I Ain't No Quitter
Choreographed by Peter Metelnick
& Alison Biggs, November 2004
Dance: 2 wall - 88 count Intermediate
Line dance
Music: I Ain't
No Quitter - Shania Twain (Immediate start after she sings "He
Drinks"),
from the CD Shania Twain Greatest Hits
1-8 Hold, R & L hip bumps, hold, R & L
hip bumps
1-2 1st time (Wall 1) -
Hold as she sings - He Drinks
2nd time(Wall
3) - Hold as she sings - He Chews
3rd time (Wall 5) - Hold on
instrumental
4th time (Wall 7) - Omit these steps
altogether
3-4 Bump hips right, bump hips left
5-6 1st time (Wall1) - Hold as she sings - He
Smokes
2nd time (Wall 3) - Hold as she sings
- He Spits
3rd time (Wall 5) - Hold on
instrumental
4th time (Wall 7) - Omit these steps
altogether
7-8 Bump
hips right, bump hips left
9-16 Toe strut jazz box
1-4 Cross touch R toes over L, step R heel
down, touch L toes back, step L heel down
5-8 Touch R toes to right side, step R heel
down, touch L toes forward, step L heel down
The above
16 counts are only danced facing front wall the first 3 times only.
The 4th and
last time facing front wall these 16 counts are omitted.
17-24 Forward
diagonal R & L step lock step scuff
1-4 On right diagonal step R forward, lock L
behind R, step R forward, scuff L forward
5-8 On left diagonal step L forward,
lock R behind L, step L forward, scuff R forward
25-32 R cross step, L back, R
diagonal heel tap 2X, R back, L cross step, 1/4 L & R back, L diagonal heel
touch
1-4 Cross step R over L, step L back, tap R
heel forward on right diagonal twice
5-8 Step
R back, cross step L over R, turning 1/4 left step R back, touch L heel forward
on L diagonal
33-40 L back, R
cross step, L side point, L cross step, R side point, R heel-toe-heel together
1-4 Step L back, cross step R over L, point L
to left side, cross step L over R
5-8 Point R to right side, turn R
heel in, turn R toes in, turn R heel in (weight ends on R)
41-48 L side rock & recover, L
cross strut, 1/4 L & R back strut, L rock back & recover
1-4 Rock L to left side, recover weight on R,
cross touch L toes over R, step L heel down
5-8 Turning 1/4 left touch R toes
back, step R heel down, rock L back, recover weight on R
49-56 Forward diagonal L & R
step lock step scuff
1-4 On left diagonal step L forward, lock R
behind L, step L forward, scuff R forward
5-8 On right diagonal step R
forward, lock R behind R, step R forward, scuff L forward
57-64 L cross step, R back, L
diagonal heel tap 2X, L back, R cross step, 1/4 R & L back, R diagonal heel
touch
1-4 Cross step L over R, step R back, tap L
heel forward on left diagonal twice
5-8 Step
L back, cross step R over L, turning 1/4 right step L back, touch R heel
forward on R diagonal
65-72 R back, L
cross step, 1/2 R
1-4 Step R back, cross step L over R, point R
to right side, turning 1/2 R step R together
5-8 Touch
L toes to left side, step L together, touch R toes to right side, turning 1/4
right step R together
73-80 L side
touch, L heel-toe-heel together, R toes out, R heel out, R heel in, R toes
together
1-4 Touch L toes to L side, turn L heel in,
turn L toes in, turn L heel in (weight ends on L)
5-8 Turn R toes out, turn R heel
out, turn R heel in, turn R toes in (weight remains on L)
* Finale: Final time through, dance to here
and then dance the following - step R forward, pivot 1/2 L, step R forward,
hold and strike a pose!
81-88 R jazz box, R forward, 1/2L
pivot turn, R forward, 1/2 L pivot turn
1-4 Cross step R over L, step L back, step R
to right side, step L forward
5-8 Step R forward, pivot 1/2 left,
step R forward, pivot 1/2 left
This is the sequence:
1st wall facing front, as scripted above - counts 1 - 88
2nd wall facing back start from count 17, finishing on count 88
3rd wall facing front, as scripted above - counts 1 - 88
4th wall facing back start from count 17, finishing on count 88
5th wall facing front, as scripted above - counts 1- 88
6th wall facing back start from count 17, finishing on count 88
7th wall facing front, start from count 17, finishing on count 80 (- 8 count)
* Then
add 3 step ending - step R forward, pivot 1/2 L, step R forward and strike a
pose!