Dance: Don't Stop Song: Don't Stop The Music Artist: Lionel Ritchie Album: Renaissance Choreography & copyright: Teresa Lawrence & Vera Fisher; www.linedancecrazy.demon.co.uk Level: Intermediate Walls: 4 Count: 32 Bridge/restart: one restart Dance Beat: 130 b/m Start: Feet together, weight on left foot * Step, knee: out, in, out, 1/4 turn & kick, coaster, step, 1/2 pivot: 1 Step RIGHT to RIGHT side about shoulder width apart & put weight on RIGHT toe (toe should be angled to R45 & RIGHT knee bent slightly forward to R45, body facing home wall & leaning to RIGHT with LEFT leg straight), 2 Swing RIGHT knee in towards LEFT & keeping weight over RIGHT, 3 Swing RIGHT knee back out to R45 & keeping weight over RIGHT, 4 Transfer weight back onto LEFT by pushing off on RIGHT foot make 1/4 turn RIGHT & kick RIGHT forward, 5& 6 Coaster (R,L,R), 7- 8 Step LEFT forward, 1/2 pivot turn RIGHT (weight onto RIGHT), * Shuffle fwd, full turn, touch, kick, coaster: 9&10 Shuffle forward (L,R,L), 11-12 Walk forward RIGHT, LEFT making full turn LEFT, 13-14 Touch RIGHT toe next to LEFT, kick RIGHT forward, 15&16 Coaster (R,L,R), * Step, 1/4 turn, cross-shuffle, side, 1/2 turn, cross-1/4turn-step: 17-18 Step LEFT forward, 1/4 turn RIGHT & step RIGHT forward, 19&20 Cross LEFT over RIGHT, step RIGHT to RIGHT side, cross LEFT over RIGHT, 21-22 Step RIGHT to RIGHT side, 1/2 turn LEFT & step LEFT forward, 23&24 Cross RIGHT over LEFT, 1/4 turn RIGHT & step LEFT back (on &), step RIGHT forward, * Toe strut, toe strut, kick-ball-touch, rock-step-touch: 25-26 LEFT toe-heel strut forward, 27-28 RIGHT toe-heel strut forward, (For a bit of attitude try rolling left knee left on left strut & right knee right on right strut) 29&30 Kick LEFT forward, step LEFT beside RIGHT (on &), touch RIGHT toe next to LEFT, &31-32 Rock back on RIGHT (on &), replace weight onto LEFT, touch RIGHT next to LEFT. Repeat ****** Restart: On the 9th wall dance the first 22 counts and replace 23&24 ------- with (restarting facing the back wall): 23&24 Cross RIGHT over LEFT, step LEFT back (on &), touch RIGHT toe beside LEFT. Transcribed: David Powell, 5th November, 2001. http://xenon.triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance