Life Goes On
TYPE:  2 Wall line dance RATING:  Intermediate
COUNT: 56 STEPS: 66
CHOREOGRAPHER: 

Gloria Johnson (5/9/1998) 
Phone: (386)532-5009 

2425 Center Road
Deltona, FL 32738

Email: gloriaj@country-time.com
Homepage: http://www/gloriajohnson.us

PREPARED BY :  http://www.country-time.com/hp/gloriajohnson/
MUSIC: "Land Of The Living" by Pam Tillis (119 bpm)
NOTE: Originally written as Sunflowers, the dance was just "not quite right" for Gloria and her dancers, so it was rewritten and renamed Life Goes On. The first 16 steps and the last 8 of the original dance remain, everything else was changed.

STEP DESCRIPTION:

TOE-HEEL TOUCHES; IN-IN, HOLD; OUT-OUT, HOLD

1,2     Touch RIGHT toe beside Left in-step; Touch RIGHT heel beside Left in-step

3,4     Touch RIGHT toe beside Left in-step; Touch RIGHT heel beside Left in-step

&5,6   Step RIGHT in toward Left; Step LEFT in toward Right; Hold

&7,8   Step RIGHT out to RIGHT side; Step LEFT out to LEFT side; Hold

KNEE POPS; TURNING SHUFFLES

9,10    Raise both heels causing knees to bend; Lower heels to floor

11,12  Raise both heels causing knees to bend; Lower heels to floor

13&14 Shuffle RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT turning ¼ right

15&16 Shuffle LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT turning ½ right (steps 13-16 equal a ¾ turn)

(Put some attitude into the "knee-pop" movement by bending and raising arms and pulling them towards to body when heels are lowered or if this is not comfortable, snap fingers on both hands as heels are lowered.)

KICK, KICK, STOMP, STOMP; TURNING SHUFFLES

17,18  Kick RIGHT forward twice

19,20  Stomp RIGHT; Stomp LEFT

21&22 Shuffle RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT turning ¼ right

23&24 Shuffle LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT turning ½ right (steps 21-24 equal a ¾ turn)

KICK, KICK, STOMP, STOMP; RIGHT SCUFFS FORWARD, STOMP

25,26  Kick RIGHT forward twice

27,28  Stomp RIGHT; Stomp LEFT

29,30  Scuff RIGHT forward; Scuff RIGHT back across Left leg (hook)

31,32  Scuff RIGHT forward; Stomp RIGHT beside Left

LEFT SCUFF; TURNING SHUFFLE; ROCK STEP

33,34  Scuff LEFT forward; Scuff LEFT back across Right leg (hook)

35,36  Scuff LEFT forward; Scuff LEFT back beside Right

37&38 Turning ¼ left, shuffle LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT

39,40  Rock-step forward on RIGHT; Step back on LEFT

TURNING SHUFFLE; ROCK STEP; KICK-BALL-STEP; KICK-BALL-STEP

41&42 Turning ¼ right, shuffle RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT

43,44  Rock-step forward on LEFT; Step back on RIGHT

45&46 Kick LEFT forward; Step LEFT slightly left; Step RIGHT slightly left

47&48 Kick LEFT forward; Step LEFT slightly LEFT; Step RIGHT slightly left

(Dancers should travel slightly left in steps 45-48)

SIDE TOUCHES; CROSS-STEPS; ROCK STEP

49,50  Touch LEFT toe to left side; Cross-step LEFT over Right

51,52  Touch RIGHT toe to right side; Cross-step RIGHT behind Left

53,54  Touch LEFT toe to left side; Cross-step LEFT behind Right

55,56  Rock step back on RIGHT; Step forward onto LEFT

BEGIN DANCE AGAIN

Dance © Copyright 1998 Gloria Johnson & Country Time Dance Lines. Step description © Copyright 2001,2005 - Country Time Dance Lines. Permission is given by choreographer and Country Time Dance Lines to copy and teach as long as nothing is altered.