Soldier's Joy

Choreographed by Jill Thompson & Dawn Maher
Description: 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate/advanced line dance
Music: "A Soldier's Joy" by Randy Scruggs

Counts    Step Descriptions

/Starting position: right toe pointed forward
RIGHT HOOK, HOP, 1/4 TURN RIGHT, RIGHT SHUFFLE FORWARD, LEFT
HOOK, HOP 1/4 TURN RIGHT,LEFT SHUFFLE FORWARD
1-2	Right hook in front of left knee, left hop into 1/4 turn
right, flicking right back
3&4	Right step forward, left step next to right, right foot step
forward
5-6	Left hook in front of right knee, right hop into 1/4 turn
right, flicking left back
7&8	Left step forward, right step next to left, left step forward

SCUFF, SCOOT, STOMP, SCOOT-TAP, SCOOT-TAP, SYNCOPATED GRAPEVINE,
TOUCH FORWARD, SWIVELS
1&2	Right scuff backwards, left foot scoot forward, hitching
right knee, right stomp-down in front of left
3-4	Right scoot back tapping left toe behind right, right scoot
back tapping left toe behind right
&5&6	Left step side left, right cross-step behind left, left
step side left, right cross-step behind left
&7&8	Left step side left, right step in front on left & rise on
balls of both feet, swivel both heels out, swivel both heels in

& 1/2 SHUFFLE TURN LEFT, HEEL, SLIDE, STOMPS, HEEL CLICKS
&	Right scoot back flicking left back
1&2	Left step back into 1/4 turn left, right step next to left,
left step forward into 1/4 turn left
3-4	Right heel-lead long step forward, 45 degrees right, left
slide step next to right
5&6	Right stomp-down next to left, left stomp down next to
right, right stomp down next to left
7-8	Split heels apart & bring them back & click (weight on balls
of feet), split heels apart & bring them back & click (weight on
balls of feet)

SCUFF, TURN, TAP, SCUFF, TOGETHER, BEHIND, UNWIND 1/2 TURN RIGHT
& TOUCH BACK, PIVOT 1/2 TURN LEFT & POINT FORWARD
1&2	Right scuff forward, right step 1/4 turn left, left toe tap
behind right
3&4	Left scuff forward, left step in place, cross-step ball of
right foot behind left
5&6	Unwind 1/2 turn right (weight left), right step next to
left, left toe point-touch back
7&8	Pivot 1/2 turn left (weight left), left step next to right,
right toe point-touch forward

REPEAT

/Dance ends at 9:00 wall with the first 3 counts. Instead of
finishing with left shuffle forward, substitute counts 7&8 to
left stomp forward, right stomp next to left, left stomp forward
with left knee bent and pose (out of breath, but smiling!) With
arms out to side palms down.

Prep: 12/31/98   13:25
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