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Step description provided by The Information Super Dance Floor

LINE OF PEARLS
(aka...the "Howdy" dance)
Choreographed by Charlotte Skeeters
Phone: (510)462-6572, Fax: (510)462-0130, Email: char.skeeters@sv.sc.philips.com

Description: 64-count, 2-wall, line dance (Also really fun as a contra line)

Music: Howdy, Groovegrass Boyz, 120 BPM, CD: Groovegrass 101
Start after 64 cts. Running Water, Kentucky Headhunters, ??? BPM, CD: Stompin' Grounds

1-8	ROCK FWD, CENTER, BACK, CENTER, SHUFFLE, SWAY, SWAY
1-2	Right rock forward; Left rock back in place
3-4	Right rock back; Left rock foward in place
5&6	Shuffle forward - Right; Left; Right
7-	Left step forward diagonal left & Sway hips left (facing 2:00)
8-	Rock back diagonal right & sway hips right

9-16	SWAY, SWAY, SHUFFLE, SWAY, SWAY, SWAY, SWAY
1-	Left rock forward diagoal left & Sway hips left (facing 2:00)
2-	Rock back diagonal right & sway hips right
3&4	Shuffle back - Left; Right; Left
5-	Right step back diagonal right & Sway hips right (facing 2:00)
6-	Rock forward diagonal left & Sway hips left
7-8	Repeat above 5-6

17-25	SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE, (& Turn) SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE
1&2	Shuffle forward - Right; Left; Right
	(snapfingers on ct.1 with right hand forward & left hand back)
3&4	Shuffle forward - Left; Right; Left
	(snapfingers on ct.3 with left hand forward & right hand back)
&-	Pivot 1/4 turn right on ball of left (sharp turn)
5&6	Shuffle forward - Right; Left; Right
	(snapfingers on ct.1 with right hand forward & left hand back)
7&8	Shuffle forward - Left; Right; Left
	(snapfingers on ct.3 with left hand forward & right hand back)
	
26-32	(& Turn) SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE, FORWARD, PIVOT, HOLD, (&)JUMP, TOGETHER
&-	Pivot 1/4 turn right (sharp turn) on ball of left
1&2	Shuffle forward - Right, Left, Right
	(snap fingers on ct.1 with right hand forward & left hand back)
3&4	Shuffle forward - Left; Right; Left
	(snapfingers on ct.3 with left hand forward & right hand back)
5-6	Right step forward; Pivot 1/2 turn left (transfer wt. left)
7-&8	HOLD(7); Quick jump forward on Right(&); Left tep next to right(8)

33-40	POINT,&,POINT,&,POINT, HIP,HIP, POINT,&,POINT,&,POINT, HOLD/CLAP-CLAP
1-&	Right point-touch side right; Right step next to left
2-&	Left point-touch side left; Left step next to right
3&4	Right point-touch side right(3); Bounce hips up/down(&4)
5-&	Right point-touch forward; Right step next to left
6-&	Left point-touch forward; Left step next to right
7-&8	Right point-touch forward; HOLD & CLAP-CLAP(&8)

44-48	&,CROSS,SIDE,CROSS,SIDE,STEP TOGETHER, HIP BUMPS with HAND JIVE
&1-2	Right step back; Left cross-step over right; Right step side right
3&4	Left cross-step behind right; Right step side right; Left step next to right
	(feet close together)
&5&6	Bump Hips up/down/up/down
	Forward HandJive: Extend hands out in front, palms down and cross(5),
	uncross(&), cross(6)
&7&8	Bump Hips up/down/up/down
	Backward HandJive:Extend hands behind back,palms facing back and cross(7),
	uncross(&), cross(8)...(end with weight right)

49-56	POINT,&,POINT,&,POINT, HIP,HIP,STEP, HOLD/CLAP,&, STEP,HOLD/CLAP
1-&	Left point-touch side left; Left step next to right
2-&	Right point-touch side right; Right step next to left
3&4	Left point-touch side left(3); Bounce hips up/down(&4)
5-6	Left step forward diagonal left; HOLD & CLAP
&7-8	Right step next to left; Left step forward diagonal left; HOLD & CLAP

57-64	WALKING 1/2 ARCH TURN LEFT; HIP BUMPS with HAND JIVE
1-4	Walk around 1/2 left making a wide ARCH turn stepping-Right, Left, Right Left
	(end with feet together on cout 4)
&5&6	Bump Hips up/down/up/down
	Forward HandJive: Extend hands out in front, palms down and cross(5),
	uncross(&), cross(6)
&7&8	Bump Hips up/down/up/down
	Backward HandJive:Extend hands behind back,palms facing back and cross(7),
	uncross(&), cross(8)
 
BEGIN AGAIN!