The Outback

Choreographed by Gordon Elliott
Description:48 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance
Music: Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? - Shania Twain: Greatest Hits by Shania Twain 146 bpm The Woman In Me
I'm A Member Of The Outback Club by Lee Kernaghan Three Chain Road CD: Most Awesome Linedancing Album Vol. 2
Pick Up The Fiddle (Pluck That Banjo) by Razzle Dazzle CD: Fun Country CD

Position: Executed in a 'round' (the lines are front to back)
Start dancing on lyrics

Forward Shuffles, Front, Back, Step, Pivot
1&2 Left, right left triple step forward
3&4 Right, left right triple step forward
5-6 Touch left heel forward, touch left back
7-8 Step left forward, turn 1/2 right (weight to right)

Forward Shuffles, Front, Back, Step, Pivot
1&2 Left, right left triple step forward
3&4 Right, left right triple step forward
5-6 Touch left heel forward, touch left back
7-8 Step left forward, pivot 1/2 toward right

Step, Kick, Step, Touch, Side, Behind, Side, Behind
1-2 Step left forward, kick right forward
3-4 Step right back, touch left back
5 Touch left side
6 Bend left leg behind right leg and slap with right hand
7 Touch left side
8 Bend left leg behind right leg and slap with right hand

Vine Left, Stomp, Vine Right, Turn, Stomp
1-2 Step left side, cross right behind
3-4 Step left side, stomp right together and clap
5-6 Step right side, cross left behind
7-8 Step right foot 1/4 right, stomp left foot next to right foot

Clap, Clap, Stomp, Stomp, Kick Ball Change, Kick Ball Change
1-2 Weight equally on both feet, clap twice (end with weight on left on second clap)
3-4 Weight on left foot, stomp right foot twice
5&6 Kick right forward, quickly bring right foot home shifting weight to it, shift weight back to left foot
7&8 Repeat 5&6

Side, Behind, Side, Behind, Side, Cross, Turn, Clap
1 Touch right side
2 Bend right leg behind left leg and slap with left hand
3 Touch right side
4 Bend right leg behind left leg and slap with left hand
5 Touch right side
6 Step right foot in front and across left foot
7 Unwind by turning 1/2 toward left, weight ending on right foot
8 Clap

REPEAT

This is done in a 'round' - not around as in a 'circle dance', but in a 'round'-like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat!" Each row, going from "Front-To-Back" starts 4 beats apart. In other words, the first row starts after the "5-6-7-8", there is a second "5-6-7-8" and the next row starts, followed until all the rows have begun. It's especially fun because the sequence brings us to the end of the dance and the "clap-clap-stomp-stomps" are loudly heard from row to row!