HEAVE AWAY

Choreoghraphed by: Gerard Murphy WCK Dansarkiv - Dancearchive
Music: "Heave Away" by The Fables
Counts: 32
Type: 4 wall, intermediate line dance

Note: The Fables are a new Celtic group from Newfoundland, Canada. Heave Away can be found on their CD or on the compilation CD titled Ceilidh Collection
Note: Heave Away is dedicated to all the dancers I've taught and danced with from my home province of Newfoundland, Canada - from Port aux Basques all the way to Shea Heights! You keep me focused on the fun and always provide a little taste of home when we're together. It's right some special to be plankin' 'er down wit' ya! CHEERS!

SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE, TOUCH, KICK, COASTER STEP BACK
1 & 2 Shuffle forward right, left, right
3 & 4Shuffle forward left, right, left
5 - 6 Touch right next to left; kick right forward
7 & 8 Right coaster step back right, left, right

STEP HEEL FORWARD, PIVOT ½ TURN, COASTER STEP BACK, HEEL SWITCH LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, CLAP, CLAP
9 - 10 Step left heel forward; pivot ½ turn right (with left toes dropping & right heel rising, weight on left)
11 & 12Right coaster step back (right, left, right)
13&14&15 Touch left heel forward, replace left next to right, touch right heel forward, replace right next to left, touch left heel forward
& 16 Clap, clap

AND SHUFFLE, SCUFF, HOP, STEP, SHUFFLE TURNING ¼ LEFT, ROCK, STEP
&17&18 Replace left next to right; shuffle forward right, left, right
19 & 20Scuff left next to right; hop forward on right with left still hitched; step left down next to right
21 & 22 Turn body ¼ turn left & shuffle right (right, left, right)
23 - 24 Rock back onto left behind right, rock forward onto right

STEP, BEHIND, COASTER STEP BACK, STEP FORWARD, PIVOT ½ TURN, KICK BALL CHANGE
25 - 26 Step left to left; step right behind left
27 & 28Left coaster step back (left, right, left)
29 - 30 Step right forward; pivot ½ turn left (weight on left)
31 & 32 Right kick ball change - right, right, left

REPEAT

HEAVE AWAY TAG...(IT'S EASY!!!)
Completed one time only -- after you complete the full dance twice. You will be facing the back wall
1 & 2 Right coaster step forward - right, left, right (arms by sides, swinging back)
3 & 4Left coaster step back - left, right, left (arms by sides, swinging forward)
5 & 6 Right coaster step forward - right, left, right (arms by sides, swinging back)
7 & 8 Left coaster step back - left, right, left (arms by sides, swinging forward)


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