California Dreaming

Choreographed by Michael Vera-Lobos
Description: 64 count, 2 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance
Music: "California Dreaming" by The Mamas & The Papas

Counts    Step Descriptions

STEP SLIDE, SIDE TAP, SIDE TAP, ROCK BACK, ROCK FORWARD, SHUFFLE
1-2	Step right to right, slide left towards right (end weight
right)
&3&4	Step left to left tapping right beside left, step right to
right tapping left beside right
5-6-7&8	Rock back on left, rock forward on right, shuffle
forward left stepping left-right-left

CROSS, 1/4, 1/4, TAP, CROSS, 1/4, 1/4, TAP
1-2-3-4	Cross right over left, step back on left turning 1/4
turn right, step back on right turning 1/4 turn right, tap left
beside right
5-6-7-8	Cross left over right, step back on right turning 1/4
turn left, step back on left turning 1/4 turn left, tap right
beside left

SIDE SHUFFLE, HINGE TURN, SIDE SHUFFLE, CROSS BEHIND 1/4, 1/2,
1/2
1&2&	Side shuffle right stepping right-left-right on ball of
right turn 1/2 turn right (end weight on right (&))
3&4-5-6	Side shuffle left stepping left-right-left, cross right
behind left, step left to left turning 1/4 turn left
7-8	Step forward right turning 1/2 turn left, step back on left
turning 1/2 turn left

STEP FORWARD, TAP, STEP FORWARD, TAP, COASTER STEP, STEP FORWARD
1/2 TURN
1-2-3-4	Step forward right, tap left beside right, step forward
left, tap right beside left
5&6-7-8	Right coaster - step back right, step left beside right,
step forward right, step forward left, pivot 1/2 turn right

TRAVELING FORWARD - CROSS SAMBA, CROSS SAMBA, CROSS UNWIND, ROCK
BACK/FORWARD
1&2-3&4	Cross left over right, rock right to right, rock weight
center on left, cross right over left, rock left to left, rock
weight center on right
5-6-7-8	Cross left over right, unwind 1/2 turn right (end weight
left) rock back on right, rock forward on left

TRAVELING FORWARD - CROSS SAMBA, CROSS SAMBA, CROSS UNWIND,
COASTER STEP
1&2-3&4	Cross right over left, rock left to left, rock weight
center on right, cross left over right, rock right to right,
rock weight center on left
5-6-7&8	Cross right over left, unwind 1/2 turn left (end weight
right), step back on left, step right beside left, step forward
on left

SHUFFLE FORWARD, FULL TURN, ROCK FORWARD, ROCK BACK 1/2 SHUFFLE
1&2-3-4	Shuffle forward right stepping right-left-right,
traveling forward turn right stepping on left then right
5-6-7&8	Rock forward left, rock back on right, turning 1/2 turn
left shuffle forward on left stepping left-right-left

ROCK FORWARD, ROCK BACK, ROCK BACK, ROCK FORWARD, STEP FORWARD,
1/2 PIVOT, STEP FORWARD, 1/4 PIVOT
1-2-3-4	Rock forward right, rock back on left, rock back on
right, rock forward on left
5-6-7-8	Step forward right, pivot 1/2 turn left (end weight
left), step forward right, pivot 1/4 turn left (end weight left)

REPEAT

FINISH
/Dance ends facing front wall on counts 17&18. When stepping
right-left-right (side shuffle). End with stomp right.

Prep: 11/21/06   22:50
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