STAND BY YOU
Choreographed by Maggie Gallagher (February 2016) www.maggieg.co.uk
60 Count   2 Wall   Advanced Line Dance
Music:	Stand by You by Rachel Platten (available from Amazon 99p)
Intro:	16 counts (10 secs)

S1: WALK, STEP, ½, ¼ POINT, ROCK BACK DRAG, BEHIND SIDE WALK
1-2	Walk forward on right, Step forward on left
&3	½ pivot right, ¼ right pointing left toe to left side [9:00]
4&5	Cross rock back on left, Recover on right, Take a long step to left side dragging right to meet left
6&7	Cross right behind left, Step left to left side,  Turn ⅛ left walking forward on right [7:30]

S2: STEP, ½, STEP, WALK, TRIPLE FULL TURN, CROSS DRAG, ROCK BACK, DRAG ROCK BACK
8&1	Step forward on left, ½ pivot right, Walk forward on left [1:30]
2-3&4	Walk forward on right, Triple full turn right stepping left right left
&5	Step right slightly across left, Step left to left side straightening to [12:00] dragging right to meet left
6&7	Rock back on right, Recover on left, Take a long step to right side dragging left to meet right
8&	Rock back on left, Recover on right

S3:  ¼ L, STEP, ½, SIDE ROCK CROSS, SIDE ROCK CROSS & BEHIND SIDE CROSS
1-2&	¼ left stepping forward on left, Step forward on right, ½ pivot left [3:00]
3&4	Rock right to right side, Recover on left, Cross right over left
5&6	Rock left to left side, Recover on right, Cross left over right
&7&8	Step right to right side, Cross left behind right, Step right to right side, Cross left over right facing diagonal [4.30]

S4:  WALK, ½ RISE, RUN LRL, ROCK, ROCK, TOGETHER, ROCK, ROCK, TOGETHER
1-2	Walk forward on right, ½ left keeping weight back on right & raising left leg up into a kick forward [10:30]
3&4	Run forward left, right, left
5-6&	Rock and press forward on right, Recover on left, Step right next to left
7-8&	Rock and press forward on left, Recover on right, Step left next to right
 
S5:  ⅛ CROSS SIDE BEHIND SWEEP, BEHIND SIDE CROSS, PRESS, HITCH, CROSS SHUFFLE
1&2	⅛ left crossing right over left, Step left to left side, Cross right behind left [9:00]
&3&4	Ronde sweep left from front to back, Cross left behind right, Step right to right side, Cross left over right
5-6	Press forward on right to slight diagonal, Recover on left hitching right
7&8	Cross right over left, Step to left side, Cross right over left

S6:  & ¼ L, ¼ L, ¼ CROSS SHUFFLE, ⅛ L, ⅛ L, ¼ L SHUFFLE (Note: This section is a full turn and a ¼)
&1-2	Step left to left side, ¼ left slightly crossing right over left, ¼ left stepping on left [3:00]
3&4	⅛ slightly crossing right over left, Step left next to right, ⅛ slightly crossing right over left [12:00]
5-6	⅛ left stepping on left, ⅛ left slightly crossing right over left [9:00]
7&8	¼ left stepping forward on left, Step right next to left, Step forward on left [6:00]  *Restart Wall 2 & 4

S7: WALK, SWEEP, SWEEP, L SAILOR, R SAILOR, ROLL, ROLL &
1-2-3	Walk forward on right, Ronde sweep left from back to front, Ronde sweep left toe from front to back (weight on right)
4&5	Cross left behind right, Step right to right side, Step left to left side
&6&	Cross right behind left, Step left to left side, Step right to right side
7-8&	Roll hips to left, Roll hips to right, Step left next to right ** Restart Wall 5

S8: FWD ROCK, BACK, BACK, TOUCH
1-2	Rock forward on right, Recover on left
&3-4	Step back on right, Step back on left, Touch right next to left

RESTARTS:   *   Wall 2 & 4 after 48 counts [12:00]
	           ** Wall 5 after 56& counts [6:00]

THANK YOU TO KELVIN DEADMAN & JANE KENRICK FOR SUGGESTING THE MUSIC
DEDICATED TO JANNE GANGSTAD & OSLO LINE DANCE CLUB, NORWAY