I Love You

Choreographed by Bob Millward
Description: 48 count partner dance
Position: Start facing LOD, Man on inside holding hands (Right
Open Promenade). Opposite feet, Man's steps listed, Lady's steps
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Music: "I Love You Because" by Don Gibson; "Look At Us" by Frisco

Counts    Step Descriptions

APART AND TOUCH, TOGETHER AND TOUCH, APART AND TOUCH
1-2	Left foot step left, right foot touch next to left
3-4	Right foot step right, left foot touch next to right
5-6	Left foot step left, right foot touch next to left

CHANGE PLACES (THREE STEP TURN TO RIGHT, MAN BEHIND LADY)
/Drop hands
7-10	1/4 turn right on right foot, 1/2 turn on left foot, 1/4
turn on right foot, touch left
11-12	Left foot step left, touch right foot next to left
13-14	Right foot step right, touch left foot next to right

CHANGE PLACES (THREE STEP TURN TO LEFT, MAN BEHIND LADY)
/Drop hands
15-18	1/4 turn left on left, 1/2 on right, 1/4 on left, touch
right

MAN TURN RIGHT, LADY TURN LEFT, TRAVELING IN LOD, FULL TURN
19-22	1/4 turn right as you step LOD on right, 3/4 turn right as
you step LOD on left, step forward on right, touch left next to
right

MAN TURN LEFT, LADY TURN RIGHT, TRAVELING IN LOD, 3/4 TURN TO
FACE PARTNER
23-26	1/4 turn left on left, 1/4 turn left on right, 1/4 turn
left on left, touch right

CHASSIS RLOD
/Join hands, open double
27-30	Right foot step right, left next to right, right to right,
touch left

CHASSIS LOD WITH HAMMERLOCK TURN
/Raise left hand, lower right
31-34	Turn your lady 3/4 turn to her right as you step left foot
to left, right, left to left, touch right

CHASSIS RLOD UNWINDING LADY
/Keep man's left hand raised
35-38	Turn your lady 3/4 turn to her left as you step right foot
to right, left next to right, right to right, touch left

1/4 TURN, 3 SHUFFLES, 2 STOMPS
/Change hands - side by side position
39-48	Left foot step 1/4 left, brush right through, shuffle
right-left-right, left-right-left, right-left-right, stomp left,
stomp right

REPEAT

/This dance can also be done as a Waltz by leaving out the touch
steps. The last section (39-48) becomes 4 basic forward Waltz
patterns with a 1/4 turn on the first step
/Man can leave out the LOD turns, hold his partners hands and
just turn her.
/Hammerlock can be left out. Just look into each others eyes as
you do the side steps. 

Prep: 07/20/05   11:09
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