ELECTRIC REEL

Choreographed by Robert and Regina Padden

Description: 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate/advanced line dance

Music "Cry Of The Celts" by Ronan Hardiman

 

LONG STEP TO RIGHT, HOLD, SHUFFLE TO RIGHT, HEEL SWITCHES (LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT), CLAP

1-2       Step right foot to right side, hold

&         Step left foot beside right

3&4     Shuffle right (step right to right side, step left beside right, step right to right side)

5&       Touch left heel forward, step left beside right

6&       Touch right heel forward, step right beside left

7-8       Touch left heel forward, clap

 

LONG STEP TO LEFT, HOLD, SHUFFLE TO LEFT, HEEL SWITCHES (RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT), STEP RIGHT, LEFT

9-10     Step left foot to left side, hold

&         Step right foot beside left

11&12 Shuffle left (step left foot to left side, step right beside left, step left to left side)

13&     Touch right heel forward, step right beside left

14&     Touch left heel forward, step left beside right

15&16 Touch right heel forward, step right beside left, step left in place putting feet slightly apart

 

APPLEJACKS

17&18&            Applejack to the left, center, right, center

19&20            Applejack to the left, center, right

 

IRISH JIG, 3/4 PIVOTING TURN TO RIGHT ON RIGHT, STEP BACK ON LEFT

&         Cross right over left at knee level

21&22 Shuffle forward right, left, right

23&24 Scuff left foot forward, hitch left & scoot forward on right foot, step left forward

&         Cross right over left at knee level

25&26 Shuffle forward right, left, right

27&     Scuff left foot forward, pivot 3/4 turn to the right on the ball of the right foot

28        Step back onto left foot

 

COASTER, HOLD, JUMP

29&30 Coaster (step back on right, step left beside right, step forward on right foot)

31        Hold

32        Jump forward on both feet

 

REPEAT

 

Jig - This phrase should be danced as though along a beam, mostly on the balls of the feet.

 

HAND MOVEMENTS-AFTER THE FIRST FOUR WALLS:

1-2       MAN: Extend left arms fully out to left, right arms over head, pointing to left, fingers closed

            LADY: Extend both arms fully out to left, at chest height, fingers closed.

9-10            Reverse of 1-2

17-20   With elbows close to body, point forearms and hands in direction of applejacks (left, right, left, right) rotate neck (not body) to face same direction.