CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Choreographed by Bill Bader
Description: 24 count, 2 wall, beginner/intermediate contra dance
Position: Start with lines 6 feet apart, facing each other and off set in to the slot position (between the two dancer across from you)
Music:  Move It On Over by Three Hanks

SHUFFLE RIGHT, SHUFFLE LEFT
1 Step forward with right foot
& Step together with left foot
2 Step forward with right foot
3 Step forward with left foot
& Step together with right foot
4 Step forward with left foot

RIGHT HEEL-STEP-TURN, CLOSE, CROSS-SIDE-CROSS
5 Touch right heel forward
& Place right foot next to left foot
6 Pivot ¼ turn left on ball of right foot, touch left heel to left side
& Place left foot next to right foot
7 Step across in front of left leg with right foot
& Step to left side with left foot
8 Step across in front of left leg with right foot

RIGHT TURNING SIDE SHUFFLE BOX
(You will now "box around" the person currently behind you to the left)
9     Step to left side with left foot
&     Slide right foot next to left foot
10    Step to left side with left foot (pass through)
&     Pivot ¼ turn right on ball of left foot, sliding right toe next to left foot
11    Step to right side with right foot
&     Slide left foot next to right foot
12    Step to right side with right foot (facing)
&     Pivot ¼ turn right on ball of right foot, sliding left toe next to right foot
13    Step to left side with left foot
&     Slide right foot next to left foot
14    Step to left side with left foot (pass through)
&     Pivot ¼ turn right on ball of left foot, sliding right toe next to left foot
15    Step to right side with right foot
&     Slide left foot next to right foot
16    Step to right side with right foot (facing)

LEFT HEEL-STEP BACK, RIGHT HEEL-STEP BACK, LEFT HEEL-HOOK-HEEL-STEP BACK
17 Touch left heel forward & Step back slightly with left foot
18 Touch right heel forward & Step back slightly with right foot
19 Touch left heel forward & Hook left heel up across right shin
20 Touch left heel forward & Step back slightly with left foot

RIGHT HEEL-STEP BACK, LEFT HEEL-STEP BACK, STOMP-STOMP-STOMP
21 Touch right heel forward & Step back slightly with right foot
22 Touch left heel forward & Step back slightly with left foot
23 Stomp (up) with right foot next to left foot
&  Stomp (up) with right foot next to left foot
24 Stomp (up) with right foot next to left foot

REPEAT