Dance: S & M Song: The Last Word; Spinning Around Artist: Kathy Mattea; Kylie Minogue Album: The Innocent Years & Strictly Hits (vol 2) Choreography & copyright: Stephen Paterson & Michael Vera Lobos, 10/00 http://www.zip.com.au/~strictly Level: Intermediate Walls: 2 Count: 48 Bridge/restart: with "The Last Word" Dance Beat: slow; 120 b/m Start: Weight on right foot Dance starts with the vocals on the song "The Last Word" * Diagonal step, lock, &ball, step, 1/2 pivot, shuffle & full turn, step, drag: *1* 1 Step LEFT diagonally forward to LEFT side, 2& 3 Lock RIGHT behind LEFT, step on LEFT ball diagonally forward to LEFT side (on &), step RIGHT forward (to face 11 O'Clock), 4 Make 1/2 pivot turn LEFT (weight onto LEFT & facing 5 o'clock), 5& 6 Travelling forward to LEFT diagonal shuffle forward (R,L,R) with full turn LEFT, 7- 8 Step LEFT forward, drag RIGHT beside LEFT (weight onto LEFT & facing 5 o'clock), * Sailor & 1/4 turn, rock-step, &ball, 1/2 turn, cross shuffle, side: 9&10 Turn to face 3 o'clock wall & cross RIGHT behind LEFT, rock LEFT to LEFT (on &), rock weight to centre on RIGHT, 11-12 Rock LEFT behind RIGHT, rock forward onto RIGHT &13 Step ball of LEFT to LEFT side (on &), make 1/2 turn RIGHT & step onto RIGHT foot, 14&15 Cross LEFT over RIGHT, step RIGHT to RIGHT side (on &), cross LEFT behind RIGHT, 16 Step RIGHT to RIGHT side (facing 9 o'clock wall), * Rock-step, shuffle & 5/4 turn, step, tap, &ball, shuffle fwd: 17-18 Cross-rock LEFT over RIGHT, rock weight back onto RIGHT, 19&20 Shuffle back with 5/4 turn LEFT (facing 6 o'clock wall), *2* 21-22 Step RIGHT forward, tap LEFT beside RIGHT, & Step back on LEFT ball, 23&24 Shuffle forward (R,L,R), * Rock-step, shuffle diag. back, shuffle & 5/4 turn, shuffle fwd: 25-26 Rock LEFT forward, rock back on RIGHT, 27&28 Shuffle back to LEFT diagonal (L,R,L), 29&30 Shuffle RIGHT (R,L,R) with 5/4 turn RIGHT, *2* 31&32 Shuffle forward (L,R,L) (to face 9 o'clock), * Rock-step, &ball, cross, side, 1/4, 1/2, shuffle & full turn: 33-34 Rock RIGHT to RIGHT side, rock back onto LEFT, &35-36 Step back on RIGHT ball (on &), cross LEFT over RIGHT, rock RIGHT to RIGHT side, 37-38 Rock LEFT to LEFT side & 1/4 turn RIGHT, step RIGHT back & 1/2 turn RIGHT, 39&40 Shuffle forward (L,R,L) & full turn RIGHT (to face 6 o'clock), * Rock-step, coaster, step, 1/2 pivot, step, 1/2 pivot: 41-42 Rock RIGHT to RIGHT side, recover onto LEFT in place, 43&44 Step RIGHT back, step LEFT together (on &), step RIGHT forward, 45-46 Step LEFT forward, make 1/2 pivot RIGHT (weight onto RIGHT), 47-48 Step LEFT forward, make 1/2 pivot RIGHT (weight onto RIGHT). Repeat *1* It may be easier to start the dance off in the 11 o'clock direction rather than the left diagonal and then changing to 11 o'clock. The difference is minor and shouldn't be noticable (11:00 vs 10:30 for the diagonal). Actually, I was taught the dance starting off at 11:00 rather than the diagonal. Alternatively, you could probably do the entire dance replacing 11:00 and 5:00 directions with the respective diagonals. Even on a crowded floor, the difference is unlikely to stand out. *2* Instead of 5/4 turn can do a 1/4 turn TAG: At the end of the 2nd wall (note - not done with the Kylie song) ---- 1-2 Rock LEFT forward, back onto RIGHT, &3-4 Make 1/2 turn LEFT on ball of LEFT (on &), step RIGHT forward, 1/2 pivot turn LEFT, 5-6 Rock RIGHT forward, back onto LEFT, &7-8 Make 1/2 turn RIGHT on ball of RIGHT (on &), step LEFT forward, 1/2 pivot turn RIGHT. Transcribed: David Powell, 1st March, 2001. http://xenon.triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance