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Start It Up

Start It Up (Robben Ford and the Blue Line; album: Start It Up)

by Aswin van den Berg (aswin@cs.cornell.edu)

Condition

Reproduction of this material is allowed, as long as this information is retained. Execution of the choreography is allowed only after receiving written permission of one of the authors.

However, it would be nice if some group would perform this. I would be happy to support anybody attempting to make sense out of this prose.


Abbreviations

C= couple 1; C2 = couple 2; C3 = couple 3;
- = slot perpendicular to audience;
/ or \ = diagonal; | = slot away from audience.
F = follower; L = leader; l = left; r = right;
s = step; t = touch; w = with
a = on 2/3 of a beat (ex. basic 1 2 3 a4 5 a6);
e = on 1/3 of a beat (ex. 1ea2ea3ea4)
; = and then; > = L is facing r; < L is facing l

Audience is facing down the paper V (so in Pos 1 C3 is on front of stage)

[Intro] (16)		[Pos] C3-
			  	  C2-
			      	      C1-     Fs face away; Ls face toward
3x4 = 12 Waterfall starting with C1
- Fs Hands on Hips; Hip shake Fs on a1; look at L on 1; shoulders bend backwards on 3 4 
- Ls Look away; at F on a3
Turn to each other and freeze on 13

[Verse1]
<
Whip Inside w open dbl res (DR) (8) <
Lead Back (6) <
Syncopated Under Arm Turn with crosses (10) >
Left Side Pass (6) <
Whip Swing Out 4 Walk Inside Turn & open freeze (18) <
	Move on walks	[Pos]         C1-
			          C2-
			      C3-
[Verse2] 
<
Under Arm Turn w Brush Cross on 5,6 >
Left Side Pass w Fs: touch step step on 1 a2 (6) <
Basket into Hammer Lock (HL) (8) <
_PassBehind into Neck Wrap (4) >
_StandardContinuation (6) with s s >
	Move on s s 	[Pos] C3>- C2>- C1>-
Spinning Side Pass (SSP) (8) <
	Turn slot on 1	[Pos] C3/ C2/ C1/
Whip w Texas Tommy freeze (8 + 2) ball change on a8 <

[Chorus1]
<
_TurningBasket into HL (16) <
_DosieDo (8) <
Ramiro's Mans Spin (8) <
_WhipWrap into Man's Outside Duck into Closed (16) <
	Turn slot on 2 3 [Pos] C3- C2- C1-

[Verse3]
<
Tuck Turn w Fs dip on 5 (6) >
 	Turn slot on 1	[Pos] C3\ C2\ C1\
_SSP w man's turn into Crossed Hand Pos (CHP) (6) <
			[Pos] C1-
			      C2-
			      C3-
_Skelies into outside CHP (8) <
_ShowGirlWalk (8) >	[Pos]           C1-
			      		C2-
			      		C3- 
Overhead Turn w walk walk into St Louis Wrap (8) >
			[Pos] C1-
				  C2-
				      C3-
Continuation w Dbl Res (6) <
_TunnelPrepare (6) >

[Guitar1]
>
Man's HL to HL (8) >
_Tunnel w extra Dbl Res (6+2) >
_HalfWhip (8) <
_Butterfly into CHP (6) <
Half Nelson (6) <	[Pos]    C1-
				 C2-
				 C3-
6 walks starting with in f/by outside turn (6+4) <
	Move on walks (forw or backw) and last triple (sidew)
			[Pos] C3- C2- C1-
1,2 into... (2)

[Guitar2]
<
4 sugar feet f/by touch step; triple (16) <
			[Pos] C3/ C2/ C1/
_Bump (8) <
_DoubleWhip w. Inside into CHP (12) <
Under Arm Turn f/by 3 spins into freeze (12) >

[Verse4]
>
Duck Turn Out Subordination Move (6) <	
			[Pos] C3-     C1-
				  C2-
_DoubleWhip w Dip on a7 (10) >
Tuck Turn (6) <
_InsideLeadBack (8) <
Under Arm Turn w a3a4a 5 6 footwork (Debbie 1) (6) >
_SidePass doing triple triple (4) <
Push Break with slide down on a5 <

[Chorus2]
<
Whip w a Ride (8) >
_Sling (6) >
SSP + check on a5 6 (6) <
Under Arm Turn w aCaCaC C (Debbie 2) (6) >
Push Break w tSS CS touch right foot in place (6) >
_Barrelroll (6) <
Lasso into wrap (8) >

[Guitar 3] (5x8) 
>
Continuation with turn out (8) <
	Increase depth  [Pos] C3-<     C1-<

				  C2-<
Whip lead follower on 4 (8)
			[Pos] C3>\     C1-<

				  C2>/
Basket with spin (8)
Whip w wrap dbl turn (8)
_DoubleWhip out of Triangle w s s on 9 10 (10) <
	Move on 9 10	[Pos] C3-< C2-< C1-< 

[Outro] (1x8 +5)
1x4:  aS  h  body wave (F: start l; L: start r)
2x4:  aS  h  brush cross (F: start r; L: start l)
3x4:   S  S  two inside turns aDip


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