Barn Dance


DESCRIPTION: Partner's Circle Dance
COUNTS: 30
CHOREOGRAPHER:  Unknown
MUSIC: Wild, Wild West, Escape Club
PRACTICE MUSIC: Hillbilly Rock = Marty Stuart

NOTES: The Barn Dance is an excellent mixer and is straight forward
enough that people can join the dance without having previously been
taught it.
 - DJ typically announces this dance and invites partners to come out
and form a circle. The DJ should then play 4-8 bars of the music and
stop so as to give people time to form the circle.  Once the circle is
formed, the DJ starts the music, playing the first 3 bars and then
counts off " 5 6 7 8 ! " to get dance started.
 - The circle is formed with men on the inside LOD and women on the
outside.
 - Partners start in closed position, facing across LOD.
 - This is an opposite-feet partners' dance with partners doing the 
same foot work.  Only the men's footwork is given below.


COUNTS / STEP DESCRIPTIONS

FORWARD LOD - SIDE, TOGETHER, SIDE AND TOUCH:
 1-4      Step Left Foot to the left side.
          Bring Right Foot beside Left Foot.
          Step Left Foot to the left again.  
          Bring Right Foot beside Left Foot and touch.

BACKWARD LOD - SIDE, TOGETHER, SIDE AND TOUCH:
 5-8      Step Right Foot to the right side.
          Bring Left Foot beside Right Foot.
          Step Right Foot to the right again.  
          Bring Left Foot beside Right Foot and touch.

Turn partner while FORWARD LOD - SIDE, TOGETHER, SIDE, TOUCH:
Men lead ladies in 1 turn CW in counts 9-11,
  while doing these steps.
 9-12     Step Left Foot to the.
          Bring Right Foot beside Left Foot.
          Step Left Foot to the left again.  
          Bring Right Foot beside Left Foot and touch.

BACKWARD LOD - SIDE, TOGETHER, SIDE AND TOUCH:
Men lead ladies in 1 turn CCW in counts 13-15,
  while doing these steps.
 13-16    Step Right Foot to the right side.
          Bring Left Foot beside Right Foot.
          Step Right Foot to the right again.  
          Bring Left Foot beside Right Foot and touch.

Note:  Men lead ladies to Open Promenade Position, 
  turning Forward LOD.

LEFT AND RIGHT STEP, SCUFF:
 17-20    STep Left Foot forward, scuff Right Foot.
          Step Right Foot forward, scuff Left Foot 
          Step Left Foot forward, Scuff Right Foot.
          Step Right Foot forward, scuff Left Foot 

REPEAT 17-20:
 21-24    Step Left Foot forward, scuff Right Foot.
          Step Right Foot forward, scuff left foot 
          STep Left forward, Scuff Right Foot.
          Step Right foot forward, scuff left foot 

Partners again face across LOD, Man backs to inside of
circle, while partner stands in place.

MAN BACKS 3 STEPS AND CLAPS:
 25-28    Man steps back on Left Foot, Right Foot,
             Left Foot, and pause and clap.
          Lady steps in place and LOOKS PRETTY!

Man now steps forward to next partner on his left.

MAN STEPS FORWARD 3 STEPS, TAKES NEW PARTNER:
 29-32    Man steps forward on Right Foot, Left Foot,
            Right Foot.
          Pause and take new partner in closed position
          facing across LOD.

                   REPEAT!