Dance: Islands in the Stream
Song: Islands in the Stream
Artist: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Album: --
Choreography & copyright: Karen Jones <linedance.krazy@virgin.net> 5/99
Level: Intermediate
Walls: 4
Count: 32
Dance Beat: intermediate (100 b/m)
Start: Weight on right foot

Note: While this is a 32 count dance, it does not readily break up
into four groups of 8 counts - f'example, count 8 is in the middle of
a shuffle and count 16 in the middle of a sailor step. For ease of
following this dance sheet I've broken the steps into groups of 1, 8,
8 and 7 counts.


* Step left (1):
    1 Step LEFT with LEFT foot,

* Cross rock-step, shuffle, cross, 360 unwind, shuffle (8):
    2 Rock LEFT with RIGHT foot, crossing behind LEFT,
    3 Weight onto LEFT foot,
 4& 5 Shuffle to the RIGHT: (R,L,R),
    6 Cross LEFT foot in front of RIGHT,
    7 Make a complete RIGHT turn, with weight onto RIGHT foot,
 8& 9 Shuffle to the LEFT: (L,R,L),

* Cross rock-step, kick-ball-cross, rock-step, sailor step (8):
   10 Rock LEFT with RIGHT foot, crossing behind LEFT,
   11 Weight onto LEFT foot,
12&13 Kick RIGHT foot diagonally forward, step onto ball of RIGHT foot
      beside LEFT (on &), and cross LEFT foot in front of RIGHT,
14-15 Rock RIGHT with RIGHT foot, weight onto LEFT foot,
16&17 Cross RIGHT foot behind LEFT, step LEFT with LEFT (on &),
      together with RIGHT,

* Sailor with 1/4 turn, shuffle, 1/2 turn, hold, rock-step back (8):
18&19 Cross LEFT foot behind RIGHT, make 1/4 turn LEFT and step
      RIGHT with RIGHT (on &), together with LEFT,
20&21 Shuffle forward: (R,L,R),
   22 Pivot 1/2 turn RIGHT (weight on RIGHT ball)
      and step back onto LEFT foot,
   23 Hold (with weight on LEFT),
24-25 Rock back with RIGHT foot, rock forward onto LEFT,

* Cross, cross, sailor, cross, coaster (9):
   26 Step RIGHT foot forward, crossing in front of LEFT,
      body facing LEFT corner,
   27 Step LEFT foot forward, crossing in front of RIGHT,
      body facing RIGHT corner,
28&29 Cross RIGHT foot in front of LEFT, step LEFT with ball of LEFT
      (on &), together with RIGHT,
   30 Step LEFT foot forward, crossing in front of RIGHT,
31&32 Step back with RIGHT, step ball of LEFT foot beside RIGHT (on &),
      cross RIGHT foot in front of LEFT.

Repeat

Transcribed: David Powell, 27th June, 2000.
http://xenon.triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance