If you ever watched Michael Flatley’s RIVERDANCE troupe, you’re probably familiar with the song, “Lord of the Dance.” But, I bet you never thought of line dancing to this song, have you? Well, Country Walkin’, choreographed by Terre DeSarro, is perfect for this music. Country Walkin’ is a 32 count/36 step, 4-wall line dance for beginners, and only has three patterns to learn. It’s actually one of the most easy line dances I know, coming in second to Electric Slide.
Here is the STEP SHEET for Country Walkin’ and here is the YouTube Video for “Lord of the Dance.” Don’t worry – you don’t have to learn to dance like the dancers in the video!
What I do is download the line dance videos to Real Player – you can use your favorite player – to which I’ve made a playlist for line dancing songs. Then I can play them whenever I want.
OK, for this song, you don’t actually start dancing until after the first 52 seconds. You can just stand there and look entranced by the beautiful flute sounds. Also, as you dance, the song becomes faster and faster, which makes for a lot of line dancin’ fun!
Let me know how you do and if this is a good way to get line dance step sheets with the appropriate music to you. If it works out, I will do different dances from time to time. I’m in the process of putting together a FREE eBook for you with line dance terminology and about 30 line dance step sheets.
My personal line dancing instructions playlist has 14 songs and I have types up the step sheets for each one. When I want to teach or practice, or just have a good workout, I play the playlist, minimizing the video so I don’t get distracted by Billy Ray Cyrus singing “Acky Breaky Heart”, and dance ’til I drop!
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On the video, after the flute player, the two female dancers come onstage. That’s at about 0.50 seconds into the video, which is when we started Country Walkin’. Here’s the link to the youtube video I have on the post: http://youtu.be/By4NUxd6z3s
I hope this helps you. It’s a lot of fun to dance to this music because it speeds up as the dance progresses.
Renee
Can you post a video of someone doing Country Walkin’ to Lord of the Dance? Hard to imagine or figure out when to start.
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I am glad I dont have to dance like the dancers in the video! I would like to learn some of the line dancing techniques though. I think learning in a group, every week, with an instructor would be so much fun! I enjoyed your articles and I really liked your ‘Renees Dance Store’. I am hoping to leave some hints to my family for some Christmas Gifts for me:)Sincerely, Dorcee