Pattycake Polka

Choreographed by Dick and Geneva Owsley Matteis
Description: 32 count, beginner mixer dance
Alias: Ol' Time Cowboy Polka
Position: Start with inner circle facing out and outer facing
in. Hold "Partners" hands at waist level.
Music: "How Do" by Mary Chapin Carpenter; "Amarillo" by Kathy
Mattea; "Sunday Drive" by Alabama; "That's What I Like About
You" by Trisha Yearwood
/Adapted from an ol' time cowboy movie by Dick and Geneva Owsley
Matteis

Counts    Step Descriptions

/Steps given are for the outer circle. The dancers in the inner
circle do mirrored moves. That is, when the outer circle does
something with the right foot, the inner circle does the same
with the left foot, as if looking in a mirror.
RIGHT - HEEL, TOE, HEEL, TOE
1	Touch right heel forward
2	Touch right toe next to left foot
3	Touch right heel forward
4	Touch right toe next to left foot

RIGHT - SIDE SLIDES
5	Step to right side with right foot
&	Slide left foot next to right foot
6	Step to right side with right foot
&	Slide left foot next to right foot
7	Step to right side with right foot
&	Slide left foot next to right foot
8	Step to right side with right foot

LEFT - HEEL, TOE, HEEL, TOE
9	Touch left heel forward
10	Touch left toe next to right foot
11	Touch left heel forward
12	Touch left toe next to right foot

LEFT - SIDE SLIDES
13	Step to left side with left foot
&	Slide right foot next to left foot
14	Step to left side with left foot
&	Slide right foot next to left foot
15	Step to left side with left foot
&	Slide right foot next to left foot
16	Step to left side with left foot

/The rest of the counts are done by both "partners". These are
not mirrored moves. When one partner uses the right hand, both
partners use the right hand.

CLAP - RIGHT-2-3, LEFT-2-3, BOTH-2-3, TOGETHER-2-3
17	Clap "partners" right hand
&	Clap "partners" right hand
18	Clap "partners" right hand
19	Clap "partners" left hand
&	Clap "partners" left hand
20	Clap "partners" left hand
21	Clap "partners" right & left hands
&	Clap "partners" right & left hands
22	Clap "partners" right & left hands
23	Clap your own hands together
&	Clap your own hands together
24	Clap your own hands together

CIRCLE 1 TURN RIGHT, CHANGE PARTNERS!
25-30	Link right arms with "partner" and starting with left
foot, walk 1 turn right
31	Step to left right side with left foot
32	Step together with right foot
/Pick up new partner

REPEAT

Prep: 09/14/04   12:25
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