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Slappin' Leather
Choreographed by Gayle Brandon - 1978
DESCRIPTION: 40 count, 4 wall, beginner line dance
MUSIC: Back In The Swing Of Things - Track 3 on "Sweet Fire"
CD by Michael Elvin Hunt
SOURCE: Country Dance Lines Volume 4 Number 3 - March 1986
BEATS/STEP DESCRIPTION
| Heel Splits |
| 1 |
Rise up on your toes and spread
heels apart |
| 2 |
Feet back center |
| 3 |
Rise up on your toes and spread
heels apart |
| 4 |
Feet back center |
| Side Steps |
| 5 |
Point your Right toe to the Right
side |
| 6 |
Feet together |
| 7 |
Point your Left toe to the left
side |
| 8 |
Feet together |
| 9 |
Point your Right toe to the Right
side |
| 10 |
Feet together |
| 11 |
Point your Left toe to the left
side |
| 12 |
Feet together |
| Floor Taps (heel, heel, toe,
toe) |
| 13 |
Touch Right heel to the floor directly
out in front |
| 14 |
Touch Right heel to the floor directly
out in front |
| 15 |
Touch Right toe to the floor directly
behind you |
| 16 |
Touch Right toe to the floor directly
behind you |
| Slappin' Leather |
| 17 |
Point Right toe to the front |
| 18 |
Point Right toe to the Right side |
| 19 |
Cross Right leg behind the Left
knee and slap your boot with your Right hand |
| 20 |
Point Right toe to the Right side |
| 21 |
Cross Right leg behind the Left
knee and slap your boot with your Right hand |
| 22 |
Point Right toe to the Right side |
| 23 |
Cross Right leg in front of your Left knee as you turn1/4
turn left (CCW) and slap your boot on the inside of the Left
foot with your Right hand |
| 24 |
Slap your boot on the outside of
the boot with your Right hand |
| Grapevines (Buck And Wing) |
| 25 |
Step to the Right on your Right
foot |
| 26 |
Cross your Left foot behind the
Right |
| 27 |
Step to the Right on your Right
foot |
| 28 |
Hop on your Right (Left heel up
beside your Right knee) |
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29
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Step to the left on the Left foot |
| 30 |
Cross your Right behind the Left
foot |
| 31 |
Step to the left on your Left foot |
| 32 |
Hop on your Left (your Right heel
up beside your Left knee) |
| 33 |
Step backwards on your Right |
| 34 |
Step backwards on your Left |
| 35 |
Step back on your Right |
| 36 |
Hop on your Right (Left heel to
your Right knee) |
| 37 |
Step forward on your Left |
| 38 |
Step forward on your Right |
| 39 |
Step forward on your Left |
| 40 |
Stomp your Right foot beside the
Left |
Repeat pattern
Chicago Variation: Dance begins on beat 5, with a foot pattern
of RRLL instead of RLRL, and putting beats 1-4 at the end of the
dance. Also, replace the steps done on beats 19-24 with just three
steps, which happen to be the steps shown above in beats 19, 24,
and 23, in that order. To make the dance come out even, the hop
on beat 36 is done twice instead of once.
Shorter Versions: In some places, the dance is shortened
to 38 counts by leaving out counts 20-21. In some places, the
dance is shortened to 36 counts by leaving out counts 19-22.
Other Variations: In fact, this dance has seen more local
variations than probably any other dance. Other variations that
have taken hold over the years in various places include toe taps
instead of heel taps, touches to the front instead of the side,
putting the 1/4 turn in at a different place, and starting at
various places in the dance. If you travel to different places
throughout the world, expect to see this dance done several different
ways.
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