THE CAMEL'S HEART
Choreographed by Dan Testa
15 Second Street, Troy, NY 12180
Phone: (518) 272-4205, Email: dancle16@yahoo.com
Description: 64-count, couples circle dance
Music: The Camel's Heart, Dolly Parton, 114 BPM, CD: Hungry Again
The dance is done in Line of Dance. The dance starts with men facing Outside Line of Dance and women facing Inside Line of Dance in an Open Double Hand Hold. The women should start with weight on Left foot and the men with weight on Right foot (RLOD foot)
The ladies' steps are given below. The men do the same steps on the opposite foot for the entire dance.
JAZZ BOX, TURNING JAZZ BOX 1,2 Step Right crossing in front, Step back Left 3,4 Step Right to side, Step forward Left 5,6 Step Right crossing in front, Step back Left 7 Step Right to side 8 Step Left forward while turning 1/4 toward right (Release outside hands; go into open promenade position) FOUR SHUFFLES 9&10 Right Shuffle forward 11&12 Left Shuffle forward 13&14 Right Shuffle forward 15&16 Left Shuffle forward HOOK, TOUCH, TRACE OUT A HEART, KICK, TOUCH 17 Hook Right Across touching your partner's boot 18 Lower Right Foot to touch floor (while leg is still hooked) 19-22 Drag Right Toe along floor in a pattern that looks like the right half of a heart ending with the Right Leg extended back diagonally to the left 23 Lightly kick your partner's boot behind you 24 Touch Right foot to floor behind you FOUR SHUFFLES 25&26 Right Shuffle forward 27&28 Left Shuffle forward 29&30 Right Shuffle forward 31&32 Left Shuffle forward STEP-PIVOT, STEP, TOUCH, STEP, TOUCH, TURN, TOUCH 33,34 Step Forward Right, Pivot 1/4 toward Left putting weight on Left foot (Recover outside hands after pivoting) 35,36 Step Right next to Left, Touch Left to left side 37,38 Step Left next to Right, Touch Right to right side 39 Turn 1/4 toward Right shoulder and step Right next to left (Release outside hands) 40 Touch Left Next to Right FOUR SHUFFLES (OR THREE SHUFFLES, STOMP, HOLD) 41&42 Left Shuffle forward 43&44 Right Shuffle forward 45&46 Left Shuffle forward 47&48 Right Shuffle forwardNote: If you use 'The Camel's Heart' for your music, the third and fifth patterns will occur on the chorus. There is a rhythm break in the music on counts 47 and 48 here. I recommend doing the following variation on the third and fifth patterns.
47,48 Stomp down Right, Hold TWO JAZZ BOXES 49,50 Step Left crossing in front of Right, Step back Right 51,52 Step Left to left side, Step forward Right 53-56 Repeat Counts 49-52 3 SHUFFLES, STEP-PIVOT 57&58 Left Shuffle forward 59&60 Right Shuffle forward 61&62 Left Shuffle forward 63,64 Step forward Right, Pivot 1/4 Left putting weight on Left foot (Recover Outside Hands)Repeat