Absence

Choreographed by Jan Wyllie
Description: 32 count, 2 wall line dance
Music: "The Minute You're Gone" by Cliff Richard
/Start on vocals on the word "gone"

Counts    Step Descriptions

ROCK/RETURN, PIVOT ROCK/RETURN, CROSS/SHUFFLE, ROCK/RETURN &
1-2	Rock/step right to right, rock/return weight to left
3	(Keep left in place) making 1/2 turn pivot step to the right,
rock/step right to right
4	Rock/return weight to left
5&6	Cross/shuffle to the left right, left, right
7-8	Rock/step left to left, rock/return weight to right
&	Step left beside right

ROCK/RETURN, PIVOT ROCK/RETURN, CROSS/SHUFFLE STEP 1/4, STEP 1/4
9-10	Rock/step right to right, rock/return weight to left
11	(Keep left in place) making 1/2 turn pivot step to the right,
rock/step right to right
12	Rock/return weight to left
13&14	Cross/shuffle to the left right, left, right
15-16	Making 1/4 turn right step back on left, making 1/4 turn
right step forward on right

WALK LEFT, RIGHT, SYNCOPATED ROCK FORWARD, COASTER STEP, STEP
PIVOT 1/4
17-18	Walk forward left, right
19&20	Bounce/step forward on left, rock back on right, step back
on left
21&22	Step back on right, step left beside right, step forward
on right (coaster)
23-24	Step forward on left, pivot 1/4 turn right transferring
weight to right

ROCK FORWARD BACK, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE, 1/2 TURN SHUFFLE 1/4 TURN
STEP TOUCH
25-26	Rock/step forward on left, rock back on right
27&28	Making 1/2 turn left back over left shoulder shuffle
forward left, right, left
29&30	Making a further 1/2 turn left shuffle back right, left,
right
31-32	Making 1/4 turn left take a bit step on left to left side,
slide right beside left

REPEAT

ENDING
/The music slows at count 24 so after the 1/4 turn pivot just
hold while he sings 'please don't stay away so long, the minute
you're gone'. Continue the dance on the word 'gone'. You will
finish on count 32 at the front wall

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