EVEN IF I TRIED Choreographed by Bev And Dave Senft Of Aldergrove, B.C. (604) 857-1851 Two wall line dance, intermediate level, 48 counts Music No News By Lonestar (112bpm) Heart's Desire By Lee Roy Parnell (112) Even If I Tried By Emilio (120 Bpm) LEFT TURNIN' SUGAR FOOT/ COASTER STEPS 1 Left toe touch to right instep, &2 LEFT 1/4 (ccw) TURN ON BALL OF RIGHT FOOT, LEFT HEEL TOUCH FORWARD 3& Left step back, right step back together 4 Left step forward (weight on left foot) RIGHT TURNIN' SUGAR FOOT/ COASTER STEPS 5 Right toe touch to left instep, &6 RIGHT 1/4 (cw) TURN ON BALL OF LEFT FOOT, RIGHT HEEL TOUCH FORWARD 7& Right step back, left step back together 8 Right step forward (weight on right foot) SYNCOPATED HOPS &9 Left foot hop forward, right foot step beside left 10 Hold with clap &11 Right foot hop back, left foot step beside right (feet and knees together) 12 Hold with clap KNEE ROLLS / TOUCH AND STEP 13 C/w circular knee roll (on the balls of your feet) 14 C/w circular knee roll (on the balls of your feet) 15&16 Right toe touch to right side; right step beside left, touch left toe to left side, &17 Left step beside right, touch right toe to right side 18 Hold with clap RIGHT KICK, BALL, CROSS x3 19&20 Right kick across left; right ball step, left step across right 21&22 Right kick across left; right ball step, left step across right 23&24 Right kick across left; right ball step, left step across right RIGHT MONTEREY TURN 25-26 Right toe touch to right side; 1/2 spin right stepping right beside left foot (weight on RIGHT FOOT) 27-28 Left toe touch to left side; left step beside right (weight to left foot) TOUCH AND STEP, HOLD 29&30 Right toe touch to right side; right step beside left, touch left toe to left side, &31 Left step beside right, touch right toe to right side 32 Hold with clap RIGHT KICK, BALL CROSS, RIGHT VINE LEFT, LEFT CROSS RIGHT 33&34 Right kick across left; right ball step, left step across right 35-36 Right step to right side; left step cross behind right 37-38 Right step to right side; left cross step over right RIGHT MONTEREY TURN 39-40 Right toe touch to right side 1/2 spin right stepping right beside left foot (weight on right foot) 41-42 Left toe touch to left side; left step beside right (weight to left foot) RIGHT KICK BALL CHANGE, TOUCH, TOUCH, UNWIND, CLAP 43&44 Right foot kick forward; right ball step beside left, left step beside right 45-46 Right toe touch to right side; right toe cross behind left heel 47 1/2 turn right (clockwise) 48 Hold with clap (weight on right) START OVER REVISED JANUARY 20, 1997 This dance was re-written with a few changes from Bev SENFT's No News. We found that No News was very hard on the knees so it was changed. Original dance description is printed in Kris Kelf's "K Country" Books.