Cowboy Hip Hop

Music: Yippy Ti Yi Yo by Ronnie McDowell, South Side of Dixie by Vince Gill
Choreographer: Kevin and Vickie Vance Johnson, Nashville, Tennessee
Position: Individual line dance—all dancers face same direction, heels together, hands on hips
Comments: AKA Yippy Ti Yi Yo and Yipee Ti Yi Yo. 32 counts.

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Standard steps for gentleman and lady are identical. NOTE: Some of these steps are normal for rap and disco moves but foreign on the country floor.

1. Right foot step forward and weight shift to right foot

&. Left knee lift and right foot slide backward on the floor

2. Left foot step forward and weight shift to left foot

&. Right knee lift and left foot slide backward on the floor

3. Right foot step forward and weight shift to right foot

&. Left knee lift and right foot slide backward on the floor

4. Left foot step forward and weight shift to left foot

&. Right knee lift and left foot slide backward on the floor

5. Right foot step forward, hips rock forward and weight rocks forward using ball of left foot and full right foot

6. Hips rock backward and weight returns to left foot

7. Hips rock forward and weight rocks forward using ball of left foot and full right foot

8. Hips rock backward and weight returns to left foot

9. Right foot step backward, hips rock backward, and weight rocks backward on full right foot, while left foot raises in place

10. Left foot step in place

11. Right foot step forward, hips rock forward, and weight rocks forward on full right foot, while left foot raises in place

12. Left foot step in place

Syncopated Steps

13. Right foot step backward

&. Left foot step forward

14. Right foot step forward

&. Left foot step backward

15. Right foot step backward

&. Left foot step forward

16. Right foot close to left foot with a stomp

Vine to the Left

17. Left foot step to the left

18. Right foot step behind left leg to the left

19. Left foot step to the left

20. Right foot close to the left foot with a stomp and clap

Slide Right with Reverse Pattern Stomps

21. Right foot jump or take a long step to the right (Some dancers have their hands and arms go to full extension to the sides, palms face down, the arms will remain straight as an airplane wing with the left close to the floor and the right above head height - hold the arms through Count 22.)

22. Left foot slide right to close to the right foot

23. Left foot stomp in place (knee raises until thigh is parallel to the floor), hands return to hips

24. Right foot stomp in place (knee raises until thigh is parallel to the floor)

Syncopated Rhythm Jumping Jacks Using Legs Only—Hands Stay on Hips

25. Hop to open position with feet spread shoulder width

&. Hop to closed position with heels together as in the starting position

26. Hop to open position with feet spread shoulder width

&. Hop to closed position with heels together as in the starting position

27. Hop 1/2 turn CCW to open position with feet spread shoulder width

&. Hop to closed position with heels together as in the starting position

28. Hop to open position with feet spread shoulder width

&. Hop to closed position with heels together as in the starting position

1/2 Circle CCW Using Syncopated Rhythm Toe Down Points to Straddle Position NOTE: A Raleigh instructor has added the movement of the right hand staying above head height doing lasso turns CCW during Counts 29-32.

29. Right foot step to the left front diagonal (1/8 turn CCW)

&. Left foot step in place, but turned 1/8 turn CCW to match the right foot

30. Right foot step to the left front diagonal (1/8 turn CCW)

&. Left foot step in place, but turned 1/8 turn CCW to match the right foot

31. Right foot step to the left front diagonal (1/8 turn CCW)

&. Left foot step in place, but turned 1/8 turn CCW to match the right foot

32. Right foot step to the left front diagonal (1/8 turn CCW)

&. Left foot step in place, but turned 1/8 turn CCW to match the right foot

Repeat Counts 1 to 32 until the end of song.

Option 1

NOTE: Although this dance was designed originally and is taught nationally as a two-wall dance (All patterns start facing the front wall and after the turn in Count 27 you will momentarily face the rear wall.), some Chicago area instructors teach Counts 29-32 as a 3/4 turn CCW, which results in a four-wall dance.

Option 2

On Count 4 the left foot may step to close to the right foot and not slide.

Option 3

Electric Kicks from the original choreographer may be used for the following counts:

9. Right foot jump back and left foot kick forward

10. Left foot step in place

11. Right foot jump forward and left foot kick back

12. Left foot step in place

Option 4

Double Time Electric Kicks from the original choreographer may be used for the following counts:

13. Right foot jump back, left leg kick forward and left foot step in place

14. Right foot jump forward, left foot kick back, and left foot step in place

15. Right foot jump back, left leg kick forward and left foot step in place

16. Right foot jump forward, left foot kick back, and left foot step in place

Option 5

Syncopated Rhythm Jumping Jacks Using Legs Only—Hands Stay on Hips

25. Hop to open position with feet spread shoulder width

&. Hop to closed position with heels together as in the starting position

26. Hop to open position with feet spread shoulder width

&. Hop 1/2 turn CW to closed position with heels together as in the starting position

27. Hop to open position with feet spread shoulder width

&. Hop to closed position with heels together as in the starting position

28. Hop to open position with feet spread shoulder width

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