Hold Your Horses
Choreographers: A.T. Kinson & Tom
Mickers
Description: 64 count- 4 wall- intermediate/advanced
line dance
Music: Hold Your Horses by E-Type [ 140 bpm / CD: The Ultimate In Dance (Superstar Productions) ]
KICK BALL STEP- ¼ TURN- SKATER STEP FOUR
TIMES
1&2 Kick right to right side- step right in
place- step left forward
3-4 Step
right forward- ¼ turn left as you step left
5-6 Skate
right- skate left (traveling forward)
7-8 Skate
right- skate left (traveling forward)
STEP TOUCH - STEP TOUCH - TROT STEP
BACKWARDS
1-2 Step
right to right side- touch left toe behind right
Raise your hands high and
stretch you body nice and tall during count 1. Drop your hands to your side and
click your fingers while bringing your body back down on count 2. The lower you
get, the farther you can cross that foot behind.
3-4 Step
left to left side, touch right toe behind left
Raise your hands high and
stretch you body nice and tall during count 3. Drop your hands to your side and
click your fingers while bringing your body back down on count 4. The lower you
get, the farther you can cross that foot behind.
&5&6 Gallop back right, left,
right, left (feet shoulder width apart)
&7&8 Repeat the previous counts &5&6
Counts
&5&6&7&8 are the "Spank The Horsey" part. As you gallop backwards, get up on the
balls of your feet and make your legs as bowlegged as possible. Roll those hips
as you move backward. Place your left fist forward, knuckles up, as if holding
the reins of your horse. On each count, slap the air below your left arm with
your right hand, as if slapping the side of your horse. Slapping your horse
makes it gallop backwards?
GRAPEVINE RIGHT, GRAPEVINE LEFT
1 Step right to right
side (right arm across
chest, forearm parallel to floor, as palm of left hand pushes right fist to the
right)
2 Step left behind
right (left arm across
chest, forearm parallel to floor, as palm of right hand pushes left fist to the
left)
3 Step right
to right side (both hands touch
shoulders and snap your fingers)
4 Touch left
next to right (bring both arms
straight down and snap your fingers)
5 Step left to left
side (left arm across
chest, forearm parallel to floor, as palm of right hand pushes left fist to the
left)
6 Step right behind
left (right arm across
chest, forearm parallel to floor, as palm of left hand pushes right fist to the
right)
7 Step left
to left side (both hands touch
shoulders and snap your fingers)
8 Touch
right next to left (bring both arms
straight down and snap your fingers)
KNEE
KNOCKS
1-4 With feet together knock knees in and out starting with
knees knocking in (lean body to the right as you stretch your left arm forward
and circle from the center to the left side)
5-8 Repeat steps for 1-4
(lean body to the left as you stretch your right arm forward and circle from
the center to the right side)
STEP, KICK,
CROSS, BACK, POINT,
1-2 Step forward on left,
kick right down towards floor
3-4 Cross right over left,
step back on left
5&6 Point
right to right side, step right next to left, left heel forward
&7-8 Step left next to right,
touch right toe back, turn ½ to the right and transfer weight to right foot
STEP SCUFF, STEP,
STOMP, SWIVEL
1-2 Step forward on left,
scuff right forward
3-4 Step down
on right foot, stomp left foot in front of right
&5&6 Swivel heels to the left,
center, left, center
7-8
Step back on left, step
right next to left
LAST 16 STEPS AGAIN
1-16
Repeat those last 16
counts, except end with a touch instead of a step so your right foot is free to
start the dance again.
REPEAT…
Start the dance 32 counts after the drum kicks in.
Then do the tag at the end of walls 2 and 4
GRAPEVINE RIGHT, GRAPEVINE LEFT WITH ¼ TURN
1-2 Step
right to right side, step left behind right
3-4 Step
right to right side, touch left next to right
5-6 Step
left to left side, step right behind left
7-8 Step left to left side with ¼ turn left, touch right next to left
PADDLE TURN
&1 Make ¼ left, point the
right toe to the right side
&2 Turn ¼ left, point the right toe to the right
side
&3 Turn ¼ left, point the right toe to the right
side
&4 Step right next to left
Some folks leave out the ¼ turn in the second grapevine and add
it back in here on count 4. Realistically, it doesn't matter even a tiny bit
where you put it.
&5 Turn ¼ right, point the left toe to the left side
&6 Turn ¼ right, point the left toe to the
left side
&7 Turn ¼ right, point the left toe to the
left side
&8 Turn ¼ right and step the left foot forward
During the entire tag, you are rolling your fists around each other in
front of your body. You could roll forward on the vine right,
and backward on the vine left. You can roll them one revolution per count, or
for a more exciting look, try two revolutions per count.
You can also try to turn all of those ¼ paddle turns into ½ turns so that
you do two full turns to the left and then two full turns to the right.
Rolling your arms while turning your body tests the
laws of physics so it may not be as easy as it sounds. And rolling at
double speed while spinning at double speed is downright frightening!
STARTING WALL
According to the Fédération d'Association
de Kinetic Exactitude (F.A.K.E.), the official starting direction for this
dance is 35 degrees East of Magnetic North. However, the committee has agreed
that, under certain conditions, it is acceptable to begin the dance facing the
Truthfully, you will find that some dancers start at 12:00, and some
start at
If you are having trouble coming to an agreement with your neighboring
dancers during the intro, please return to your chair, collect your belongings,
access the egress, employ cartage to your abode, consume a Valium, apply a cool
compress to your ocular region, and assume a horizontal position in a darkened
sanctum. Your angst level is WAAAY too high