THE WAY
Choreographed by: Gerard Murphy
Description: 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance
Music: The Way by Clay Aiken [80 bpm / CD: Measure Of A Man / CD: Measure Of A Man]
Start the dance after 16 counts in, even though the lyrics begin immediately
SIDE, ROCK STEP,
SIDE, BALL CROSS, SIDE ROCK RECOVER STEP FORWARD, STEP 1/2 PIVOT
1-2& Long step right to right, rock step left behind right, recover onto right
3-4& Long step left to left, step right behind left, step on ball of left
5-6& Cross step right over left, rock step left to left, recover onto right
7-8& Step left forward, step right forward, 1/2 turn pivot left (weight to left)
WALK WALK WALK,
FORWARD ROCK RECOVER STEP BACK, CROSS STEP 1/4 SWEEP, ROCK STEP
1-2-3 Traveling forward - long cross step right over left, long cross step left over right, long cross step right over left
4& Rock step left forward, recover onto right
5-6& Step left directly back, cross step right over left, step left directly back
7-8& Sweep right out and around making 1/4 turn right, rock step right behind left, recover in place onto left
SIDE, CROSS STEP, 1/4
SIDE STEP, STEP 1/4 PIVOT, CROSS STEP, SIDE ROCK RECOVER, CROSS STEP, 1/4 STEP,
1/4 STEP
1-2& Long step right to right, cross rock left over right, recover onto right
3-4& Long step left to left making 1/4 turn left, step right forward, 1/4 pivot left (weight to left)
5-6& Cross step right over left, rock step left to left, recover onto right
7-8& Cross step left over right, step right to right making 1/4 turn left, step left to left making 1/4 turn left
CROSS STEP, SIDE
SWAY, 1/4 RECOVER, SHUFFLE FORWARD, FORWARD ROCK 1/4 RECOVER, CROSS STEP
1 Cross step right over left
2-3 Step left to left with sway, recover onto right making 1/4 turn right
4&5 Shuffle step forward - left, right lock behind left, left
6&7 Rock step right forward, recover onto left, step right to right making a 1/4 turn right
8 Cross step left over right
REPEAT
TAG
At the end of the dance the first time you hit the back wall (after 2 rotations) and again when you next hit the 3:00 wall (after another 3 rotations)
1-2 Step right to right, cross step left over right