Dance: Across the Mississippi
Music: I Can See Arkansas - David Ball [Freewheeler], medium b/m
Choreographed by: Gary & Cheryl Parker, moderncountry@tsn.cc; 3/2005
Description: 2 wall, 32 count, Easy-Intermediate linedance
Bridge/restart: 1 restart
Start: Feet together, weight on left foot
       Dance begins on vocals after 16 counts.

* 1-8: Cross-side-behind-side, side rock, recover-ball,
                  2x syncopated step, 1/2L pivots, rock fwd, recover-ball:
1&2& Cross LEFT over RIGHT, step RIGHT to RIGHT side, cross LEFT behind RIGHT,
     step RIGHT to RIGHT side,
3-4& Rock/step LEFT over RIGHT, replace weight onto RIGHT, step LEFT next to RIGHT,
5&6& Step RIGHT forward, 1/2 pivot turn LEFT (weight onto LEFT),
     Step RIGHT forward, 1/2 pivot turn LEFT (weight onto LEFT),
7-8& Rock/step RIGHT forward, replace weight onto LEFT, step RIGHT next to LEFT,

* 9-16: Back & hook, step & hook, coaster-ball, step-1/4R pivot,
                cross-side, behind-side-step:
1-2  Step LEFT back & hook RIGHT across LEFT, step RIGHT forward & hook LEFT behind RIGHT,
3&4& Step LEFT back, step RIGHT together, step LEFT forward, step RIGHT forward,
5&6& Step LEFT forward, 1/4 pivot turn RIGHT (weight onto RIGHT),
     cross LEFT over RIGHT, step RIGHT to RIGHT side,
7&8  Cross LEFT behind RIGHT, step RIGHT to RIGHT side, step LEFT forward,

* 17-24: Shuffle back & 1/2L, back-1/2R-step-1/2R pivot, step-tgthr-back-tgthr,
                    step-1/4R pivot-cross:
1&2  Step RIGHT back, 1/2 turn LEFT & step LEFT forward, step RIGHT forward,
3&4& Step LEFT back, 1/2 turn RIGHT & step RIGHT forward,
     step LEFT forward, 1/2 pivot turn RIGHT (weight onto RIGHT),
5&6& Step LEFT forward, step RIGHT together, step LEFT back, step RIGHT together,
7&8  Step LEFT forward, 1/4 pivot turn RIGHT (weight onto RIGHT), cross LEFT over RIGHT, **

* 25-32: Side-ball-cross, coaster, ball-step-1/2R pivot-step, coaster-cross & sweep:
1&2  Rock/step RIGHT to RIGHT side, replace weight onto LEFT, cross RIGHT over LEFT,
3&4& Step LEFT back, step RIGHT together, step LEFT forward, step RIGHT forward,
5&6  Step LEFT forward, 1/2 pivot turn RIGHT (weight onto RIGHT), step LEFT forward,
7&8& Step RIGHT back, step LEFT together, cross RIGHT over LEFT,
     begin to sweep LEFT foot around & across RIGHT.

Repeat
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Restart: On the 3rd wall (facing front) do upto count 24 (**), step onto RIGHT foot (on &)
-------       and begin dance again.

Finish: On the 7th wall music begins to slow down, slow down with the music, dance upto
count 18, doing a 1/4 turn LEFT instead of a 1/2 turn LEFT to end facing the front.

Formatted: 26th April, 2005. http://triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance