Cowboy Charleston - With Options

Music: Wanting and Having It All by Sawyer Brown, Sold! by John Michael Montgomery, or Any Way the Wind Blows at 192 BPM by Brother Phelps
Choreographer: Jeanette Hall and Tonya Miller
Provided by various E-mail sources, starting in 1995, including: Steve Grout, Erin P. Donnelly, and Eileen Haxton. Written for and posted to the Internet by Ronald Lee Still on January 11, 1998.
Description: 4-wall, 16-count, 18-step, intermediate level line dance
Position: Individual line dance—all dancers face same direction, heels together, hands on hips
Comments: This dance has been known by several names since 1995, including: The Charleston, Charleston Tap or Charleston Cha-Cha.

Copyright © 1998 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.

Two Sets - Charleston Steps

1. Right toe touch forward

2. Right foot step to close to left foot

3. Left toe touch backward

4. Left foot step to close to right foot

5. Right toe touch forward

6. Right foot step to close to left foot

7. Left toe touch backward

8. Left foot step to close to right foot

Toe Taps and Modified Syncopated Sailor Step

9. Right toe tap to the right side

10. Right toe tap to the right side

11. Right toe step behind left leg to the left

&. Left foot step to the left

12. Right foot step in front of the left leg to the left

Toe Taps and Modified Syncopated Sailor Step with 1/4 Turn

13. Left toe tap to the left side

14. Left toe tap to the left side

15. Left foot step behind right leg to the right

&. Right foot step to the right 1/4 turn CW

16. Left foot step to close to the right foot

Repeat Counts 1 to 16 until the end of song.

Option 1

In 1997, in much of the Carolinas from the beach to the country clubs, the following style Charleston Steps have been substituted for Counts 1-8.

1. Right foot step forward

2. Left foot kick forward

3. Left foot step backward

4. Right toe touch backward

5. Right foot step forward

6. Left foot kick forward

7. Left foot step backward

8. Right toe touch backward

Option 2

The flapper style Charleston step modifies the style of the first eight counts.

Two Sets - Charleston Steps

Normally written Added foot styling Added arm styling
  &. Right foot kicks forward and starts a swinging semicircle circle to the right Arms swing to the right

1. Right toe touch forward

Right toe touch down forward Arms swing to the left
  &. Right foot swings out to the right in a semicircle backward Arms swing to the right

2. Right foot step to close to left foot

Right foot steps to close to left foot Arms swing to the left
  &. Left foot swings out to the left in a semicircle backward Arms swing to the right

3. Left toe touch backward

Left toe touch backwards Arms swing to the left
  &. Left foot swings to the left and in a semicircle forward Arms swing to the right

4. Left foot step to close to right foot

Left foot step to close to right foot Arms swing to the left
  &. Right foot kicks forward and starts a swinging semicircle circle to the right Arms swing to the right

5. Right toe touch forward

Right toe touch down forward Arms swing to the left
  &. Right foot swings out to the right in a semicircle backward Arms swing to the right

6. Right foot step to close to left foot

Right foot steps to close to left foot Arms swing to the left
  &. Left foot swings out to the left in a semicircle backward Arms swing to the right

7. Left toe touch backward

Left toe touch backwards Arms swing to the left
  &. Left foot swings to the left and in a semicircle forward Arms swing to the right

8. Left foot step to close to right foot

Left foot step to close to right foot Arms swing to the left

Option 3

For the Tap version (1-wall), substitute the following Counts:

&. Right foot step to the right

16. Left foot step to close to the right foot

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