Abbreviations :
L = left, R = right, LF
= left foot; RF = right foot; LH = left hand, RH = right hand, fwd = forward,
, S = slow; Q = quick,
LOD = Line of dance, DC = diagonal centre, DW = diagonal wall, C = Centre, PP
= Promenade Position.
The count in beats to the bar is given in brackets.
BLACKPOOL BELLE
Choreographed by: Unknown (March 2006)
Music: Blackpool Belle by The Houghton Weavers
Descriptions: 64 count - - wall line dance - Intermediate level
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Position: Feet together facing LOD
THREE WALKS AND SWIVEL (STEP AND STAMP)
1-2 (S) right foot forward down LOD, hold
3-4 (S) left foot forward down LOD, hold
5-6 (S) step forward right foot., hold
7-8 (S) turn right ½ turn on right foot to face against LOD and stamp
left foot next to right foot, hold
THREE WALKS AND SWIVEL
1-2 (S) right foot forward against LOD, hold
3-4 (S) left foot forward against LOD, hold
5-6 (S) step forward right foot, hold
7-8 (S) turn right ½ turn on right foot to face LOD and stamp left foot
next to right foot, hold
RIGHT HEEL TAPS AND ZIG-ZAG
1-2 (S) tap right heel diagonally forward, hold
3-4 (S) repeat 1-2
5-6 (QQ) step right foot behind and across left foot, left foot to side turning
to face LOD
7-8 (S) right foot forward and across left foot, hold
LEFT HEEL TAPS AND ZIG-ZAG
1-2 (S) tap left heel diagonally forward, hold
3-4 (S) repeat 1-2
5-6 (QQ) step left foot behind and across right foot, right foot to side turning
to face LOD
7-8 (S) left foot forward and across right foot, hold
SWING STEP AND CHASSÉ
1-2 (S) swing right foot around and across left foot, hold
3-4 (S) small step back with left foot, hold
5-6 (QQ) right foot side and forward to face diagonally to the wall, step left
foot beside right foot
7-8 (S) right foot forward still facing diagonally to the wall, hold
NEW YORK (CHECK AND CHASSÉ)
1-2 (S) step left foot forwards diagonally to wall (check), hold
3-4 (S) replace right foot back, hold
5-6 (QQ) turning 1/8 left step left foot to side facing LOD, place right foot
beside left foot
7-8 (S) left foot to side and forward turning 1/8 to left to face diagonally
to center, hold
SPOT TURN LEFT AND LOCK STEP
1-2 (S) still turning left, step right foot forward and make a ½ turn
left to face the wall (step and turn), hold
3-4 (S) left foot forward, hold
5-6 (QQ) right foot forward, lock left foot behind right foot still facing the
wall
7-8 (S) right foot forward, hold
SPOT TURN RIGHT AND CHASSÉ
1-2 (S) step left foot forward and make a ½ turn right to face center
(step and turn), hold
3-4 (S) right foot forward still turning right, hold
5-6 (QQ) left foot forward and side turning to face LOD, right foot beside left
foot facing LOD
7-8 (S) left foot to side still facing LOD, hold
Start again
For those who are interested the words to the song are reproduced below and a music snippet is available from: http://www.houghtonweavers.com.
Blackpool Belle Howard Broadbent & Jimmy Smith (Reproduced from the above site)
Oh the Blackpool Belle was a getaway train that went from Northern stations
What a beautiful sight on a Saturday night bound for the illuminations
No mothers and dads just girls and lads young and fancy free
Out for the laughs on the Golden Mile at Blackpool by the sea
CHORUS
I remember - very well
All the happy gang aboard the Blackpool Belle
I remember them pals of mine, when I ride the Blackpool line
And the songs we sang together on the Blackpool Belle
Little Piggy Greenfield he was there he thought he was mighty slick
He bought a hat on the Golden Mile the hat said "Kiss Me Quick"
Piggy was a lad for all the girls but he drank too much beer
He made a pass at a Liverpool lass and she pushed him off the pier
CHORUS
lce Cream Sally could never settle down she lived for her Knickerbocker glories
Till she clicked with a bloke who said he was broke but she loved his Ice cream
stories
Sally took it all in with a smile and a grin she fell for sailor Jack
They went for a trip to the Isle of Man and never did come back
CHORUS
Now the Blackpool Belle has a thousand tales if they could all be told
Many of these I will recall as I am growing old
They were happy days and I miss the times we'd pull the curtains down
And the Passion Wagon would steam back home and we would go to town
CHORUS