OVER THE HILLS
Choreographed by: Tarja Siermala
Music: Gary Moore: Over The Hills And Far Away
Description: Phrased, A1B AB ABC AB… (ending on 1st wall)
Level:
Intermediate/advanced

SECTION A
1-8 SHUFFLE FORWARD RIGHT, LEFT, PIVOT 1/2, FULL TURN
1&2 Step right forward, close left beside right, step right forward
3&4 Step left forward, close right beside left, step left forward
5-6 Step right forward, turn 1/2 left (weight on left)
7-8 Turning 1/2 left step right back, turning 1/2 left step left forward (completing full turn)

9-16 SHUFFLE FORWARD RIGHT, LEFT, PIVOT 1/2, FULL TURN
9-16 Repeat counts 1-8

17-24 RIGHT SIDE (HOLD & CLAP), COASTER LEFT, STEP RIGHT, TOUCH LEFT
17-18&Step right to right side, hold & clap, step left beside right
19-20 Step right to right side, touch left beside right & clap
21&22 Step left back, step right beside left, step left forward
23-24 Step right forward, touch left beside right

25-32 LEFT SIDE (HOLD & CLAP), COASTER RIGHT, STEP LEFT, TOUCH RIGHT
25-26&Step left to left side, hold & clap, step right beside left
27-28 Step left to left side, touch right beside left & clap
29&30 Step right back, step left beside right, step right forward
31-32 Step left forward, touch right beside left

33-36 RIGHT HEEL, HOOK, HEEL-BALL-TOUCH
33-34 Touch right heel forward, hook right over left
35&36 Touch right heel forward, step right beside left, touch left toe beside right

37-40 LEFT HEEL, HOOK, HEEL-BALL-TOUCH
37-38 Touch left heel forward, hook left over right
39&40 Touch left heel forward, step left beside right, touch right toe beside left

SECTION A1 (added only on 1st wall)
41-48 HEEL, HOOK, HEEL-BALL-TOUCH (RIGHT, LEFT)
41-48 Repeat counts 33-40

SECTION B
1-8 GRAPEVINE RIGHT WITH 1/2 TURN, RIGHT SAILOR, LEFT SAILOR
1-2 Step right to right side, cross left behind right
3-4 Step right to right side turning 1/4 right, make 1/4 turn right and step left to left side
5&6 Cross right behind left, step left to left side, right small step forward
7&8 Cross left behind right, step right to right side, left small step forward

9-16 GRAPEVINE RIGHT WITH 1/2 TURN, RIGHT SAILOR, LEFT SAILOR
9-16 Repeat counts 1-8

17-24 CROSS RIGHT, 3/4 TURN LEFT, STEP RIGHT, LEFT, KICK-BALL-CHANGE
17 Cross right over left
18-20 Unwind 3/4 left (weight ending on left)
21-22 Step forward right, left
23&24 Kick right forward, step back on ball of right, step left beside right

25-32 PIVOT 1/2, STEP RIGHT, PIVOT 1/4, CROSS, STEP, STOMP (see note on 3rd wall)
25-26 Step right forward, turning 1/2 left step on left
27 Step right forward
28-29 Step left forward, turning 1/4 right step on right
30-32 Cross left over right, step right to right side, stomp left beside right (weight ending on left)

(Note: on 3rd wall leave counts 30-31, after 1/4 turn just stomp left beside right)

33-40 STEP, POINT, KICK-BALL-POINT (TWICE)
33-34 Step right forward, point left to left
35&36 Kick left forward, step left beside right, point right to right
37-39 Repeat counts 33-36

41-48 JAZZ BOX WITH 1/4 TURN, MONTEREY 1/2 TURN
41-44 Cross right over left, step left back, step right side turning 1/4 right, step left beside right
45-48 Point right to right, turn 1/2 right & step right beside left, point left to left, touch left beside right

&49-52HEEL JACKS TWICE
&49 Step left diagonal back left, touch right heel diagonal forward right
&50 Step right in place, step left beside right
&51 Step right diagonal back right, touch left heel diagonal forward left
&52 Step left in place, touch right beside left

53-60 RIGHT ROCK CROSS, SHUFFLE RIGHT, LEFT ROCK CROSS, SHUFFLE LEFT
53-54 Cross rock right over left, rock back on right
55&56 Step right to right side, close left beside right, step right to right side
57-58 Cross rock left over right, rock back on left
59&60 Step left to left side, close right beside left, step left to left side

61-64 POINT RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, STOMP
61& Point right to right, step right beside left
62& Point left to left, step left beside right
63-64 Point right to right, stomp right beside left

SECTION C (added only on 3rd wall)
1-8 POINT RIGHT, HOLD, POINT LEFT, HOLD
1 Point right to right
2-4 Hold
&5 Step right beside left, point left to left
6-8 Hold

9-16 POINT RIGHT, HOLD, POINT LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, STOMP
&1 Step left beside right, point right to right
2-4 Hold
&5 Step right beside left, point left to left
&6 Step left beside right, point right to right
&7-8 Step right beside left, point left to left, stomp left beside right (weight ending on left)

17-24 RIGHT SIDE, BEHIND, SCISSORS, LEFT SIDE, BEHIND, SCISSORS
17-18 Step right to right side, cross left behind right
19&20 Step right to right side slightly back, close left beside right, cross right over left
21-22 Step left to left side, cross right behind left
23&24 Step left to left side slightly back, close right beside left, cross left over right

REPEAT