left, cross right over left

3&4        Touch left toe next to right, touch left heel next to right, cross left over right

5&6        Step right back, lock left over right, step right back

7&8        Step left back, step right next to left, step left forward

 

LADY: TRIPLE FULL FORWARD TURN, MAN: WALKS FORWARD

BOTH: WALKS FORWARD; MAMBO FORWARD ¼ TURN, CROSS ROCK-SIDE

Release left hands, raise right hands

 

1&2        Lady triple full forward turn left stepping right, left, right, man walks forward right, left, right

Rejoin left hand, Right Side-By-Side

 

3&4        Walk forward left, right, left

5&6        Rock right forward, recover onto left, make ¼ turn right step right to right side

Facing OLOD, Indian Position

 

7&8        Cross rock left over right, recover onto right, step left to left side

 

WEAVE ¼ TURN LEFT; TWO SLOW ½ PIVOT TURNS

 

1&2&      Cross right over left, step left to left side, cross right behind left, step left to left side

3&4&      Cross right over left, step left to left side, cross right behind left, step left ¼ turn left

Release left hands, raise right hands

 

5&6&      Step right forward, hold, pivot ½ turn left, hold, facing RLOD

7&8&      Step right forward, hold, pivot ½ turn left, hold, facing LOD

Rejoin left hands, Right Side-By-Side

 

REPEAT