Dance: Oil Can Slide [Australian variant - see end for other versions] Music: I'm That Kind of Girl - Patty Loveless [On Down the Line] Choreographer: unknown Description: 4 wall, 32 count Beginner/Improver line dance, rotates right Tags/Restarts: none Starts: Feet together, weight on left foot Note this is the Australian variant of the dance. The original was choreographed by Randy Davis in the mid-1980's. Sheet for the original follows (since the local variant is done here). The Australian version is done to a different song, but has some minor step changes. There's also another variant from New Zealand, done to the same song as the Australian variant and dates back to at least 1993. The NZ version is also included at the end. * 1-8: Rock fwd, recover, shuffle fwd, rock fwd, recover, shuffle back: 1-2 Rock/step RIGHT forward, recover weight onto LEFT, 3&4 Shuffle forward (R,L,R), 5-6 Rock/step LEFT forward, recover weight onto RIGHT, 7&8 Shuffle back (L,R,L), * 9-16: 1/2R, rock fwd, recover, 1/2L, scuff, heel - cross, R45, cross: 1-2 Make 1/2 turn RIGHT & step RIGHT forward, rock/step LEFT forward, 3-4 Recover weight onto RIGHT, 1/2 turn LEFT & step LEFT forward, 5-8 Scuff RIGHT foot forward, touch RIGHT heel over LEFT, touch RIGHT heel to RIGHT diagonal, touch RIGHT heel over LEFT, * 17-24: Tap heel, toe, side, toe, vine L & 1/2L: 1-4 Touch RIGHT heel to RIGHT side, touch RIGHT toe behind LEFT, step RIGHT to RIGHT side, touch LEFT toe behind RIGHT, 5-8 Vine LEFT (L,R,L), cross RIGHT over LEFT & 1/2 unwind turn LEFT, * 25-32: Cross, 1/2L unwind, 4x heel twists & 1/4R, rock back, recover: 1-4 Cross RIGHT over LEFT, 1/2 unwind turn LEFT, twist heels RIGHT, twist heels LEFT, 5-6 Twist heels RIGHT, twist heels LEFT & 1/4 turn RIGHT, 7-8 Rock/step RIGHT back, recover weight onto LEFT. Repeat ****** *********************** Dance: Oil Can Slide [Original] Music: In A Letter To You - Eddy Raven [Wild Eyed And Crazy]; 178 b/m Downtown - Dolly Parton [Legendary]; 125 b/m The Boys And Me - Sawyer Brown [-]; 141 b/m Choreographer: Randy Davis, mid 1980's Description: 4 wall, 32 count Beginner/Improver line dance Tags/Restarts: none Starts: Feet together, weight on left foot This dance was choreographed in the Mid-1980s to celebrate the first anniversary of Country Music at "Oil Can Harry's" in Los Angeles, CA * 1-8: Shufffle fwd, rock fwd, recover, shuffle back, 1/2R, rock fwd: 1&2 Shuffle forward (R,L,R), 3-4 Rock/step LEFT forward, recover weight onto RIGHT, 5&6 Shuffle back (L,R,L), 7-8 Make 1/2 turn RIGHT (on ball of LEFT) & step RIGHT forward, rock/step LEFT forward, * 9-16 Recover, 1/2L, scuff, heel, heel, heel, heel, toe: 1-2 Recover weight onto RIGHT, make 1/2 turn LEFT (on ball of RIGHT) & step LEFT forward, 3-4 Scuff RIGHT forward, tap RIGHT heel over LEFT, 5-6 Tap RIGHT heel forward (angled to RIGHT), tap RIGHT heel over LEFT, 7-8 Tap RIGHT heel forward (angled to RIGHT), tap RIGHT toe behind LEFT heel, * 17-24: Side, tap, vine L & 1/4L, 1/2L pivot, step: 1-2 Step RIGHT to RIGHT side, tap LEFT toe behind RIGHT, 3-4 Step LEFT to LEFT side, cross RIGHT behind LEFT, 5-6 Step to LEFT side & 1/4 turn LEFT, step RIGHT forward, 7-8 Make 1/2 pivot turn LEFT (on balls of both feet), step RIGHT forward, * 25-32: Swivel & 1/4L, swivels x 2, swivel & 1/4R & kick, rocking horse: 1-2 Make 1/4 pivot turn LEFT (on both feet) & swivel both heels RIGHT, (slide LEFT together), swivel both heels LEFT, 3-4 Swivel both heels RIGHT, swivel heels LEFT & kick RIGHT forward & 1/4 turn RIGHT, 5-8 Rock/step RIGHT back, recover weight onto LEFT, rock/step RIGHT forwad, recover weight onto LEFT. Repeat ****** *********************** Dance: Oil Can Slide [NZ variant] Music: I'm That Kind of Girl - Patty Loveless [On Down the Line] Choreographer: unknown, c.1993 Description: 4 wall, 36 count Improver line dance, rotates right Tags/Restarts: none Starts: Feet together, weight on left foot * 1-8: Rock fwd, recover, shuffle fwd x3: 1-2 Rock/step RIGHT forward, recover weight onto LEFT, 3&4 Shuffle forward (R,L,R), 5&6 Shuffle forward (L,R,L), 7&8 Shuffle forward (R,L,R), * 9-16: Ball-rock-recover, shuffle fwd x2, 1/2R, step, rock back: &1& Step LEFT forward, rock/step RIGHT back, recover weight onto LEFT, 2&3 Shuffle forward (R,L,R), 4&5 Shuffle forward (L,R,L), 6-7 Make 1/2 turn RIGHT & step RIGHT forward, step LEFT forward with a deep knee bend, 8 Push off of LEFT & rock/step RIGHT back, * 17-24: 1/2R, scuff, heel, heel, heel, heel, toe, tgthr: 1-2 Make 1/2 turn RIGHT & step LEFT forward, scuff RIGHT forward, 3-6 Touch RIGHT heel over LEFT, touch RIGHT heel to RIGHT side, touch RIGHT heel over LEFT, touch RIGHT heel to RIGHT side, 7-8 Touch RIGHT toe touch behind LEFT, step RIGHT next to LEFT, * 25-32: Toe, vine L, step, 1/2L pivot, step, 1/2L pivot: 1-2 Touch LEFT toe behind RIGHT, step LEFT to LEFT side, 3-4 Cross RIGHT behind LEFT, step LEFT to LEFT side, 5-6 Step RIGHT forward, 1/2 pivot turn LEFT, 7-8 Step RIGHT forward, 1/2 pivot turn LEFT, * 33-36: Syncopated heel twists & 1/4R, rock back, recover: 1& Twist heels RIGHT, twist heels LEFT, 2& Twist heels RIGHT, twist heels LEFT & 1/4 turn RIGHT, 3-4 Rock/step RIGHT back, recover weight onto LEFT. Repeat ****** Formatted 10th November, 2005; http://triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance