Can't Fight The Moonlight

Choreographed by Sharon Hendron
Description: 100 count, intermediate line dance
Music: "Can't Fight The Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes

Counts    Step Descriptions

HEEL BALL CROSSES, 1/4 HEEL GRIND, COASTER STEP
1&2	Touch right heel forward, step right beside left, cross left
over right
3&4	Repeat steps 1&2
5-6	Step down on right, grinding heel to make 1/4 turn right.
Step back on left
7&8	Step back right, step left beside right, step forward right

PIVOT 1/2 TURN RIGHT, LEFT SHUFFLE FORWARD, 1/4 PADDLES
9-10	Step forward left, pivot 1/2 turn right
11&12	Step forward left, close right beside left, step forward
left
13-14	Step right forward, pivot 1/4 turn left
15-16	Repeat steps 13, 14

HEEL BALL CROSSES, 1/4 HEEL GRIND, COASTER STEP, PIVOT 1/2 TURN
RIGHT, LEFT SHUFFLE FORWARD, 1/4 PADDLES
17-32	Repeat counts 1-16

CROSS STEPS
33-34	Cross right in front of left, touch left to left side
35-36	Cross left in front of right, touch right to right side
37-40	Repeat steps 33-36

BEHIND STEPS, PIVOT 1/2 TURNS
41-42	Cross right behind left, cross left behind right back
43-44	Repeat 41-42
45-46	Step back on right to pivot 1/2 turn right
47-48	Step forward left, pivot 1/2 turn right (finish with
weight on left)

CHASSE RIGHT & LEFT
49-50	Step right to right side, close left beside right
51-52	Step right to right side, touch left beside right
53-54	Step left to left side, close right beside left
55-56	Step left to left side, touch right beside left

KICK BALL STEPS, FAST PADDLES
57&58	Kick right forward, step right beside left, step left
forward
59&60	Repeat
61-64	Step right forward, pivot 1/4 turn left (4 times to make
full turn)
/Option: punch down with right fist on each turn

KICK BALL STEPS, FAST PADDLES
65-72	Repeat 57-64

BACK STEPS
73-74	Step right diagonally back to right, step left together,
clap
75-76	Step left diagonally back to left, step right together,
clap
77-80	Repeat steps 73-76

ROLLING GRAPEVINES
81-82	Step right 1/4 turn right, pivot 1/2 turn right stepping
back on left
83-84	Pivot 1/4 turn right stepping right to right side, touch
left beside right, clap
85-86	Step left 1/4 turn left, pivot 1/2 turn left stepping back
on right
87-88	Pivot 1/4 turn left stepping left to left side, touch
right beside left, clap

STEP TOUCHES, PADDLES
89-90	Step right diagonally forward right, touch left beside
right
91-92	Step left diagonally back left, touch right beside right
93-94	Step right forward, pivot 1/4 turn left
95-96	Repeat steps 93-94

BRIDGE: TOE POINT, CROSS, UNWIND
97&98	Point right to right side, close right to place, point
left to left side
99-100	Cross left over right, unwind 1/2 turn right

REPEAT

TAG
/At the end of Wall 2, repeat the last 8 counts of the dance
before starting over.

TAG
/In the middle of Wall 3, leave out counts 17-32 and continue
with count 33.

TAG
/At the end of Wall 3, replace the last 4 counts (BRIDGE) with a
repeat of counts 57-96. 



Prep: 08/09/03   11:18
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