The Trail
Choreographed by Judy McDonald,
Description: 64 count line dance
Music: Trail of Tears - Best of Billy Ray Cyrus - Cover to Cover
RIGHT TOE, AND HEEL TOUCHES AND CROSSES WITH TAPS
1 - 2 Touch right toe to left instep, touch right heel forward
3 - 4 Hook right foot across left tapping toe to the floor, touch right heel forward
5 - 6 Hook right foot across left tapping toe to floor, touch right heel forward
7 - 8 Touch right toe to left instep, step right beside left
LEFT TOE AND HEEL TOUCHES AND CROSSES WITH TAPS
9 - 10 Touch left toe to right instep, touch left heel forward
11 - 12 Hook left foot across right tapping toe to floor, touch left heel forward
13 - 14 Hook left foot across right tapping toe to floor, touch left heel forward
15 - 16 Touch left toe to right instep, step left beside right
RIGHT HEEL AND TOE SWIVELS, LEFT HEEL AND TOE SWIVELS
17 - 18 Twist right heel to right, twist right toe to right
19 - 20 Twist right heel to right, twist right toe to right
21 - 22 Twist left toe to right, twist left heel to right
23 - 24 Twist left toe to right, twist left heel to right
RIGHT AND LEFT KNEE POPS WITH HOLDS
25 - 28 Pop right knee forward, hold, Straighten right leg popping left knee forward, hold
29 - 30 Straighten left popping right forward, straighten right popping left forward
31 - 32 Straighten left popping right forward, straighten right popping left forward
RIGHT HEEL AND TOE, STEP 1/2 PIVOT LEFT, STEP 1/4 PIVOT LEFT
& 33 - 34 Take weight onto left in place, touch right heel forward, hold
35 - 38 Touch right toe back. hold, Step forward right, pivot half turn left
39 - 40 Step forward right, pivot quarter turn left
RIGHT HEEL AND TOE, STEP 1/2 PIVOT LEFT, STEP 1/4 PIVOT LEFT
41 - 44 Touch right heel forward, hold, Touch right toe back. hold
45 - 48 Step forward right, pivot 1/2 turn left, Step forward right, pivot 1/4 turn left
STEP RIGHT, BRUSH FWD, BACK, FWD, STEP LEFT AND BRUSH FWD, BACK, FWD
49 - 52 Step forward right , brush left forward, brush left back across right, brush left forward
53 - 56 Step forward left, brush right forward, brush right back across left, brush right forward
ROCK FWD, RECOVER, ROCK BACK, RECOVER, ROCK FWD, RECOVER, ROCK BACK, RECOVER
57 - 58 Rock forward on right, recover weight back onto left
59 - 60 Rock back on right, recover weight forward on left
61 - 62 Rock forward on right, recover weight back onto left
63 - 64 Rock back on right , recover weight forward onto left
REPEAT
/Slight change:(at least its not A,B,C) When you are facing the back for the 4th time, there is a break in the music that we need to fill to get back in the rhythm. Therefore when you get to the knee pops, instead of doing 4 quick ones, do 8 quick ones, then go back to the beginning of the dance. The dance will then end exactly with the music and your last step will be rock forward, back, forward, step together.
