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Choreographed by Don Deyne,
106 S High St, Apt D, Shiloh, IL 62269
email: [drdeyne@apci.net] (618) 624-5833
The Information Super Dance Floor: http://www.apci.net/~drdeyne Don Deyne

Description: 32-count, 2-wall, line dance, w/phrasing for "Loosen Up My Strings"
Music: Poor Me, Joe Diffie, 100 BPM, CD: Greatest Hits
OeeOeeO, Scooter Lee, 112 BPM, CD: Moving On Up
You Ain't Lonely Yet, Big House, 120 BPM, CD: Big House, CDX161
Loosen Up My Strings, Clint Black, 128 BPM, begin "on vocal", CD: Nothin' But The Taillights
Shortenin' Bread, The Tractors, 136 BPM, CD: Farmers In A Changing World
Come A Little Closer, Lila McCann, 136 BPM, CDX 26, CD: Complete
All music available at http://www.cdnow.com/from=sr-2428484
This dance was kept fairly simple so you could do it to lots of fast music that makes you wanna loosen up and swing.

STEP L, SCUFF R, STEP R, SCUFF L, STEP L, SCUFF R, 1/4 L/STEP R, TOGETHER L
1-2	Step forward LEFT, scuff forward RIGHT
3-4	Step forward RIGHT, scuff forward LEFT
5-6	Step forward LEFT, scuff forward RIGHT
7-8	Step forward RIGHT turning 1/4 left, stomp LEFT beside right

TRAVELING L - SWIVEL HEELS, TOES, HEELS, TOES, HEELS, TOES, HEELS, TOES
9-10	Swivel HEELS left, swivel TOES left
11-12	Swivel HEELS left, swivel TOES left
13-14	Swivel HEELS left, swivel TOES left
15-16	Swivel HEELS left, swivel TOES left shifting weight to LEFT

FOUR SWINGING HIP 1/4 TURNS
17	Step forward RIGHT begining 1/4 turn left and swing hips right
18	Finish turn and swing hips left shifting weight to LEFT
19-24	Repeat counts 17-18 three more time to complete a full circle
	LEFT foot remains in-place through these 8 counts
	
STOMP R AND TURN 1/4 L SHAKING SHOULDERS (4-COUNTS), ROCK L, R, L, R
25	Stomp forward RIGHT
26-28	Pivot 1/4 left over 3-counts while shaking shoulders and anything else
	that'll move - shifting weight to RIGHT on count 28
29-30	Rock step forward LEFT, recover weight to RIGHT in-place
31-32	Rock step back LEFT, recover weight to RIGHT in-place

BEGIN AGAIN...
PHRASING NOTES for "Loosen Up My Strings", only.  All other music just do the dance as written above.
SEGMENT A: 32-count dance as written above
SEGMENT B: Counts 1-28 - On 4th repetition complete 1/4 turn shoulder shake on count 28 and begin again
SEGMENT C: Counts 1-16 - Vocal bridge - Pivot 1/4 turn left on final swivel to maintain wall orientation with weight on the RIGHT
PHRASING PATTERN: A-A-A-B-A-C-A-A-A (end dance at "fake" ending.)

Copyright, July, 1998, Donald R Deyne.
Instructors and dancers are granted license to print, copy, and distribute this step description at will,
provided no more than a nominal copying cost is charged, AND nothing is changed.
If this dance is published in a mass marketed book, please consider sending me a copy of the book.