the cactus club

Jo Dee Messina

Tumbleweed

Count:29*(30), Wall:2

Level: Improver

Choreographer: Unknown

Music: Originally danced to Tumbleweed by Karen Staley, Try: Do You Want To Make Something Of It by Jo Dee Messina or This One's Gonna Hurt You by Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt, or Tonight We Ride by Michael Martin Murphy


KICK RIGHT, STEP BACK RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, TOUCH:
1 Kick right foot forward
2 Step back on right foot
3 Step back on left foot
4 Step back on right foot
5 Touch left toe back

SHUFFLE FORWARD:
6&7 Shuffle forward left, right, left
8&9 Shuffle forward right, left, right

STEP, PIVOT 1/2 TURN, SHUFFLE FORWARD,
10 Step forward on left foot
11 Pivot 1/2 turn right placing weight on right foot
12&13 Shuffle forward left, right, left

PADDLE 1/4 TURN, STEP, PIVOT 1/4 TURN:
14 Step forward on right foot
15 Pivot 1/4 turn left on the balls of both feet
16 Step forward on right foot
17 Pivot 1/4 left on the balls of both feet

CROSS, STEP BACK, ROLLING TURN BACK:
18 Cross right foot in front of left
19 Step left foot out to side (to start 1/2 turn to the right)
20 Swing right foot out to side and step down (finishing 1/2 turn)
21 Step left over right
22 Step right out to side

SHUFFLE FORWARD TWICE:
23&24 Shuffle forward left, right, left
25&26 Shuffle forward right, left, right

STOMP, SWIVEL LEFT, SWIVEL CENTER:
27 Stomp left foot next to right with weight evenly distributed on both feet
28 Swivel both heels left
29 Swivel both heels back to center

*STOMP RIGHT FOOT
30 Stomp right foor next two left

The addition of step 30 was added in London in the mid nighties by one club (and teacher) because they did not believe people could dance 29 steps and fit it to the music!!! - as a result we do this version