Back In The Saddle ~ Line Dance Choreographed by Nancy Speirs

BACK IN THE SADDLE

Choreography: Nancy Speirs, St. Thomas, Ontario (Apr. 98)
(519) 637-1292 E-mail:nancy.speirs@sympatico.ca
Format: 4 wall, 40 Count, Beginner Line Dance

Music: "Back In The Saddle" - Matraca Berg, 148 bpm (Dance)
"I Can Love You Better" - Dixie Chicks, 128 bpm (teach)
"Thinkin' Thing" - Trace Adkins, 120 bpm (teach)
"Somebody Slap Me" - John Anderson, 112 bpm (teach)

STEP, SLIDE, STEP, SCUFF, STEP, SLIDE, STEP, SCUFF
1-2     Step Right foot forward, Slide left foot up to right,
        locking toes just behind right heel
3-4     Step Right foot forward, Scuff Left foot forward
5-6     Step Left foot forward, Slide right foot up to left,
        locking toes just behind left heel
7-8     Step Left foot forward, Scuff Right foot forward

BACK, SLAP, BACK, SLAP, STOMP, STOMP, HEEL SPLIT
1-2     Step back on Right foot, Hitch Left foot up in front of
        right knee, slapping heel with right hand
3-4     Step back on Left foot, Hitch Right foot up in front of
        Left knee, slapping heel with Left hand
5-6     Stomp Right foot, Stomp Left foot beside right
7-8     Keeping toes together, swing heels out to sides and
        back in to centre

VINE RIGHT WITH SCUFF, VINE LEFT WITH 1/4 TURN AND SCUFF
1-4     Step Right foot to right side, Step Left behind,
        Step Right foot to right side, Scuff Left foot forward
5-8     Step Left foot to left side, Step Right behind,
        Step Left foot 1/4 turn to left, Scuff Right foot forward

STEP, BRUSHES (brush lightly with ball of foot)
1-2     Step Right foot forward, Brush Left foot forward
3-4     Brush Left foot back, hooking across right shin,
        Brush Left foot forward 
	(opposite direction in front of right shin)
5-6     Step Left foot forward, Brush Right foot forward
7-8     Brush Right foot back, hooking across left shin,
        Brush Right foot forward 
	(opposite direction in front of left shin)

ROCK FORWARD, TOUCH TOE, ROCK BACK, TOUCH HEEL
1-2     Rock weight forward onto Right foot,
        Touch Right toe beside left foot
3-4     Rock weight back onto Left foot,
        Touch Right heel forward

STEP BACK, TOUCH HEEL, STEP BACK, TOUCH TOE
5-6     Step Right foot back, Touch Left heel forward
7-8     Step Left foot back, Touch Right toe beside left foot

BEGIN AGAIN!!!