Til I Can Make It On My Own

Choreographed by Lu Olsen
Description: 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance
Music: "'Til I Can Make It On My Own" by Martina McBride

Counts    Step Descriptions

FORWARD, BACK 1/2, FORWARD, FORWARD, 1/2 PIVOT/DRAG, FORWARD,
1/4, 1/2 FORWARD, TOGETHER
1-2&3	Step right forward, step left back into 1/2 turn right
turn, step right forward, step left forward
&4	Turn 1/2 turn right (weight right), step left forward, (12:00)
5-6	Step right forward, 1/2 turn left pivot turn (weight left)
and drag right
7&	Step right forward, 1/4 turn right turn and step left to left
8&	Turn 1/2 turn right and step right forward, step left beside
right (3:00)

SWEEP FORWARD, SWEEP FORWARD, 1/2 TURN/STEP BACK, SWEEP BACK,
SWEEP BACK, TOGETHER, FORWARD TRIPLE, BACK, 1/4 RIGHT STEP SIDE,
CROSS
1-2&	Sweep right forward, sweep left forward, 1/2 turn left turn
and step right back, (9:00)
3-4&	Sweep left back, sweep right back, step left beside right
5&6	Full right turn triple forward stepping right, left, right
7&8	Step left back, 1/4 turn right turn and step right to right
side, cross left over right, (12:00)

RIGHT TO SIDE/DRAG, BEHIND, 1/4 FORWARD, FORWARD, 1/4 PIVOT,
CROSS, BACK 45 AND LIFT, BEHIND SIDE, BACK 45 AND LIFT, BEHIND,
SIDE
1-2&	Step right to right & drag left, step left behind right,
1/4 turn right turn and step right forward
3&4	Step left forward, 1/4 turn right pivot (weight right),
cross left over right, (6:00)
5-6	Step right back at right diagonal and slightly lift (not a
sweep) left leg out to left forward diagonal
&	Step left behind right, step right to right
7-8	Step left back at left diagonal and slightly lift (not a
sweep) right leg out to right forward diagonal
&	Step right behind left, step left to left

1/4 TURN/STEP/DRAG, BEHIND, 1 1/4 TRIPLE TURN, TOGETHER,
FORWARD, BACK/DRAG, RIGHT COASTER SLIGHTLY FORWARD
1-2	Turn 1/4 left and step right to right dragging left, step
left behind right (3:00)
3&4	(Traveling towards 6:00) 1 1/4 right turning triple stepping
right, left, right (6:00)
&	Step left beside right
/Restart from here on wall 4
5-6	Step right forward and drag left, step left back and slow
drag right toe towards left
7&8&	Right coaster, step slightly left forward

REPEAT

RESTART
/On wall 4, dance to count (28&) then start again facing front.

ENDING
/When music slows down at the end of the song, just dance
through the dance at normal pace and finish at count 16 and add
ending (below) to face the front
1&2	Recover to right, step left to left, cross right over left
3&4	Recover to left, step right to right, cross left over right
and hold to finish to front



Prep: 08/15/07   20:25
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