“DA
COCONUT TREE”
Choreographed by: Rick & Deborah Bates (219) 365-8319 E-Mail bates@netnitco.net
Description: 32 Count - Progressive Partner dance
Starting Position: Right Open Promenade, holding inside
hands (Man’s Right and Lady’s Left)
Music: “Coconuts” by Smile DK
MAN LADY
Toe Taps, Coaster Step, Rock Step, Pivot, Forward Shuffle
1
- 2 Tap LEFT
toe forward and diagonally to the Tap
RIGHT toe forward and
diagonally to the left;
right; Tap LEFT toe forward and diagonally Tap RIGHT toe forward and diagonally to the right
to the left
3
& 4 Step back on LEFT
foot; Step RIGHT
foot Step
back on RIGHT foot; Step LEFT foot next to
next to Left; Step forward
on LEFT foot Right;
Step forward on RIGHT
foot
5 - 6 Step
forward on RIGHT foot; Rock Step
forward on LEFT foot; Rock back onto
back
onto LEFT foot RIGHT foot
Release inside hands (Man’s
Right and Lady’s Left).
& Pivot
1/2 turn CW on ball of LEFT foot Pivot
1/2 turn CCW on ball of RIGHT foot
Man takes up Lady’s Right
hand in his Left in the Left Open Promenade Position facing RLOD.
7 & 8 Shuffle
forward (RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT) Shuffle
forward (LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT)
Release inside hands (Man’s
Left and Lady’s Right).
Military Pivot, Pivot, Side Shuffle, Rock Step, Syncopated Side Rock,
Cross
9 - 10 Step forward on LEFT foot; Pivot 1/2 turn Step forward on RIGHT foot; Pivot 1/2 turn
CW
on ball of Left foot and shift weight to CCW on ball of Right foot and
shift weight to
RIGHT foot LEFT
foot
& Pivot
1/4 turn CW on ball of RIGHT foot Pivot
1/4 turn CCW on ball of LEFT foot
Partners now facing each
other. Join hands in the Double Hand Hold Position. Man faces OLOD and Lady
faces ILOD.
11 & 12 Side shuffle
to the left (LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT) Side shuffle to the right (RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT)
13 - 14 Step back on RIGHT foot; Rock forward Step back on LEFT foot; Rock forward onto
onto
LEFT foot RIGHT
foot
15 & 16 Step to the
right on RIGHT foot; Rock to Step to the left on LEFT
foot; Rock to the right onto
the left onto LEFT foot; Cross RIGHT
foot RIGHT
foot; Cross LEFT foot over Right and step
over Left and step
17 - 18 Step to the left
on LEFT foot; Cross RIGHT Step to the right on RIGHT
foot; Cross LEFT foot
behind Left and step behind Right and step
Release Man’s Left hand from
Lady’s Right.
& Pivot
1/4 turn CCW on ball of RIGHT foot Pivot 1/4 turn CW on ball of LEFT
foot
19 & 20 Shuffle
forward (LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT) Shuffle
forward (RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT)
Partners now facing FLOD in
the Right Open Promenade Position, holding inside hands (Man’s Right and Lady’s
Left).
21 - 22 Step forward on RIGHT foot; Slide LEFT Step forward on LEFT foot; Slide RIGHT foot next
next to Right to Left
23 & 24 Shuffle
forward (RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT) Shuffle
forward (LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT)
Rock Step, Pivot, Forward Shuffle, Military Pivot, Forward Shuffle
25 - 26 Step forward on LEFT foot; Rock back onto Step forward on RIGHT foot; Rock back onto LEFT
RIGHT foot foot
Release inside hands (Man’s
Right and Lady’s Left). Partners turn away from each other.
& Pivot 1/2 turn CCW on ball of
RIGHT foot Pivot 1/2 turn CW on
ball of LEFT foot
27 & 28 Shuffle
forward (LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT) Shuffle
forward (RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT)
29 - 30 Step forward on RIGHT; Pivot 1/2
turn CCW Step forward on LEFT:
Pivot 1/2 turn CW on ball
on ball of Right foot and shift weight to LEFT of Left foot and shift weight to
RIGHT foot
foot
31 & 32 Shuffle
forward (RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT) Shuffle
forward (LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT)
Rejoin inside hands (Man’s
Right and Lady’s Left) as partners return to the Right Open Promenade Position.
-Begin Pattern Again-