HONKY TONK CHA-CHA

The Information Super Dance Floor - HONKY TONK CHA-CHA
Choreographed by Don Deyne (drdeyne@apci.net) (618) 624-5833
With Gene Dodson and "the honky tonk girls"

Description: 32-count, 4-wall line dance

MUSICModerate cha-cha or swing
Honky Tonk MoonRandy Travis88
My Blue AngelAaron Tippin112
I Was Born With A Broken HeartAaron Tippin120
Honky-Tonk SupermanAaron Tippin128

Note: This dance was inspired while Gene, his teaching partner, and a student were discussing the ending of Neil Hale's line dance Cruisin' (on a golf course, no less). While working on the final 12 counts of that dance, they came up with the steps in counts 17-24 of this one. When I saw them at Honky Tonk Heaven in Collinsville, IL, a few days later, they showed me what they'd come up thinking it would work within the dance frame of Cruisin'. We finally decided that I'd take what they had and build a new dance around it. I don't recommend performing this dance on the putting green of your local golf course.

COUNTS / STEP DESCRIPTIONS
LUNGE L ACROSS R, RECOVER R, SHUFFLE L
 1-2	Rock step left across right, shift weight back to right
 3&4	Shuffle in-place left
LUNGE R ACROSS L, RECOVER L, SHUFFLE R
 5-6	Rock step right across left, shift weight back to left
 7&8	Shuffle in-place right		

STEP FORWARD L, RECOVER R, STEP BACK L, RECOVER  R
 9-10	Rock step forward left, shift weight back to right
 11-12	Rock step back left, shift weight forward to right
STEP L, PIVOT R, STEP L, PIVOT R
 13-14	Step forward left, 1/2 turn right
 15-16	Step forward left, 1/2 turn right

SHUFFLE L, STEP R ACROSS L FACING 1/4 L, PIVOT L
 17&18	Shuffle in-place left
 19-20	Step right across left facing 1/4 turn left, 1/2 turn left
SHUFFLE R, STEP L, PIVOT R
 21&22	Shuffle forward right
 23-24	Step forward left, 1/2 turn right

VINE L, LUNGE R ACROSS L
 25-26	Side step left, step right behind left
 27-28	Side step left, rock step right across left
RECOVER L, LONG SIDE R, SLIDE L TOGETHER, HOLD/CLAP
 29-30	Shift weight back to left, long side step right
 31-32	Drag left together, hold/clap