Dance: Rollercoaster
Song: Life is a Rollercoaster
Artist: Ronan Keating
Album: Ronan
Choreography & copyright: Michael Vera-Lobos, 11/2000,
                http://www.zipworld.com.au/~strictly/
Level: Intermediate
Walls: 2
Count: 64
Bridge/restart: no
Dance Beat: medium
Start: Weight on left foot

* Side shuffle, cross, full unwind, side, behind, &1/4 turn, 1/2 pivot:
  1& 2 Shuffle RIGHT (R,L,R),
  3- 4 Cross LEFT over RIGHT, make full unwind turn RIGHT
       (weight onto RIGHT),
  5- 6 Step LEFT to LEFT, cross RIGHT behind LEFT,
 &7- 8 Step LEFT onto ball of LEFT & make 1/4 turn LEFT (on &),
       step RIGHT forward, make 1/2 pivot turn LEFT (weight onto LEFT),

* Step, tap, &ball, step, stuff, shuffle, step, 1/2 pivot:
  9-10 Step RIGHT forward, tap LEFT beside RIGHT,
&11-12 Step back on LEFT ball (on &), rock forward onto RIGHT,
       scuff LEFT forward,
 13&14 Shuffle forward (L,R,L),
 15-16 Step RIGHT forward, make 1/2 pivot turn LEFT (weight onto LEFT),

* Right Dorothy, left Dorothy, rocking chair:
17-18& Step RIGHT diagionally forward to the RIGHT, lock LEFT behind
       RIGHT foot, step RIGHT diagionally forward to the RIGHT (on &),
19-20& Step LEFT diagionally forward to the LEFT, lock RIGHT behind
       LEFT foot, step LEFT diagionally forward to the LEFT (on &),
 21-22 Rock RIGHT diagonally forward to RIGHT & push RIGHT hip forward,
       rock weight back onto LEFT,
 23-24 Rock RIGHT diagonally back to RIGHT & push RIGHT hip back,
       rock weight forward onto LEFT,

* Step, 1/4 pivot, cross shuffle, 1/4 turn, 1/2 turn, shuffle fwd:
 25-26 Step RIGHT forward, make 1/4 pivot turn LEFT (weight onto LEFT),
 27&28 Cross shuffle LEFT (R,L,R), crossing RIGHT over LEFT,
 29-30 Step LEFT back & make 1/4 turn RIGHT,
       step RIGHT back & make 1/2 turn RIGHT,
 31&32 Shuffle forward (L,R,L) with optional full turn RIGHT,

* Rock-step, shuffle back with 1/2 turn, shuffle back with 1/2 turn,
                 touch back, 1/2 pivot:
 33-34 Rock RIGHT forward, back onto LEFT,
 35&36 Shuffle back (R,L,R) with a 1/2 or 3/2 turn RIGHT, *
 37&38 Shuffle back (L,R,L) with a 1/2 or 3/2 turn RIGHT, *
 39-40 Touch RIGHT toe back,
       make 1/2 pivot turn RIGHT (weight on LEFT),

* Rocking chair, touch back, 1/2 pivot, coaster:
 41-44 Rock back on RIGHT, rock forward onto LEFT,
       rock forward on RIGHT, rock back onto LEFT,
 45-46 Touch RIGHT toe back,
       make 1/2 pivot turn RIGHT (weight on LEFT),
 47&48 Step RIGHT back, step LEFT beside RIGHT (on &), step RIGHT fwd,

* Left Dorothy, right Dorothy, rocking chair:
49-50& Step LEFT diagionally forward to the LEFT, lock RIGHT behind
       LEFT foot, step LEFT diagionally forward to the LEFT (on &),
51-52& Step RIGHT diagionally forward to the RIGHT, lock LEFT behind
       RIGHT foot, step RIGHT diagionally forward to the RIGHT (on &),
 53-54 Rock LEFT diagonally forward to LEFT & push LEFT hip forward,
       rock weight back onto RIGHT,
 55-56 Rock LEFT diagonally back to LEFT & push LEFT hip back,
       rock weight forward onto RIGHT,

* Step, 1/4 pivot, cross-&side-cross, rock-step, cross-&side-touch:
 57-58 Step LEFT forward,
       make 1/4 pivot turn RIGHT (weight onto RIGHT),
 59&60 Cross LEFT behind RIGHT, step RIGHT to RIGHT (on &),
       cross LEFT over RIGHT,
 61-62 Rock RIGHT to RIGHT, rock weight onto LEFT,
 63&64 Cross RIGHT behind LEFT, step LEFT to LEFT (on &),
       touch RIGHT beside LEFT.

Repeat


* The original dance sheet is a bit ambigious here. I have written
the steps as I was taught, however from the original sheet it is
possible that on count 35 you make a 1/2 turn on the left foot and
shuffle to the right; and similiarly for the following shuffle on
counts 37&38, tho' on the other foot. The steps, as I have given them
in the dance sheet above, could be viewed as a 1/2 turn on the left
foot followed by a forward shuffle, rather than a side shuffle. Which
version is correct, I leave up to you .. however, the dance is popular
down here and my instructor has seen it performed, so I suspect the
way he taught bit was correct, which is the way I've written the
steps above. Note also .. the 3/2 turn on the shuffles is a variation
that does not appear on the original dance sheet and flows quite
smoothly, but would prolly be less "comfortable" with a side shuffle.

Transcribed: David Powell, 1st February, 2001.
http://xenon.triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance