Hope You Dance	

Choreographer: Maggie Gallagher (UK)	March 2001	Tel: +44 (0)7950291350 
Web Site: www.maggieG.co.uk
Music: “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack (Single) or CD: “I Hope You Dance”.  76 bpm 
NOTE: If using the album version or original radio mix, a re-start will be necessary to phrase correctly.
Any other song of a similar tempo and feel.
Description: 32 count, Night-Club 2-step style, 2-wall, Intermediate level dance.
Begin: On vocals (32 counts)	

& CROSS & BEHIND, 1/4 STEP, 1/2 PIVOT, RIGHT-LOCK-STEP, TRIPLE FULL TURN
&1&2	    Step slightly back on left, Cross step right over left, Step left to side, Step right behind left	
&3,4	    Step left to side with 1/4 turn left, Step forward on right, Pivot 1/2 left	
5&6	    Step forward on right, Lock-step left behind right, Step forward on right	
7&8	    Full turn right stepping L, R, L (Easy option: left-lock-left forward)	

ROCK, RECOVER, CROSS, TOUCH-TURN-STEP, SWIVEL, SWIVEL, SIDE SHUFFLE
9&10	    Rock right to side, Recover weight onto left, Cross step right over left		 
11&12	    Touch left to side, Pivot 1/4 turn right, Step forward on left	
13,14	    Swivel (pivot with feeling) 1/2 turn right, Swivel (pivot with feeling)  1/2 turn left  	
15&16     Step right to side, Step left next to right, Step right to side ***

BACK-ROCK-DRAG, CROSS-TURN-DRAG, BACK-ROCK-DRAG, CROSS-TURN-DRAG
17&18	    Rock back on left, Recover weight onto right, Large step left on left – dragging right towards left
19&	    Cross step right over left, Step back on left 1/4 turn right,
20	    Large step right on right – dragging left to meet right
21&22     Rock back on left, Recover weight onto right, Large step left on left - dragging right towards left
23&	    Cross step right over left, Step back on left 1/4 turn right, 
24	    Large step right on right – dragging left towards right
Note: The above steps should be danced smoothly and flowing with the large steps almost sliding.

SAILOR STEP & SAILOR STEP, PIVOT, STEP, SWAY & SWAY, ROCK
25&26	     Cross step left behind right, Step right to side, Step left in place
&27&28  Cross step right behind left, Step left to side, Step right in place, Step forward on left
29	     Pivot 1/2 right			
30&31	     Step left to side and sway hips left, Sway hips right, Sway hips left
32	     Sway (rock) hips right (weight ends on right)

Begin again.

***Restart when dancing to “I Hope You Dance“ Original Radio mix or Album version by LeAnn Womack.
You will dance the 3rd  wall up until count 16 (side shuffle) at which point begin the dance again on the “&” count by stepping slightly back on the left.