A bunch of folks who usually dance at Ned Devine's in Centreville, VA were at Cancun Cantina this weekend, because the band that was playing there (Rebelicious) comes from the Centreville area. (Note: Ned Devine's only has country events on Tuesdays.)
These dancers did a really cool line dance to the song Chicken Fried by The Zac Brown Band. It's simple, but a lot of fun and some of the young guys were adding a lot of very athletic, very aggressive kicks and boot scoots. The dance has a very fast tempo and looks far more interesting than anything else I've seen done to this song.
I think this dance is proof that line dances don't have to be complicated to be really enjoyable.
I couldn't find a step sheet or video for the dance, so I'm going to attempt to write it up here before I forget it. I'm not sure where it starts and I may have slightly garbled the transition to the toe struts, but I'm pretty sure I've got the correct number of beats.
It's a little hard to keep the beat toward the end of the song, when the musicians slow down during the bridge, but up to that point it flows really well.
Line Dance: Refried Dreams
Choreographer: Unknown; as danced at Ned Devine's in Centreville, VA
Description: 32-count, 4-wall line dance
Music: Chicken Fried by The Zac Brown Band (86 bpm; dance at 172 bpm)
Refried Dreams by Tim McGraw (126 bpm)
1-8 Two right side touches, two left side touches
1 Touch to right side with right toe
2 Touch right toe next to left foot
3 Touch to right side with right toe
4 Touch right toe next to left foot
5 Touch to left side with left toe
6 Touch left toe next to right foot
7 Touch to left side with left toe
8 Touch left toe next to right foot
9-12 Grapevine left
9 Step left with left foot
10 Cross right foot behind left foot
11 Step left with left foot
12 Slight hitch with right foot
13-16 Grapevine right with 1/4 turn right & scuff
13 Step right with right foot
10 Cross left foot behind right foot
11 Step right with right foot
12 Step with left foot while turning 90 degrees right & scuff left foot next to right
17-20 Three steps back (L-R-L), tap
17 Step back with left foot
18 Step back with right foot
19 Step back with left foot
20 Slight hitch with right foot
21-24 Kick-ball-change, Stomp right (2x)
21 & 22 Kick right foot forward, step down on right, step down on left
23-24 Stomp right foot next to left two times
25-32 Toe Struts
25-26 Touch right toe forward, step on right foot
27-28 Touch left toe forward, step on left foot
29-30 Touch right toe forward, step on right foot
31-32 Touch left foot forward, step on left foot
I decided to add a comment to this post to explain why I didn't edit the step sheet to call for hip struts at the end instead of toe struts. When danced at the higher tempo in Chicken Fried, the struts are so much quicker that toe struts better represent what I saw. I might change it later but decided to leave it this way for now.
ReplyDeleteDanielle has a bunch of step sheets on her site and when in doubt, I'd suggest following her version.