Heart Of America Line Dance

Submitted by Karen Renton, Topsham, Maine

Idea posted December 5, 2001

My friend Monica (who is a lurker) taught me a line dance for "The Heart Of America" (from Music K-8, Vol. 11, No. 3, also available as a Singles Reproducible Kit) that my 4th graders LOVE.

• Intro: Bounce knees
• Grapevine 3 steps and a clap to the left and then to the right (repeat).
• 3 steps back, snap on 4th beat. Repeat forward (repeat).
• Step/turn/step/clap to left then to right (repeat).
• Now you're at the chorus. Sing through tapping heart on "heart" and then saluting on "America."
• Repeat above.
• Four beat circle, stamp, stamp, lean cupping ear to the right.
• Repeat cupping ear to the left (repeat this).
• Repeat #4 chorus.
• Repeat #1 and #2 ending with the heart (hand to heart and up in a fist).

Very effective... We're going to adapt this a bit for riser choreography. Thanks, Monica, for the great idea...