Hit The Road Jack

Formation: Loose lines of dancers all facing in one direction
Music: “Hit the Road Jack” (Special Dance Remix) by Buster Poindexter

Download RTF file: Hit The Road Jack

Prompts:
Intro or
25-32   – – – -; – – Forward and Clap;
1-8   Right Touch and Swing; Left Back Touch and Swing;
9-16   – – Forward and Clap; – Forward, Close, Back;
17-24   – Back, Lock, Back; – Back, Close, Forward;
25-32   – Forward and Turn 3/4; – – Forward and Clap;

Prompts using Round Dance Terms:
Intro or
25-32   – – – -; – – Forward and Clap;
    1-8   – – Charleston; – – ;
  9-16   – – Forward and Clap; – Forward Hitch;
17-24   – Back, Lock, Back; – – Back Hitch;
25-32   – Forward and Turn 3/4; – – Forward and Clap;

Description:
    1-4   Right heel forward, slap right toe down and clap. Left heel forward, slap left toe down and clap.
    5-8   ouch right toe forward, swing right foot in an arc to right and back. Step back on right and hold.
  9-12   Touch left toe back, swing left foot in an arc to left and forward. Step forward on left and hold.
13-16   Right heel forward, slap right toe down and clap. Left heel forward, slap left toe down and clap.
17-20   Step right forward, left beside right, right back, hold.
21-24   Step left back, lock right over left, step left back, hold.
25-28   Step back on right, left beside right, step forward on right, hold.
29-32   Touch left forward, pivot half right turn (weight on right). Step onto left making an additional quarter turn right (total turn is three-quarters). Pause — ready to begin again.

Note: The song has been remixed by the choreographer to last 2:29. This version can only be obtained by emailing the choreographer. If you wish to use the original, there will be a restart after 16 counts on wall 7 and the track is 3:11 long.

Choreography by: Ian Dunn
Original Music is “Hit the Road Jack” by Ray Charles
Usage: This is a 32-count, four-wall line dance.

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