Be-Bop-A-Lula - With Options

Music: Teach to Walking After Midnight by Garth Brooks (104 BPM), Snap Your Fingers by Ronnie Milsap (112 BPM), or Why Haven't I Heard From You by Reba McEntire. Dance to Be-Bop-A-Lula by Scooter Lee (124 BPM). The music Be-Bop-A-Lula can be ordered from: Southern Tracks Records, 3051 Clairmont Rd. ME, Atlanta, GA 30329; telephone 404-325-0832 or 800-925-6937 in the USA only; FAX 404-325-1075. Scooter Lee STCD-0042.
Choreographer: Denny Hengen, Torrance, CA
Position: Individual line dance—all dancers face the same direction, heels together, hands on hips
Description: 4-wall, line dance
Difficulty: Beginner/Intermediate
Counts/Steps: 40

Copyright © 1996 by Ronald L. Still. Merida Business Group, 1413 Kenbrook Drive, Garner, NC 27529-4447; 919-772-2082. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

Standard steps for gentleman and lady are identical.

During heel lifts, the toe of the foot remains on the floor.

Leg Pumps with Finger Snaps

1. Left heel lift

2. Snap fingers

3. Left heel drop and right heel raise

4. Snap fingers

5. Right heel drop and left heel raise

6. Left heel drop and right heel raise

7. Right heel drop and left heel raise

8. Left heel drop and right heel raise

Vine to the Right with a Scuff

9. Right foot step to the right

10. Left foot step behind right leg to the right

11. Right foot step to the right

12. Left foot scuff forward

Modified Vine to the Left with 1/4 Turn CCW and Touch

13. Left foot step to the left

14. Right foot step behind left leg to the left

15. Left foot step to the left 1/4 turn CCW

16. Right toe touch to close to left foot

Knee Rolls

17. Right knee roll full circle CW

18. Snap fingers and right heel drops

19. Left heel lift and left knee roll full circle CCW

20. Snap fingers and left heel drops

21. Right heel lifts and right knee roll full circle CW

22. Snap fingers and right heel drops

23. Left heel lift and left knee rolls full circle CCW

24. Snap fingers and left heel drops

2 sets - Scoot and Clap

25. Both feet scoot forward

26. Clap

27. Both feet scoot forward

28. Clap

Steps

29. Right foot step backward

30. Left foot step backward

31. Right foot step to the right

32. Left foot step to close to right foot

2 Sets of Steps and Pivot 1/2 Turn CCW

33. Right foot step forward

34. Right toe pivots 1/2 turn CCW and left knee lifts until thigh is parallel to the floor

35. Left foot step backward

36. Right toe touch backward

37. Right foot step forward

38. Right toe pivots 1/2 turn CCW and left knee lifts until thigh is parallel to the floor

39. Left foot step backward

40. Right foot stomp to close to left foot

Repeat Counts 1 to 40 until the end of song.

Option 1

Substitute the following for Counts 21-24.

21. Right heel lifts, right knee roll full circle CW, and right heel drops

22. Left heel lifts, left knee roll full circle CCW, and left heel drops

23. Right heel lifts, right knee roll full circle CW, and right heel drops

24. Left heel lifts, left knee roll full circle CCW, and left heel drops

Option 2

Substitute the following for Counts 34 and 38.

Right toe pivots 1/2 turn CW and left knee lifts until thigh is parallel to the floor

 

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