Love Letters In the Sand

Choreo: Betty & Al Hamilton, 12090 Brookston Drive, Springdale, OH 45240-1347
Phone: 513-851-4972, E-Mail:ElizabethHamilton@ATTGlobal.Net
Music: MCA P-2694 or Collect 90244, "Love Letters in the Sand", by Pat Boone
  Also available as an inexpensive download from Internet sites such as www.walmart.com
Footwork: Opposite, directions for man except as noted (W's in parentheses)
Phase Phase IV+1+1 Slow Two Step (Triple Traveler, Modified Sand Step), Speed: 46 rpm.
Seq: Intro A B C A C B End


MEAS:

DANCE FIGURES:

 

Introduction

 1
 1

WAIT [CP WALL] [2 PKUP NOTES]
wait [for two vocal pickup notes "On a..", begin Part A on "day"];

 

Part A

 1-4
 1-2
 3-4
 

BAS;; OP BAS 2X;;
sd L, -, XRIBL (W XLIBR), rec L; sd R, -, XLIBR (W XRIBL), rec R;
sd L to L 1/2 OP, -, XRIBL (W XLIBR), rec L to fc;
sd R to R 1/2 OP, -, XLIBR (W XRIBL), rec R to fc;

 5-8
 5-6
 7-8
 
 
 Note

LUN BAS 2X;; MODIFIED SNDSTP 2X;;
sd L, -, rec R, XLIFR (W XRIFL); sd R, -, rec L, XRIFL (W XLIFR) to BFLY;
sd L, -, trace an "S" (W traces mirror image) with R toe over two beats of music - no wgt, -;
sd R, -, trace a backward "S" (W traces mirror image) with L toe over two beats of
music - no weight, -;
Tell dancers to begin tracing their “S” in meas 7-8 by drawing free foot toward standing leg

 

Part B

 1-4
 1-2
 3-4

BAS;; OP BAS 2X;;
sd L, -, XRIBL (W XLIBR), rec L; sd R, -, XLIBR (W XRIBL), rec R;
sd L to L 1/2 OP, -, XRIBL (W XLIBR), rec L to fc;
sd R to R 1/2 OP, -, XLIBR (W XRIBL), rec R to fc;

 5-8
 5-6
 
 7-8
 
 

SWCHS 2X [TO BFLY];; MODIFIED SNDSTP 2X;;
cross in front of W on L to L 1/2 OP, -, sd R, fwd L (W small fwd R, -, fwd L, fwd R);
small fwd R, -, fwd L, fwd R (W cross in front of M on L, -, sd R, fwd L);
sd L, -, trace an "S" (W traces mirror image) with R toe over two beats of music - no wgt, -;
sd R, -, trace a backward "S" (W traces mirror image) with L toe over two beats of
music - no weight, -;

 

Part C

 1-4
 1
 
 2
 3
 
 4

TRPL TRAVELER;;; BAS ENDING;_
fwd L trng 1/4 LF, -, sd & fwd R, fwd L
(W bk R trng LF, -, sd L trng LF under joined lead hands, sd & fwd R trng to LOD);
fwd R spiralg LF under joined lead hands, -, fwd L, fwd R (W fwd L, -, fwd R, fwd L);
fwd L leading W to begin RF trn, -, sd R, XLIFR to LOD
(W fwd R trng RF, -, sd & bk L cont trn under joined hands, fwd R to CP);
sd R, -, XLIBR (W XRIBL), rec R;

 5-8
 5-8

TRPL TRAVELER;;; BAS ENDING [TO CP WALL];
repeat meas 1-4 in opposite direction to end CP Wall;;;;

 

Ending

 1
 1

SD CORTE;
stp sd L relaxing knee leaving R leg extended and hold, -, -, -;

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