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