BEGIN THE BEGUINE

Choreographed by: Charlotte Skeeters

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 6-7-8. You can simply hold for these last 3 counts, weight will be back on your left 

 

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) 

6-7-8  Hold for these 3 counts 

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