APOLOGIZE
Choreography by: Shaz Walton
A -- 32 count, 4 wall, Intermediate level line dance
Music: Apologize by Timberland featuring oneRepublic
| Cross lunge. Hitch round. Back. Side. Cross rock side. Side. ½ hitch. Rock. Recover. Rock. Recover. Lunge | |
| 1 | Facing right diagonal front cross left over right & lunge forward. |
| & 2 | Hitch right foot over (smoothly) as you face left diagonal front. Cross step right over left. |
| & 3 | Step back on left. Straighten up as you step right to right side. |
| & 4 & | Cross rock left over right. Recover on right. Step left to left side. |
| 5 & | Take a large step to right with right. Make a ½ turn left smoothly hitching your left knee up. |
| 6 & | Rock forward on left. Recover on right. |
| 7 & 8 | Rock left to left side. Recover on right. Cross step left & lunge. |
| Back. Drag. Together. Walk. Walk. ¼ cross. side. Together. Side. Rock. Recover. ¼. ¾ point. | |
| 1 & | 2 Take a large step back on right. Slide left back towards right. Step left beside right. |
| & 3 | Walk forward right. Walk forward left (make these “small run steps”) |
| & 4 | Make ¼ right as you cross step right over left. Step left to left side. |
| & 5 | Step right beside left. Step left large step to left. |
| 6 & | Rock right behind left. Recover on left. |
| 7 - 8 | Make ¼ right as you step right forward. Make ¾ turn right with left hitched-point left to left side. |
| 1/4 back rock. Recover. ½ rock recover. Ball step. Sweep. Back. Back. Step. Spiral. | |
| 1 - 2 | Make ¼ left as you rock back on left. Recover on right. |
| & 3 - 4 | Make ½ turn right as you step back on left. Rock back on right. Recover on left. |
| & 5 | Step right beside left. Step left forward. |
| 6 & 7 | sweep right from back to front, cross step it over left. Step back left. Step back right. |
| & 8 | Step forward left. Make full spiral turn right, ending with right hooked over left knee. |
| Side. Rock. Recover. Cross. step. Cross (drag) ¼ right. Crouch. Recover. Rock. Recover. (sway) Hitch. | |
| 1 - 2 | Step large step right with right. Rock back on left. |
| & 3 | Recover on right. Step left to left side. |
| & 4 | Cross step right over left. Step left large step to left side. (Dragging right up) |
| 5 - 6 | Make ¼ turn right stepping right forward. Bring left to right as you crouch down facing right diagonal.(Weight on right) |
| (Optional arms: as you make the ¼ turn – circle arms loosely in an anti clockwise direction- as you touch your left foot beside right- clench your fists & hold them close to your body) | |
| 7 & 8 | Recover to standing position as you rock out to left. Recover on right. (Feet need to be apart here) Hitch left knee up. |
| REPEAT | |
| RESTART | |
| 2 wall. Dance up to count 24- replace the full spiral with a step forward on the right foot & start the dance again. You will be on the 3 o'clock wall. | |
| TAG | |
| On 5th wall. Dance the dance to the very end. Execute the last 3 count (Rock. Recover. (sway) Hitch.) But this time prolong the hitch & hold for 2 counts (be dramatic!) Start the dance again facing 9 o'clock wall | |
Step sheet provided courtesy of:
BRONTE BOOTS 'N SPURS LINE DANCING --- WWW.BOOTSNSPURS.COM
