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The Information Super Dance Floor - KING OF THE ROAD

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KING OF THE ROAD
Choreographed by (5/97) by Pedro Machado & Jo Thompson
Nashville, TN (615) 662-6584
DanceJo@aol.com

Description: 32 Beat 4 Wall Intermediate Line Dance

Music:	 King of the Road (Roger Miller; Randy Travis etc)

1-8	VINE R, BRUSH, 1/2 TURN R, SHUFFLE SIDE, ROCK STEP
1-2	Step R to R side, Cross L behind R
3	Turning 1/4 R on L foot, step R forward facing side wall
&	Small brush forward with L sole
4	Brush ball of L back, lifting L foot up bending L knee
	slightly turning another 1/4 R to end facing back
	Option: As an easier variation for counts &4, you can just brush 
	the ball of L foot forward on count 4 like a regular vine 1/2 turn with a brush
5&6	Shuffle L to L side 
7-8	Rock back on ball of R, Replace weight forward to L foot
 
9-16	STEP, LOCK, TURN AND SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK STEP, COASTER STEP
 1	Step R to R side
 2	Cross L tightly behind R popping R knee up, keeping ball of R on floor
	(L leg should be straight)
3&4	Toward the wall 1/4 to your R, Shuffle forward with R foot
5-6	Rock forward L, Replace weight back to right foot
7&8	Coaster step: Step back with L, Step together with R, Step forward with L

17-24	4 SLOW CROSS WALKS WITH SNAPS
1-2	Step R across in front of L allowing L foot to swivel naturally, Snap with R hand
3-4	Step L across in front of R allowing R foot to swivel naturally, Snap with R hand
5-6	Step R across in front of L allowing L foot to swivel naturally, Snap with R hand
7-8	Step L across in front of R allowing R foot to swivel naturally, Snap with R hand

25-32	OUT, OUT, HOLD, KNEE, HOLD, 4 ELVIS KNEES
&1	Step back to R side with R foot, Place L foot back to L side so feet are apart	
2	 Hold
3-4	 Turn R knee in like Elvis, Hold
5-8	 Elvis knees L, R, L, R

START OVER FROM BEGINNING OF DANCE

Please note: If you want to do this dance to Randy Travis' version of "King of the road" from the Traveller" soundtrack, there is a very irregular break in the normal rhythm at the 2:00 point which puts you badly off beat
This happens after the 7th repetition of the dance and it only happens once
To make it work you can add more Elvis knees for approx 16"ish" counts(instrumentals with snaps) at this point and then start again from the beginning with his lyrics through the rest of the song
The extra Elvis knees can be slow, fast, or whatever, be creative The original version by Roger Miller does not do this and you will do the dance staight through with no problems

With either version you should start the dance with the lyrics so that it phrases out right