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Tractor Pull

Choreographed by Floyd and Ellie Meerman Ellie5678@aol.com  
Description: 40 count, intermediate couples/circle dance
Position: Side by side, lady on man's right
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Music:
"Sold" by John Michael Montgomery
"The Little Man" by The Tractors
"I've Had Enough" by The Tractors 
"Calling Baton Rouge" by Garth Brooks 
"I'll Make Your Bed" by Dolly Parton

Counts Step Descriptions
   
SHUFFLES, STEP PIVOTS
1&2 Shuffle forward left, right, left
3&4 Shuffle forward right, left, right
5&6 Shuffle forward left, right, left
(Drop right hand, raise left)
7-8 Step forward right & pivot 1/2 left/left hand goes over man's head
9-10 Step forward right & pivot 1/2 left/left hand goes over lady's head. Pick up right hand
   
SHUFFLES, STEP PIVOTS
11&12 Shuffle forward right, left, right
13&14 Shuffle forward left, right, left
15&16 Shuffle forward right, left, right
(Drop left hand, raise right)
17-18 Step forward left & pivot 1/2 right
19-20 Step forward left & pivot 1/2 right
(Right hand goes over man's head, then over and behind lady's head. Back to starting position. Pick up right hand.)
   
LEFT VINE WITH HOP
21 Step left
22 Cross right behind left
23 Step left
24 Hop on left hitching right knee
   
RIGHT VINE WITH HOP
25 MAN: Step right
LADY: Step right turning 1/4 right
26 MAN: Cross left behind right
LADY: Step on left turning 1/4 right
27 MAN: Step right
LADY: Step right turning 1/2 right
28 BOTH: Hop on right hitching left knee/pick up left, drop right hands.
   
(The following 8 counts, the man shuffles in place while the lady circles all the way around him.)
29&30 Shuffle left, right, left
(Man raises left arm with elbow bent and tucked in and leads lady across in front of him.)
31&32 Shuffle right, left, right
(She continues to his left shoulder as he moves slightly right to give her room.)
33&34 Shuffle left, right, left
(Man raises left hand over his head as she continues around behind him.)
35&36 Shuffle right, left, right
(As she returns to his right side, man moves slightly left to give her room. He brings left hand down and picks up lady's right hand. Back in side by side position)
37-38 BOTH: Stomp left foot twice
39-40 BOTH: Kick left forward twice
   
Start Again
 
 

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