I’M GONNA HAVE A GOOD DAY


Choreographer: Alan G. Birchall (April 2004)
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Dance: Four-Wall Line Dance
Steps/Count: 32 + 4 Count Tag At End Of Every Verse
Music: Talking Optimist Blues (Good Day Today) – Neil Diamond CD: Tennessee Moon BPM: 105/210 Start: On Lyrics - 8 Counts From Beat 12 Secs
Or Any Reasonable Two Step Music


STEPS
¼ SIDE SHUFFLE, STEP, ½ PIVOT, ¼ TURN, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN, STEP ½ PIVOT (Almost A Figure Of Eight)
1&2 Step Right To Right, Step Left By Right, Step Right To Right Making ¼ Turn Right (Facing 3 ‘0’ Clock)
3-4 Step Forward On Left, ½ Pivot Right (Facing 9 ‘0’ Clock)
5&6 Make ¼ Turn Right, Step Left To Left, Step Right By Left, Step Left To Left Making ¼ Turn Left (Facing 9 ‘0’ Clock)
7-8 Step Forward On Right, ½ Pivot Left (Facing 3 ‘0’ Clock)

RIGHT SHUFFLE, RUMBA ‘BOX’, WALKS BACK
9&10 Step Forward On Right, Step Left By Right, Step Forward On Right
11&12 Step Left To Left, Step Right By Left, Step Forward On Left
13&14 Step Right To Right, Step Left By Right, Step Back On Right
15-16 Walk Back Left Right

COASTER STEP, WALK FORWARD, TOUCH FORWARD, BACK, STEP ½ PIVOT
17&18 Step Back On Left, Step Right By Left, Step Forward On Left
19-20 Walk Forward Right, Left
21-22 Touch Right Heel Forward, Touch Right Heel Back
23-24 Step Forward On Right, ½ Pivot Left (Facing 9 ‘0’ Clock)

TOUCH FORWARD, BACK, RIGHT SHUFFLE, STEP ½ PIVOT, FULL TRIPLE TURN (Or Alternative)
25-26 Touch Right Heel Forward, Touch Right Toe Back
27&28 Step Forward On Right, Step Left By Right, Step Forward On Right
29-30 Step Forward On Left, ½ Pivot Right (Facing 3 ‘0’ Clock)
31&32 Full Triple Turn Right Stepping Left, Right, Left (Facing 3 ‘0’ Clock)
Or Alternative Left Shuffle Forward


START AGAIN

Tag: After EVERY VERSE ONLY!!

HEEL, HOOK, HEEL, FLICK, STOMP, STOMP
1& Touch Right Heel Forward, Hook Right Over Left Shin
2& Touch Right Heel Forward, Flick Right Heel Out To Right Side
3-4 Stomp Right By Left, Stomp Left By Right