BOOTSCOOTERS - BARN DANCE
BARN DANCE
Choreographed by: Dick & Geneva Matteas
Description: 32-count, mixer done in circle, men facing out, ladies facing in
Music: "WILD, WILD WEST" - Escape Club
| | Men | Ladies |
| | Side, together, side, touch | Side, together, side, touch |
| 1 | Side step left | Side step right |
| 2 | Drag right together | Drag left together |
| 3 | Side step left | Side step right |
| 4 | Touch together right | Touch together left |
| 5 | Side step right | Side step left |
| 6 | Drag left together | Drag right together |
| 7 | Side step right | Side step left |
| 8 | Touch together left | Touch together right |
|
| | Side, together, side, touch | Turn R, touch L |
| 9 | Side step left | 3-step turn right |
| 10 | Drag right together | |
| 11 | Side step left | |
| 12 | Touch together right | Touch together left |
| | Side, together, side, touch | Turn L, touch R |
| 13 | Side step right | 3-step turn left |
| 14 | Drag left together | |
| 15 | Side step right | |
| 16 | Touch together left | Touch together right |
|
| | Turn to face LOD | |
| | Step, scuffs | Step, scuffs |
| 17 | Step forward left | Step forward right |
| 18 | Scuff right | Scuff left |
| 19 | Step forward right | Step forward left |
| 20 | Scuff left | Scuff right |
| 21 | Step forward left | Step forward right |
| 22 | Scuff right | Scuff left |
| 23 | Step forward right | Step forward left |
| 24 | Scuff left | Scuff right |
|
| | Turn to face partner | |
| | Back L, R, L, hitch R | Back R, L, R, hitch L |
| 25 | Step back left | Step back right |
| 26 | Step back right | Step back left |
| 27 | Step back left | Step back right |
| 28 | Hitch right and clap | Hitch left and clap |
| | Moving left to next partner | |
| | Step R, L, R, hitch L | Step L, R, L, hitch R |
| 29 | Step forward right | Step forward left |
| 30 | Step forward left | Step forward (or together) right |
| 31 | Step forward right | Step forward left |
| 32 | Touch together left | Touch together right |
There are many variations to the Barn Dance, One of our favorites is holdong the ladie in a sweetheart wrap at count 16 and bumping hips in lieu of the second boot taps while in the wrap position, then turning the lady under arm CCW toward her new partner.