Shinyboots On Line
Serious About Dancing: Never Dancing Seriously.
What If
What If
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)
Rock back recover. Full turning cha cha. Left back recover. Right back recover ¼ left. Step right to right side.
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.
Rock Back recover. Behind, side, in front, Step left to left side swaying left, right, left, right.
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.
Rock back recover. Full turning cha cha left. Skate back left, right. Left skate shuffle.
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)
Cross Rock mambo’s right and left. Cross unwind ½ turn. Paddle a 1/8th of a turn left.
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.
Paddle a 1/8th of a turn left. Mambo’s forward & back.
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.
Tag 1 (do this at the end of wall 2)
Skate forward left, right. Mambo forward & back, Skate forward left, right, left, right.
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.
Tag 2 (Do this at the end of wall 3)
Skate forward left, right. Mambo rocks forward & back. Skate forward left right.
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.
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