Texas Shootout

Formation: Lines of three dancers facing counterclockwise around the hall like spokes
Music: “Achy Breaky Heart” on Mercury 866 522-7, or any good march tune

Download RTF file: Texas Shootout

Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; All walk forward eight steps;
    1-8   – – – -; Right hands high and left two under;
  9-16   – – – -; All walk to reverse eight steps;
17-24   Left hands high and right two under;
25-32   – – – -; All three Star Right;

33-40   – – – -; Same three Star Left;
41-48   – – – -; – – Circle Left;
49-56   – – – -; Circle Right and shoot center through;
57-64   – – – -; All walk forward eight steps;

Description:
    1-8   Lines of three walk around the hall counterclockwise for eight steps.
  9-16   Without releasing handholds, the right-hand pair of dancers hold their hands up to make an arch and the left end dancer walks under the arch to become the outside dancer, the center dancer turns under the arch and the original outside dancer moves behind them to become the inside dancer.
17-24   Lines of three walk around the hall clockwise for eight steps.
25-32   The left-hand pair of dancers hold their hands up to make an arch and the right end dancer walks under the arch to become the outside dancer again, the center dancer turns under the arch and the outside dancer moves behind them to become the inside dancer.

33-40   The three dancers form a Right-Hand Star and turn it for eight beats.
41-48   The three dancers form a Left-Hand Star and turn it for eight beats.
49-56   The three dancers Circle to the Left for eight beats.
57-64   The three dancers Circle to the Right until the dancer who was in the center of the line is facing counterclockwise around the hall with the other two dancers forming an arch. The center dancer is popped through the arch and proceeds to the next pair waiting to form a new line of three.

Variation: To allow everyone a chance to pop through the arch, tell the center dancer to join the lines on either end instead of in the center.

Choreography by: Bob Howell, Ohio
Source: Printed in CDP Journal, August 1998
Usage: This is a relatively simple trio that can be used with new dancers to easily involve nearly everyone without worrying about partner pairs.

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