Down and Out
Choreographed by Gary Lafferty🇬🇧 & Michelle Risley🇬🇧
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Step Sheet
32 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
Music Info: 36-count intro, 122 bpm – no tags & no restarts!
SECTION 1: V-STEP (“OUT, OUT, IN, IN”); STEP FORWARD, KICK, STEP BACK, TOUCH
1-2
Step out to Right diagonal on Right foot, step out to Left diagonal on Left foot
3-4
Step Right back to centre, step on Left foot beside Right
5-6
Step forward on Right foot, kick Left foot forward (clap your hands)
7-8
Step back on Left foot beside Right, touch Right foot back (clap your hands)
SECTION2 : RIGHT SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK STEP; LEFT SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK STEP
1&2
Step forward on Right foot, step on Left foot beside Right, step forward on Right foot
3-4
Rock forward on Left foot, recover weight back onto Right foot
5&6
Step back on Left foot, step on Right foot beside Left, step back on Left foot
7-8
Rock back on Right foot, recover weight onto Left foot
SECTION 3: (TURNING ¼ LEFT) GRAPEVINE TO RIGHT with TOUCH & CLAP
1-2
Turn ¼ Left (facing 9 o’clock) and step to Right on Right foot, cross-step Left foot behind Right
3-4
Step to Right on Right foot, touch Left foot beside Right (clap your hands)
OPTIONS! – A BIG ROLLING TURN, OR ANOTHER GRAPEVINE
5-6
Turn ¼ Left stepping forward onto Left foot, turn ½ Left stepping back onto Right foot
7-8
Turn ¼ Left stepping to Left on Left foot, touch Right foot beside Left (clap your hands)
5-6
Step to Left on Left foot, cross-step Right foot behind Left
7-8
Step to Left on Left foot, touch Right foot beside Left (clap your hands)
SECTION 4: “DECISIONS, DECISIONS” :-)
FOR THE TURNERS – FULL TURN OVER RIGHT SHOULDER – “WALK, WALK SHUFFLE; WALK, WALK, SHUFFLE”
1-2
Step on Right foot, step on Left foot
3&4
Shuffle Right-Left-Right
5-6
Step on Left foot, step on Right foot
7&8
Shuffle Left-Right-Right
In total, these 8 counts will make a full turn around over your Right shoulder and bring you back to where you started from
FOR THE NON-TURNERS – RUMBA BOX WITH SHUFFLES
1-2
Step to Right on Right foot, step on Left foot beside Left
3&4
Step back on Right foot, step on Left foot beside Right, step back on Right foot
5-6
Step to Left on Left foot, step on Right foot beside Left
7&8
Step forward on Left foot, step on Right foot beside Left, step forward on Left foot
START AGAIN
Notes – all the claps are optional, and you can either do all the turns or take them out – your choice! 😊
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