"SPRING SWING"  


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:                        "The City Put The Country Back In Me" by Neal McCoy 
                                "There Goes The Neighborhood" by Keith Harling  
                                  "I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love" by The Derailers 

                  MAN                                                                               LADY
Forward Shuffles, Military Pivot, Turning Shuffle
  1 &   2     Shuffle forward ( RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT )                            Shuffle forward ( LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT) 
  3 &   4     Shuffle forward ( LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT )                              Shuffle forward ( RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT) 
Release inside hands (Man's Right and Lady's Left)
  5  -   6     Step forward on RIGHT  foot; Pivot 1/2 turn CCW                  Step forward on LEFT foot ; Pivot 1/2 turn 
                 on ball of right foot and shift weight to LEFT   foot                   CW on  ball of left foot and shift weight to RIGHT  foot 
Partners now facing R.L.O.D.
  7 &   8     Shuffle forward ( RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT)                             Shuffle forward (LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT )  
                  making a 1/2 turn CCW on these steps                                   making a 1/2 turn CW on these steps 
End facing L.O.D. back in the Right Open Promenade Position - Holding inside hands (Man's Right and Lady's Left)
Rock Step, Turning Shuffle, Rock Step, Turning Shuffle (Partner Switch Sides)
  9 -   10     Step back on LEFT  foot; Rock forward                                 Step back on RIGHT foot; Rock forward onto  
                 onto RIGHT                                                                     LEFT   foot 
  11 & 12    Shuffle forward ( LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT )                            Shuffle forward (RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT) 
                  making a 1/4 turn CW on these steps                                    making a 1/4 turn CCW on these steps 
Partners now face each other, Lady slightly to the left of Man. Man takes up Lady's Right hand in his Left in Double Hand Hold Position. Man faces
O.L.O.D. and Lady faces I.L.O.D.
  13 & 14    Step back on RIGHT  foot; Rock forward onto                        Step back on LEFT   foot; Rock forward onto
                  LEFT foot                                                                        RIGHT foot                                                          
Release Man's Right hand from Lady's Left - Raise Man's Left hand and Lady's Right as lady passes in front of Man with her back to his chest under
upraised hands.
15 & 16     Shuffle forward ( RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT )                             Shuffle forward ( LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT) making 
                  making a 1/2 turn CCW on these steps                                   a 1/2 turn CW on these steps 
Partners have now switched sides, Lady slightly to the right of Man. Man takes up Lady's Left hand in his Right in a Double Hand Hold Position - Man faces I.L.O.D. and Lady faces O.L.O.D.
Rock Step, Turning Shuffle (Partners Switch Sides), Rock Step, Turning Shuffle
17  - 18      Step back on LEFT  foot; Rock forward onto                           Step back on RIGHT foot; Rock forward onto LEFT foot 
                  RIGHT foot     
Release Man's Right hand from Lady's Left - Raise Man's Left hand and Lady's Right as Lady passes in front of Man with her back to his chest under up raised hands.
19 & 20   Shuffle forward ( LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT )                                Shuffle forward ( RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT) making 
               making a 1/2 turn CW on these steps                                      a 1/2 turn CCW on these steps 
Partners have now switched sides. Man takes up Lady's Left hand in his Right in a Double Hand Held Position  Man faces O.L.O.D. and Lady faces I.L.O.D.
21  - 22     Step back on RIGHT  foot; Rock forward onto                          Step back on LEFT   foot; Rock forward onto RIGHT   foot
               LEFT foot     
Release Man's Right hand from Lady's Left
23 & 24    Shuffle sideways to the right (   RIGHT, LEFT,                         Shuffle sideways to the left ( LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT ) 
                RIGHT) making a 1/4 turn CW on these steps                          making a 1/4 CCW on these steps 
Partners now in the Left Open Promenade Position facing R.L.O.D., holding inside hands (Man's Left and Lady's Right ) 
Military Pivot, Forward Shuffle, Forward Traveling Turn, Walk, Walk
Release inside hands (Man's Left and Lady's Right)
25  - 26     Step forward on LEFT  foot; Pivot 1/2 turn CW on                    Step forward on RIGHT foot; Pivot 1/2 turn CCW on ball 
                ball of left foot and shift weight to RIGHT   foot                         right foot and shift weight to LEFT  foot 
Partners facing L.O.D.
27 & 28     Shuffle forward ( LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT )                               Shuffle forward ( RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT ) 
29  - 30      Step forward on RIGHT  foot and pivot 1/2 turn                       Step forward on LEFT   foot and pivot 1/2 turn CW on ball 
                 CCW on ball of right foot; Pivot 1/2 turn CCW on                   of left foot; Pivot 1/2 turn CW on ball of Left foot and step 
                 ball of right foot and step forward on LEFT   foot                      forward on RIGHT   foot 
Partners now in the Right Open Promemade Position facing L.O.D. - holding inside hands (Man's Right and Lady's Left)
  31  - 32    Step forward on RIGHT  foot; Step forward                              Step forward on LEFT foot; Step forward on RIGHT foot 
                  on LEFT foot 

               -Begin Pattern Again-