Dance: Don't Be A Stranger Song: Love, Don't be a Stranger Artist: Sara Evans Album: No Place That Far Choreography & copyright: Paul Snooke, 7/2001 Level: Intermediate-Advanced Walls: 2 (but restart switches dance to other two walls) Count: 72 Bridge/restart: one tag, one restart Dance Beat: medium Start: Feet together, weight on left foot Taught at the Sydney Country Line Dance Festival (11th Tamworth on Parade), 15-16 September, 2001, Bankstown RSL. * Cross, side, sailor, behind, side, samba: 1- 2 Cross RIGHT over LEFT, step LEFT to LEFT side, 3& 4 Cross RIGHT behind LEFT, step LEFT to LEFT side (on &), replace weight onto RIGHT, 5- 6 Cross LEFT behind RIGHT, step RIGHT to RIGHT side, 7& 8 Cross RIGHT over LEFT, step RIGHT to RIGHT side (on &), replace weight onto LEFT, * Cross, side, 1/2 turn & side shuffle, rock step, 1/4 turn & shuffle: 9-10 Cross RIGHT over LEFT, step LEFT to LEFT side, 11&12 Make 1/2 turn RIGHT (on LEFT) & shuffle RIGHT (R,L,R), 13-14 Cross-rock LEFT over RIGHT, rock/replace back onto RIGHT, 15&16 Make 1/4 turn LEFT & shuffle forward (L,R,L), * 1/2 turn, 1/2 turn, step, 1/2 pivot, shuffle & 1/2 turn, rock rock: 17-18 Make 1/2 turn LEFT & step RIGHT back, make 1/2 turn LEFT & step LEFT forward, 19-20 Step RIGHT forward, 1/2 pivot turn LEFT (weight onto LEFT), 21&22 Shuffle forward (R,L,R) & 1/2 turn LEFT, 23-24 Rock/step LEFT back, rock forward on RIGHT, * &Tgthr, heel, hook, heel, touch, 1/2 pivot, hook, step, hook behind: &25-26 Step LEFT beside RIGHT (on &), touch RIGHT heel to R45, hook RIGHT heel up LEFT shin, 27-28 Touch RIGHT heel to R45, touch RIGHT toe back, 29-30 Make 1/2 reverse pivot turn RIGHT (weight onto LEFT), hook RIGHT heel up LEFT shin, 31-32 Step RIGHT forward, hook LEFT behind RIGHT knee, * Back, hook, out-out, knee pop x2, hold, knee pop x2: 33-34 Step LEFT back, hook RIGHT heel up LEFT shin, &35-36 Step RIGHT to RIGHT side (on &), step LEFT to LEFT side, pop RIGHT knee forward, 37-40 Pop LEFT knee forward, hold, pop RIGHT knee forward, pop LEFT knee forward, * &Tgthr, cross, side shuffle, cross rock-rock to face diagonal, drag, &tgthr, rock rock: &41 Step LEFT beside RIGHT (on &), cross RIGHT over LEFT, 42&43 Shuffle LEFT (L,R,L), 44-45 Cross-rock RIGHT over LEFT (to face 7:30 o'clock), rock back onto LEFT (still facing 7:30), 46 Drag RIGHT heel towards LEFT (still facing 7:30), &47-48 Step RIGHT beside LEFT (on &), rock back on LEFT, rock forward on RIGHT (still facing 7:30), * Step, 1/2 pivot, shuffle fwd, 1/4 turn, lock, &tgthr, 1/4 turn & shuffle forward: 49-50 Step LEFT forward, 1/2 pivot turn RIGHT (to face 1:30 o'clock), 51&52 Shuffle forward (L,R,L) - (still facing 1:30), 53-54 Make 1/4 turn RIGHT & step RIGHT forward (to face 4:30 o'clock), lock-step LEFT behind RIGHT, &55&56 Step RIGHT beside LEFT (on &), make 1/4 turn LEFT (to face 1:30 o'clock) & shuffle forward (L,R,L), * Rock step, 5/8 turn & shuffle fwd, 1/2 turn, 1/2 turn, shuffle fwd & 1/2 turn: 57-58 Rock RIGHT forward, rock/replace back onto LEFT (still facing 1:30 o'clock), 59&60 Make 5/8 turn RIGHT (facing 9 o'clock) & shuffle forward (R,L,R), 61-62 Make 1/2 turn RIGHT & step LEFT back, make 1/2 turn RIGHT & step RIGHT forward, 63&64 Shuffle forward (L,R,L) & 1/2 turn RIGHT, * Rock step, samba, step, step, 3/4 pivot, touch: 65-66 Rock RIGHT back, rock/replace forward onto LEFT, 67&68 Cross RIGHT over LEFT, step LEFT to LEFT side (on &), replace weight onto RIGHT, 69-72 Step LEFT forward, step RIGHT forward, 3/4 pivot turn LEFT (weight onto LEFT), point/touch RIGHT to RIGHT side. Repeat ****** Tag: After the 2nd wall add: --- 1-2 Cross RIGHT over LEFT, step LEFT to LEFT side, 3&4 Sailor shuffle (R,L,R), 5-6 Cross LEFT behind RIGHT, step RIGHT to RIGHT side, 7&8 Cross LEFT over RIGHT, step RIGHT to side, weight to LEFT. Restart: On the 5th wall restart the dance on count 56 & begin wall 6, ------- replacing the 1/4 turn on count 55 with a 1/8 turn to face the side (3 o'clock) wall. Note: The original choreography has the diagonal part of the dance (counts 44-58) facing 7 o'clock, 2 o'clock etc. However following the angles of the turns it is evident the dance is being done to the diagional, that is 7:30, 1:30 etc. Transcribed: David Powell, 4th October, 2001. http://xenon.triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance