HIT THE ROAD JACK!!

  Choreographer:   Alan G. Birchall (July 2001)        

Level: Intermediate

Dance: ONE WALL LINEDANCE

Steps/Count: A: 32, B: 16, C: 8

Music: Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles BPM: 80/160 Sequence: ABABCA Then To Step 16 Of A

ALBUM: Various Greatest Hits ALBUMS Etc (Available at CDNOW.COM & AMAZON.COM)

Hit The Road Jack – The Weather Girls BPM: 90/180 Sequence: ABABCABAA Then To Step 24 Of A

ALBUM: PUTTIN ON THE HITS (Available at CDNOW.COM & AMAZON.COM)

Both Versions Start On Lyrics: Ray Charles After 8 Counts (5 Secs) Weather Girls: After Intro & Talk (12 Secs)

SECTION A

TOE STRUTS BACK, RIGHT COASTER STEP, HEEL STRUTS FORWARD, ROCK & CROSS

1&    Step Right Toe Back, Snap Heel To Floor

2&    Step Left Toe Back, Snap Heel To Floor

3&4 Step Back On Right, Step Left By Right, Step Forward On Right

5&    Step Left Heel Forward, Snap Toe To Floor

6&    Step Right Heel Forward, Snap Toe To Floor

7&8 Rock Left To Left, Recover On Right, Cross Left Over Right (See Note - Step 23&24)

TOE STRUTS BACK, RIGHT COASTER STEP, STEP, ½ PIVOT, FULL TRIPLE TURN RIGHT

9&    Step Right Toe Back, Snap Heel To Floor

10& Step Left Toe Back, Snap Heel To Floor

11&12             Step Back On Right, Step Left By Right, Step Forward On Right

13-14               Step Forward on Left, ½ Pivot Right (Facing 6 –0-Clock)

15&16             Make Full Triple Turn Right Stepping Left, Right, Left (Facing 6 –0-Clock & Weight is On Left)

ALTERNATIVE: TRIPLE IN PLACE

17-32               REPEAT ABOVE You Will End Up Facing your Home Wall (12 – 0- Clock)

SECTION B (Always Danced Facing Home Wall 12-0-Clock)

SYNCOPATED CROSS STEP, ROCK, RECOVER ¼ TURN, STEP, LOCK STEP, STEP, ½ PIVOT, STEP

1&2 Step Right Behind Left, Step Left To Left, Cross Right Over Left

3&4 Rock Left To Left, Recover On Right Making ¼ Turn Right, Step Forward On Left (Facing 3-0-Clock)

5&6 Step Forward On Right, Lock Left Behind Right, Step Forward on Right

7&8 Step Forward on Left, Make ½ Pivot Right, Step Forward On Left (Facing 9-0-Clock)

RIGHT & LEFT  TOE STRUTS, CROSS, UNWIND, CHARLESTON STEPS

9&           Cross Right Toe Over Left, Snap Heel To Floor

10&         Step Left Toe To Left, Snap Heel To Floor

11-12      Cross Right Over Left, Unwind (Facing 12 -0- Clock & Weight is On Left)  

13-14      Touch Right Toe Forward, Step Back On Right

15-16       Touch Left Toe Back, Step Forward On Left

START AGAIN

SECTION C

RIGHT STEP LOCK STEP, SCUFF, LEFT STEP LOCK STEP STEP, ½ PIVOT, STEP, CLAP x 2

1&2 Step Forward On Right, Lock Left Behind Right, Step Forward on Right

&      Scuff Left Past Right

3&4 Step Forward On Left, Lock Right Behind Left, Step Forward On Left

5&6 Step Forward on Right, Make ½ Pivot Left, Step Forward on Right (Facing 6-0-Clock)

&      Clap

7&8 Step Forward on Left, Make ½ Pivot Right, Step Forward On Left (Facing 12-0-Clock)

&      Clap

NOTE:  On Ray Charles Version To Finish The Dance Facing Home Wall Change the Full Triple Turn Into a 1½ Turn Right.  On Weather Girls Version To Finish Facing Home Wall You Will Be On Steps 23&24 Simply Unwind.