Whirl-Y-Reel
Choreographed by Bill Bader

Description: Phrased, intermediate line dance
Music: Whirl-Y-Reel I (Beard & Sandals Mix) by Afro-Celt Sound System
Fever by Jeff Moore
Dance On by Rick Tippe
Better Way by Little Texas
Poor Me by Joe Diffie
Note: The music is available on the movie soundtrack "Jungle 2 Jungle" or on "The Greatest Irish Album Ever Made" (Telstar Records, London 44(0)20 8878 7888)
Sequence: When dancing to "Whirl-Y-Reel I", start at 0:39. The sequence is dictated by the musical themes. For example, Section A is triggered by the Irish flute theme
  1st Wall (12:00): A, B-3 - First half plus "Heel and Toe"
  2nd Wall (9:00): A, B - Entire dance
  3rd Wall (6:00): A, B - Entire dance
  4th Wall (3:00): B only - Last half
  5th Wall (12:00): A, A-1 with special ending (see below) - First half + restart
Note: When dancing to "Fever", do original routine below for walls 1-4, then, because of this longer song, do the total dance on walls 5 and 6. When dancing to "Dance On", there is no sequence needed. Just dance AB, AB, AB, etc
  Dedicated to Mary Dale of Invercargill, New Zealand in whose home this was created

PART A
ROCK FORWARD-BACK, SHUFFLE BACK, ROCK BACK-FORWARD, FULL SPIN FORWARD, STEP FORWARD: REPEAT LEADING WITH LEFT
1-2Step right forward, rock back onto left
3&4Shuffle back on right-left-right
5-6Step left back, rock forward onto right
7-8Step left forward spinning a full turn to right on ball of left, step right forward
9-16Repeat counts 1-8 in this section with left foot lead (You will spin left)
At the end of the song, replace the last 2 counts with
15&16Shuffle forward on right, left, right. On last step, slowly extend arms diagonally outward with right arm forward and left arm back

HEEL GRIND, COASTER STEP, ½ PIVOT, QUICK VINE LEFT: TWICE
1-2With right heel forward: grind right heel with toe in, then out
3&4Coaster step right-left-right (back-together-forward)
5-6Step left forward, pivot turn ½ right shifting weight forward onto right
7&8Step left to left side, cross-step right behind left, step left to left side
9-16Repeat counts 1-8 in this section (identical footwork)

CROSS, ROCK, SIDE-TOGETHER-SIDE, CROSS, ROCK, TRIPLE TURN ½: TWICE
1-2Cross-step right over left, rock back onto left
3&4Step right to right side, slide step left beside right, step right to right side
5-6Cross-step left over right, rock back onto right
7&8Triple step left, right, left in place turning ½ left
9-16Repeat counts 1-8 in this section

PART B
SWEEP RIGHT, STEP FORWARD, SWEEP LEFT, STEP FORWARD, SWEEP SIDE-FRONT-SIDE, STEP BACK; SWEEP LEFT, STEP BACK, SWEEP RIGHT, STEP BACK, SWEEP SIDE-BACK-SIDE, STEP FORWARD
1-2Sweep right toe from right side to forward, step right forward
3-4Sweep left toe from left side to forward, step left forward
5-6Sweep right toe to right side, sweep right toe forward
7-8Sweep right toe to right side, step right back
Now repeat these 8 counts but in reverse
9-10Sweep left toe from left side to back, step left back
11-12Sweep right toe from right side to back, step right back
13-14Sweep left toe to left side, Sweep left toe back
15-16Sweep left toe to left side, step left forward

SYNCOPATED VINE RIGHT, SHIMMY WITH 4 HEEL BOUNCES TURNING ½ RIGHT: TWICE
1-2Step right to right side, cross step left behind right
&3-4Step right to right side, cross step left over right, hold
5-6-7-8Shimmy 4 counts bouncing heels 4 times turning 1/8 right each time for a total of ½ turn
9-16Repeat counts 1-8 in this section

HEEL, STEP, POINT, HEEL, STEP, POINT, TURN; REPEAT 3X BUT ELIMINATE THE TURN AT THE END
Notice that this is the only section that changes your wall direction
1&2Touch right heel forward, step right beside left, touch left toe to left side
3&4Touch left heel forward, step left beside right, touch right toe to right side
&Keeping right leg extended to the right side, turn ¼ right
5-8&Repeat counts 1-4& on 2nd wall
9-12&Repeat counts 1-4& on 3rd wall
13-16Repeat counts 1-4 on 4th wall but NO TURN
Notice there is no "&" count here.