Shinyboots On Line

38 count, Intermediate level

Choreographer: Sue “Shinyboots” Bearsley (UK)

Dec 2001

Choreographed to: What If by Kate Winslett (Theme from “A Christmas Carol”)

Intro is about 43 seconds. Start on the word “I” (The first time she sings the line = What if “I” had never let you go)

1&2 Rock left foot back recover right.

3&4 Triple full turn left stepping right, left, right.

5&6 Rock left foot back recover right.

7&8 Rock right back recover with a ¼ of a turn left, step right to right side.

1&2 Rock left foot back recover right.

3&4 Cross right behind left, step left to left side, cross right in front of left.

5 – 6 Step left foot to left side putting weight on left. Sway weight over to right.

7 – 8 Sway weight back to left. Sw ay weight back to right.

1&2 Rock left foot back recover right.

3&4 Triple full turn left stepping right, left, right.

5 – 6 Skate back left, right.

7&8 Step left back, right back, left back. (Skate your feet as you do this)

1&2 Cross rock right over left recover left, replace right next to left.

3&4 Cross rock left over right recover right, replace left next to right.

5 – 6 Cross right over left unwind ½ a turn left.

7 – 8 Step right foot forward pivot 1/8th of a turn on ball of right root.

1 – 2 Step right foot foreward pivot 1/8th of a turn on ball of right. (Leaving weight on right)

3&4 Rock forward on left recover right, step left in place.

5&6 Rock back on right recover left, step in place.

1 – 2 Skate forward left, right.

3&4 Rock forward on left recover right. Step left beside right

5&6 Rock back on right recover left. Step right beside left

7 – 8 Skate forward left, right.

9 – 10 Repeat counts 7-8.

1 – 2 Skate forward left, right.

3&4 Rock forward on left recover right. Place left next to right.

5&6 Rock back on right recover left. Place right next to left.

7 – 8 Skate forward left, right.

NOTE: - On final sequence after paddle turns hold. Then start dance again on the word “i” complete dance again,

include mambo steps to end with a full turn on the 9’o clock wall. Tags are only danced after wall 2 and wall 3.

Tags sound complicated when read but will fit in with the music perfectly to keep the flow of the dance.