TUSH PUSH
Count: 40. Wall: 4. Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Choreographer: Jim Ferrazzano & Kenneth Engel
Music: Chattahoochee by Alan Jackson
HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, HEEL, TOGETHER
HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, HEEL, TOGETHER
1-4& Touch R heel forward, Touch R beside L, Touch R heel forward, Touch R heel forward, Step R beside L
5-8& Touch L heel forward, Touch L beside R, Touch L heel forward, Touch L heel forward, Step L beside R
HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, TOGETHER, HEEL, CLAP
9& Touch R heel forward, Step R beside L
10& Touch L heel forward, Step L beside R
11,12 Touch R heel forward, Clap
BUMP HIPS RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, BUMP HIPS RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT
13,14 Rock R to right and bump hips right, bump hips right
15,16 Recover onto L and bump hips left, bump hips left
17-20 Bump hips right, bump hips left, bump hips right, bump hips left (weight to L)
CHA-CHA FORWARD, ROCK FORWARD, RECOVER, CHA-CHA BACK, ROCK BACK, RECOVER
21&22 Step R forward, Step L beside R, Step R forward
23,24 Rock L forward, Recover to R
25&26 Step L back, Step R beside L, Step L back
27,28 Rock R back, Recover to L
CHA-CHA, STEP, PIVOT 1/2, CHA-CHA, STEP, PIVOT 1/2
29&30 Step R forward, Step L together, Step R forward
31,32 Step L forward, Pivot ½ right (weight to R)
33&34 Step L forward, Step R together, Step L forward
35,36 Step R forward, Pivot ½ left (weight to L)
STEP, PIVOT 1/4, STOMP, CLAP
37,38 Step R forward, Pivot ¼ left (weight to L)
39,40 Stomp R together, Clap
REPEAT
OPTION 1:
1-4& Touch R heel forward 4 times, Step R beside L
5-8& Touch L heel forward 4 times, Step L beside R
OPTION 2:
1-4 Touch R heel forward, Touch R beside L, Touch R heel forward, Touch R heel forward
& Step R beside L
5-8 Touch L heel forward, Touch L beside R, Touch L heel forward, Touch L heel forward
& Step L beside R
OPTION 3:
1,2 Hop feet apart, Hop and cross R over L
3,4 Turn full turn to left
5-8 Repeat 1-4, either in the same or opposite direction
OPTION 4: (8-BEAT SYNCOPATED STEPS, A.K.A. PRETZELS)
1 Cross R over L
&2 Step L to left, Touch R heel forward
&3 Drop R toe, Cross L over R
&4 Step R to right, Touch L heel forward
&5 Drop L toe, Cross R over L
&6 Step L to left, Touch R heel forward
&7 Drop R toe, Cross L over R
&8 Step R to right, Touch L heel forward
OPTION 5: (STEP, PIVOT 1/4, STEP, PIVOT 1/2)
35,36 Step R forward, Pivot ¼ left (weight to L)
37,38 Step R forward, Pivot ½ left (weight to L)
OPTION 6: (ST. LOUIS STYLE, WHICH IS 44 COUNTS)
37,38 Step R forward, Pivot ¼ left (weight to L)
39,40 Stomp R together, Clap
41-43 Step L to left, Pivot ¼ right (weight to R)
43 Stomp L beside R
44 Clap
CHOREOGRAPHER: There is some dispute over who actually choreographed this dance. Both names listed were reportedly in the vicinity at the time it was created