First Dance Routine to “Thinking Out Loud”

Now, let’s put all of the steps you’ve learned together into this lovely routine! We’ve also included a written instruction below. Have fun!

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Intro (4 sets of 8)

• Walk out

• Follower’s double turn

• Cradle and lean

• Roll out and step into position

Dance Pattern 1 (begins ‘And darling I will be loving you…’)

• Rotating Basic

• Basic

• Double Turn to Duo Turn

The Hammerlock Highlight (4 sets of 8) with an additional basic at the end

Dance Pattern 2

• Rotating Basic

• Basic

• Alternating Turns

Quick Transition (“Maybe we found love right where we are….”)

Send out, cradle, roll out to side by side position, step into dance position

Repeat Dance Pattern 1

Repeat Dance Pattern 2

The Hammerlock Highlight (3 sets of 8) (no basic at the end)

Spiral Lift  (2 sets of 8)

Cradle, roll out to side by side position

Roll into lift (“BUT BABY NOW…”)

Final Dance Pattern (begins “...the light of a thousand stars)

• Basic

• Double Turn

End (“Maybe we found love right where we are”)

Send out, Inside Turn, into Dip