The Cat Is High

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Description: 32 Count 4 Wall High Beginner Line Dance
Choreographer: Michele Burton: January, 2007
Suggested Music: That Cat Is High by The Manhattan Transfer (108bpm)
One step per beat. If you consider the song 216 bpm-One step and one hold per beat
(making the dance 64 counts)
INTRO: 24 counts

Vaudeville Walks * 4, Jazz Box ¼ Turn Cross
1-4 Step right foot forward (turning body toward right diagonal, on balls of feet); Step left forward (turning body toward left diagonal, on balls of feet); Repeat counts 1 and 2
5-8 Step right in front of left; Step left back, Turn ¼ right, stepping right foot to right; Step left across in front of right
Step Touch (To Right Diagonal), Step Touch, Step Out, Swivel Heel, Toe, Heel, Toe
1-4 Step right forward to right diagonal; Touch left beside right; Return left foot to centre; Touch right beside left
5-6 Step right out to right, weighting both feet, about shoulder width apart; Swivel left heel to right (toward right foot)
7&8 Swivel left toes to right; Swivel left heel to right; Swivel left toes straight forward, weighting left foot
Charleston 8 Counts (Step Kick, Step Touch, 3 More Times)
1-4 Step forward on right foot; Kick left foot forward; Step left back; Touch right toe back
5-8 Step forward on right foot; Kick left foot forward; Step left back; Touch right toe back
Touch Front, Touch Side, Coaster Step, Step ¼ Pivot, Cross & Cross &
1-2 Touch right foot forward; Touch right foot to right
3&4 Step right foot back; Step left beside right; Step right foot forward
5-6 Step left foot forward; Turn ¼ right, returning weightt to right foot
7&8 Step left in front of right; Step right slightly right (on ball of foot); Step left in front of right
& Turn ¼ right on ball of left foot

Start Again

The rhythm goes a little berserk near the end of the song, just keep dancing the steps as you have been-no changes
ENDING
The last round of the dance begins on the 12:00 wall. Dance the first 10 steps of the dance (end with the step touch to the right). Facing the 3:00 wall, step left foot to left, look at audience. Use shaking jazz hands, right arm in high diagonal, left arm in low diagonal for pose. Or better yet….make up your own pose to the 12:00 wall