MEMPHIS CHICKEN
Choreographed by Don Deyne,
106 S High St, Apt D, Shiloh, IL 62269
email: [drdeyne@apci.net] (618) 624-5833
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Description: 64-count, 4-wall, line dance
Music: West Coast Swing
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Don Deyne
1-8 CROSS, HOLD & CROSS, HOLD, & CROSS & CROSS & CROSS, SCUFF
1-2 Step RIGHT across left, hold
&3-4 Slight side step LEFT, step RIGHT across left, hold
&5&6 Slight side step LEFT, step RIGHT across left, Slight side step LEFT, step RIGHT across left
&7-8 Slight side step LEFT, step RIGHT across left, scuff LEFT beside right
Note: count 8 here and in the next section can be a scuff, a touch to the side or a hold
   
9-16 CROSS, HOLD & CROSS, HOLD, & CROSS & CROSS & CROSS, SCUFF
1-2 Step LEFT across right, hold
&3-4 Slight side step RIGHT, Step LEFT across right, hold
&5&6 Slight side step RIGHT, step LEFT across right, Slight side step RIGHT, step LEFT across right
&7-8 Slight side step RIGHT, step LEFT across right, scuff RIGHT beside left
   
17-24 STEP, HOLD, STEP, HOLD, STEP, HOLD, STEP, HOLD
1-8 Step forward RIGHT, hold, step forward LEFT, hold, step forward RIGHT, hold, step forward LEFT, hold
Note: Bump hips and/or shake whatever you got on these moves and on counts 49-56
   
25-32 ROCK, BACK, TURN, PIVOT, BACK, BACK, TOGETHER, FORWARD
1-2 Rock step forward RIGHT, recover weight back to LEFT
3-4 Pivot 1/2 turn right on ball of left and step forward RIGHT, Pivot 1/2 turn right on ball of RIGHT
5-6 Step back LEFT, step back RIGHT
7-8 Step LEFT beside right, step slightly forward RIGHT
   
33-40 ROCK SIDE, RECOVER, CROSS, HOLD, ROCK SIDE, RECOVER, CROSS, HOLD
1-4 Rock step side LEFT, recover weight to RIGHT, step LEFT across right, hold
5-8 Rock step side RIGHT, recover weight to LEFT, step RIGHT across right, hold
   
41-48 BACK, CROSS, BACK, CROSS, BACK, CROSS, BACK, 1/4 TURN
1-2 Step back LEFT, step RIGHT back and across left (legs remain crossed form count 40)
3-4 Step back LEFT, step RIGHT back and across left
5-6 Step back LEFT, step RIGHT back and across left
7-8 Step back LEFT, 1/4 turn right and step slightly forward RIGHT
   
49-56 STEP, HOLD, STEP, HOLD, STEP, HOLD, STEP, HOLD
1-8 Step forward LEFT, hold, step forward RIGHT, hold, step forward LEFT, hold, step forward RIGHT, hold
   
57-64 ROCK, BACK, TURN, PIVOT, BACK, BACK, TOGETHER, FORWARD
1-2 Rock step forward LEFT, recover weight back to RIGHT
3-4 Pivot 1/2 turn left on ball of right and step forward LEFT, Pivot 1/2 turn left on ball of LEFT
5-6 Step back RIGHT, step back LEFT
7-8 Step RIGHT beside left, step slightly forward LEFT

Copyright, Oct, 1998, Donald R Deyne.
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