I Ain't No Quitter

Choreographed by Peter Metelnick & Alison Biggs
Description: 88 count, 2 wall, intermediate line dance
Music: "I Ain't No Quitter" by Shania Twain

Counts    Step Descriptions

HOLD, RIGHT & LEFT HIP BUMPS, HOLD, RIGHT & LEFT HIP BUMPS
1-2	Hold as she sings - he drinks
/2nd time - hold as she sings - he chews
/3rd time - hold on instrumental
/4th time - omit these steps altogether
3-4	Bump hips right, bump hips left
5-6	Hold as she sings - he smokes
/2nd time - hold as she sings - he spits
/3rd time - hold on instrumental
/4th time - omit these steps altogether
7-8	Bump hips right, bump hips left

TOE STRUT JAZZ BOX
1-4	Cross touch right toes over left, step right heel down,
touch left toes back, step left heel down
5-8	Touch right toes to right side, step right heel down, touch
left toes forward, step left heel down
/The above 16 counts are only danced facing front wall the first
3 times only. The 4th and last time facing front wall these 16
counts are omitted

FORWARD DIAGONAL RIGHT & LEFT STEP LOCK STEP SCUFF
1-4	On right diagonal step right forward, lock left behind
right, step right forward, scuff left forward
5-8	On left diagonal step left forward, lock right behind left,
step left forward, scuff right forward

RIGHT CROSS STEP, LEFT BACK, RIGHT DIAGONAL HEEL TAP 2X, RIGHT
BACK, LEFT CROSS STEP, 1/4 LEFT & RIGHT BACK, LEFT DIAGONAL HEEL
TOUCH
1-4	Cross step right over left, step left back, tap right heel
forward on right diagonal twice
5-8	Step right back, cross step left over right, turning 1/4
left step right back, touch left heel forward on left diagonal

LEFT BACK, RIGHT CROSS STEP, LEFT SIDE POINT, LEFT CROSS STEP,
RIGHT SIDE POINT, RIGHT HEEL-TOE-HEEL TOGETHER
1-4	Step left back, cross step right over left, point left to
left side, cross step left over right
5-8	Point right to right side, turn right heel in, turn right
toes in, turn right heel in (weight ends on right)

LEFT SIDE ROCK & RECOVER, LEFT CROSS STRUT, 1/4 LEFT & RIGHT
BACK STRUT, LEFT ROCK BACK & RECOVER
1-4	Rock left to left side, recover weight on right, cross touch
left toes over right, step left heel down
5-8	Turning 1/4 left touch right toes back, step right heel
down, rock left back, recover weight on right

FORWARD DIAGONAL LEFT & RIGHT STEP LOCK STEP SCUFF
1-4	On left diagonal step left forward, lock right behind left,
step left forward, scuff right forward
5-8	On right diagonal step right forward, lock right behind
right, step right forward, scuff left forward

LEFT CROSS STEP, RIGHT BACK, LEFT DIAGONAL HEEL TAP 2X, LEFT
BACK, RIGHT CROSS STEP, 1/4 RIGHT & LEFT BACK, RIGHT DIAGONAL
HEEL TOUCH
1-4	Cross step left over right, step right back, tap left heel
forward on left diagonal twice
5-8	Step left back, cross step right over left, turning 1/4
right step left back, touch right heel forward on right diagonal

RIGHT BACK, LEFT CROSS STEP, 1/2 RIGHT MONTEREY, LEFT SIDE
TOUCH, LEFT TOGETHER, 1/4 RIGHT MONTEREY
1-4	Step right back, cross step left over right, point right to
right side, turning 1/2 right step right together
5-8	Touch left toes to left side, step left together, touch
right toes to right side, turning 1/4 right step right together

LEFT SIDE TOUCH, LEFT HEEL-TOE-HEEL TOGETHER, RIGHT TOES OUT,
RIGHT HEEL OUT, RIGHT HEEL IN, RIGHT TOES TOGETHER
1-4	Touch left toes to left side, turn left heel in, turn left
toes in, turn left heel in (weight ends on left)
5-8	Turn right toes out, turn right heel out, turn right heel
in, turn right toes in (weight remains on left)

RIGHT JAZZ BOX, RIGHT FORWARD, 1/2 LEFT PIVOT TURN, RIGHT
FORWARD, 1/2 LEFT PIVOT TURN
1-4	Cross step right over left, step left back, step right to
right side, step left forward
5-8	Step right forward, pivot 1/2 left, step right forward,
pivot 1/2 left

REPEAT

Finale
/Final time through, dance to here and then dance the following
- step right forward, pivot 1/2 left, step right forward, hold
and strike a pose!

THIS IS THE SEQUENCE:
/1st wall facing front, as scripted above - counts 1-88
/2nd wall facing back start from count 17, finishing on count 88
/3rd wall facing front, as scripted above - counts 1-88
/4th wall facing back start from count 17, finishing on count 88
/5th wall facing front, as scripted above - counts 1-88
/6th wall facing back start from count 17, finishing on count 88
/7th wall facing front, start from count 17, finishing on count
80
/Then add 3 step ending - step RIGHT forward, pivot 1/2 LEFT,
step RIGHT forward and strike a pose!

Prep: 12/07/07   07:05
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