Dim The Lights
Choreographed by Michele Perron
Description: 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate line
dance
Music: Loving You Makes Me A Better Man by Hal Ketchum
Blue Bayou by Linda Ronstadt
California Blue by Roy Orbison
SIDE, SLIDE, TOGETHER, SIDE, CROSS/ROCK, BACK/ROCK
Face diagonally right
1-2 Right (large) step to side right; left slide next
to right
3-4 Left step next to right; right step to side right
5-6 Left cross/step in front of right; right
rock/step back
7-8 Left step diagonal back left; right rock/step
forward
CROSS/HOLD, SIDE/ROCK, FORWARD, HOLD, PIVOT/TURN
1-2 Left cross/step forward in front of right; hold
3 Right rock/step to side right (face center)
4 Execute ¼ turn left with left recover/step forward
(9:00)
5-6 Right step forward; hold
7-8 Left step forward; execute ½ turn right, weight
on right (3:00)
FORWARD, HOLD, SIDE, TOGETHER, BACK, HOLD, SIDE, TOGETHER
(TURNING RUMBA BOX)
1-2 Left step forward: hold
3-4 Right step to side right: left step next to right
5-6 Begin ¼ turn left with right step across and
behind left; hold
7-8 Complete ¼ turn left with left step to side
left; right step next to left (12:00)
FORWARD, SLIDE, BACK, SLIDE, FORWARD, TURN, FORWARD, TOGETHER
1-2 Execute ¼ turn left with left step forward;
right slide beside left (9:00)
Knees bend, head tilts left, right arm sweeps across waist
3-4 Execute ¼ turn right with right step back; left
slide beside right (12:00)
Knees bend, head tilts over right shoulder, left arm sweeps
across waist
5 Execute ¼ turn left with left step forward (9:00)
6 Execute ½ turn left, pivoting on left with right
foot held against inside of left ankle. (3:00)
Option: right foot sweep (ronde)
7-8 Right step forward diagonal left; left step
beside right (face diagonal left)
REPEAT
FINISH
On last rotation, end facing front