TUSH PUSH
DESCRIPTION: 40 Count, 4 Wall Line Dance, Beginner/Intermediate Level
CHOREOGRAPHER: Jim Ferrazzono (not all instructors agree)
MUSIC: Chattahoochee = Alan Jackson (and many others)
NOTE: AS IN SEVERAL OTHER AREAS OF THE USA, THERE IS A
VARIATION OF THIS DANCE WHICH OMITS THE STOMP AND
CLAP AT THE END. IF THE DANCE FLOOR IS PREDOMINATELY
OCCUPIED BY HONKY TONK STOMPERS, THE STOMP/CLAP WILL
BE INCLUDED. OTHERWISE, IT LIKELY WILL NOT BE.
RIGHT AND LEFT HEEL TAPS
1 Touch right heel forward
2 Touch right toe beside left
3-4 Touch right heel forward twice
&5 Step right foot next to left, touch left heel forward
6 Touch left toe beside R
7-8 Touch left heel forward twice
HEEL TAPS, CLAP, AND HIP BUMPS
&9 Step left foot next to right, touch right heel forward
&10 Step right foot next to left, touch left heel forward
&11 Step left foot next to right, touch right heel forward
12 Clap
13-14 While moving weight forward over right foot,
bump right hip forward twice
15-16 While moving weight back over left foot,
bump left hip backward twice.
ROTATE HIPS AND LEFT FORWARD SHUFFLE
17-20 Rotate hips in two clockwise circles (1/2 circle per count)
21&22 Step right foot forward, step left next to right, step right
foot forward
23 Rock forward on left foot
24 Rock back on right foot
BACKWARD AND FORWARD SHUFFLE AND 1/2 PIVOT RIGHT
25&26 Step left foot back, step right back next to left, step left foot
back
27 Rock back on right foot
28 Rock forward on left foot
29&30 Step right foot forward, step left foot next to right, step right
foot forward
31 Step forward left
32 Pivot 1/2 turn to right
FORWARD SHUFFLE, PIVOTS, STOMP AND CLAP
33&34 Step left foot forward, step right next to left, step left foot
forward
35 Step right foot forward
36 Pivot 1/2 turn to left
37 Step right foot forward
38 Pivot 1/4 to left
39 Stomp right foot next to left
40 Clap
BEGIN AGAIN