Counts Step Descriptions
ANGLE STEPS FORWARD, SWEEP BACK LEFT, SWEEP BACK RIGHT, SHUFFLE
HALF TURN LEFT
1 Step forward on right at a 45 degree angle
&2 Angle left behind right at 45 degree angle, step diagonally
forward right
&3 Repeat &2
&4 Repeat &2
/Technique note: all forward steps in counts 1-4 should be no
more than one foot in length
5 With weight on right slightly sweep left foot back putting it
directly behind right
6 Sweep right foot behind left
7&8 Shuffle back left, right, left while turning one half to the
left
RIGHT KICK BALL CROSS TWICE, LEAN TO RIGHT SIDE AND BACK
9&10 Kick right foot forward & step down on right foot, cross
left over right
11&12 Repeat counts 9&10
13 Step right foot widely to right side raising left heel from
ground
/Placing full weight on right foot
14 Step on left foot and raising right heel from ground
15-16 Step right next to left, step left down
/Hand movements for counts 13-14
&13 Raise hands up palms down at chest level with fingers facing
each other and swing hands from inward to outward position
14 Return fingers inward
/The hand movements should simulate a baseball umpire signaling
"safe"
QUARTER TURN RIGHT, STEP LEFT, ELECTRIC KICKS, CROSS TURN, ROCK
BACK & FRONT
17-18 Turn one quarter right and step right foot down, step left
next to right
19&20 Rock forward on right & rock on to left, rock behind on
right
&21 Rock on to left, cross right in front of left
22 Turn one half to left
23&24 Rock behind on right & rock on to left, step right next to
left
PADDLE TURNS RIGHT, FORWARD SAILOR, JUMP BACK, KICK AND STEP
&25 Keeping weight to right, pump up & down left and turn one
quarter to right
&26 Pump up & down left and turn one quarter to right
27 Rock step (or touch) on left toe across right
&28 Step left back down forward, step right next to left
&29 Jump back on left, touch right next to left
30 Clap
31 Keeping weight to left, kick right foot forward
&32 Slightly jumping forward, step down on right, step down on
left
REPEAT
/When using Primitive Man, you can add a "primitive" feel to the
dance in counts 1-4, by doing a large "caveman" step forward on
your right for counts 1-3 with a slight bounce on each count
followed by a left touch next to right & clap on count 4.