American Pie 2000

Choreographed by Roland (Gutz) Gutzwiller
Description: Phrased, 2 wall, intermediate line dance
Music: "American Pie" by Madonna
/Skip the vocal introduction and then start after the
instrumental introduction (32 counts - which is just before the
vocals start)
/Sequence: AAAABCDE, AAAABCDE, EBCDE, EB

Counts    Step Descriptions

PART A
/(Verse 1&2, danced 4 times)
RIGHT KICKBALL CHANGE, RIGHT FORWARD 1/2 TURN LEFT (6:00), SIDE
SHUFFLE RIGHT, 1/4 LEFT COASTER (3:00)
1&2	Kick forward right & step down on ball of right, change
weight to left
3-4	Step forward on right, turn 1/2 to the left
5&6	Step side right &bring left next to right, step side right
7&8	Pivot 1/4 turn left and step left back & step right beside
left, step left forward

FORWARD RIGHT, LEFT, TURN 1/8 LEFT (2:00) RIGHT KICKBALL CHANGE
9-10	Step forward on right, left
11&12	Turning 1/8 left kick forward right & step down on ball of
right, change weight to left

RUNNING STEP BALLS (TOWARDS 3:00) BODY POSITION DIAGONAL (2:00)
13&14	Step side on right &step ball of left next to right, step
side right
&15&16	Step ball of left next to right, step side right & step
ball of left next to right, step side on right

LEFT KICKBALL CHANGE 1/4 TURN RIGHT(4:00), LEFT KICKBALL CHANGE
17&18	Kick forward left & step down on ball of left, step right
to right while turning 1/4 to the right
19&20	Kick forward left & step down on ball of left, change
weight to right

RUNNING STEP BALLS (TOWARDS 3:00) BODY POSITION DIAGONAL (4:00)
21&22	Step side on left, step ball of right next to left, step
side left
&23&24	Step ball of right next to left, step side left, step
ball of right next to left, step side on left

RIGHT KICKBALL CHANGE WITH 1/8 TURN LEFT (3:00), RIGHT FORWARD,
TURN 3/4 LEFT (6:00)
25&26	Kick forward right, step down on ball of right, weight to
left with 1/8 turn left
27-28	Step right forward, turn 3/4 left

STEP ON RIGHT PUSHING HIP RIGHT, PAUSE, STEP ON LEFT PUSHING HIP
LEFT, PAUSE
29-32	Step right on right pushing hip right, pause, recover on
left pushing hip left, pause

PART B
/(Bridge)
HIP ROLL
1-4	Roll hips around to the left (weight ends on left)

PART C
HANDS UP AND DOWN
1	Point right foot right
/Simultaneously extend arms: point left fingers diagonally left
to the ceiling and right fingers diagonally right down
2	Pause
3-4	Point fingers of extended right arm diagonally right to the
ceiling, pause
5-6	Touch right next to left, pause
7-8	Bring both hands down alongside legs, pause

PART D
SHUFFLE FORWARD RIGHT & LEFT, 1/4 & 1/2 TURN LEFT
1&2	Shuffle forward right, left, right
3&4	Shuffle forward left, right, left
5-6	Step forward right, turn 1/4 left on left
7-8	Step forward right, turn 1/2 left on left
9-32	Repeat 1-8 three (3) times

PART E
RIGHT VINE, LEFT VINE, 1/2 TURN LEFT, 1/2 TURN LEFT*
1-4	Side step right, step left behind right, side step right,
scuff left
5-8	Side step left, step right behind left, side step left,
touch together right
9-12	Step right forward, turn 1/2 left, step right forward, turn
1/2 left
/Feel free to use all known options like rolling vine, jumping
jack, Monterey turn, etc
/After finishing Part B of the 3rd chorus, point your arms up in
the air to finish the dance

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