BEGIN THE BEGUINE
Choreographed by:
Music: Begin The Beguine by The Limeliters
Descriptions: 64 count - -
wall line dance - - Beginner level
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BACK, RECOVER, FORWARD, HOLD, LOCK, FORWARD, FORWARD,
½ PIVOT, SIDE
1-4 Right rock back; recover forward left;
right step forward; hold
& Left forward in lock step behind right
5-6 Right step forward; left step
forward
7-8 Pivot ½ turn right (transfer weight
right); left step side left
Next 8 counts are repeats of above, except for count 8
which becomes a hold
BACK, RECOVER, FORWARD, HOLD, LOCK, FORWARD, FORWARD,
½ PIVOT, HOLD
1-4 Right rock back; recover forward left;
right step forward; hold
& Left forward in lock step behind right
5-6 Right step forward; left step
forward
7-8 Pivot ½ turn right (transfer weight
right); hold
SIDE, BEHIND, ¼, FORWARD, ½, HOLD, FORWARD, FORWARD,
FORWARD
1-2 Left step side left; right cross
behind left
3-4 Left step side left into ¼ turn left;
right step forward
5-6 Pivot ½ turn left (transfer weight
left); hold
& Right step forward next to left
7-8 Left step forward; right step forward
(big step)
BACK, HOLD, BACK(&),
CROSS, BACK, BACK, RECOVER, FORWARD, ¼ TURN
1-2 Left step back (big step); hold
& Right step back slight angle right
3-4 Left cross over front of right (still
moving back); right step back
5-6 Left step back; recover weight forward
right
7-8 Left step forward; pivot ¼ turn right
(transfer weight right)
CROSS, SIDE, FORWARD, SWING UP, SWING DOWN, BACK, ¼
TURN, HOLD/DRAG
1-2 Left cross over right; right step side
right
3 Left step forward (in front of right with slight cross - big step)
4 Swing right leg up into slight kick forward
5 Swing right leg down crossing over front and to side of left (weight
right)
6-7 Left step back; right step back into ¼
turn right (big step)
8 Hold and start dragging left toward right
CROSS, SIDE, FORWARD, SWING UP, SWING DOWN, BACK, ¼
TURN, HOLD/DRAG
1-8 Repeat above 8 counts
CROSS/LUNGE, RECOVER, SIDE, CROSS/LUNGE, RECOVER, ¼
TURN, FORWARD, ½ PIVOT
1 Left cross over right into "lunge" (keep right in place, bend
both knees)
2-3 Recover weight to right; left step
side left
4 Right cross over left into "lunge" (keep left in place, bend both
knees)
5-6 Recover weight to left; right step
side right into ¼ turn right
7-8 Left step forward; pivot ½ turn right
(transfer weight right)
¼ SWAY LEFT (2 CTS.); SWAY RIGHT (2 CTS.); BACK,
RECOVER, RECOVER, HOLD
1-2 Left step forward into ¼ turn right
starting hip/body sway left (2 counts)
3-4 Transfer weight to right and sway
hips/body right (2 counts)
5-7 Left step back; recover weight forward
right; recover weight back left
8 Hold
Option: At the end
of the first round, there is a nice break in the music on last 3 counts
REPEAT
TAG: One time only
easy tag when using The Limeliters version of this song. After 3rd round, there
is an 8 count tag:
1-2 Right rock back;
recover weight forward onto left
3-4 Right rock forward;
hold
5 Left step back (big step)