The Mermaid
Steps: 32             Vægge: 4             Niveau: Improver - Celtic
Musik: The Mermaid - Calum MacPhail : (CD: At Last)      Kunstner:
Koreograf: Gerard Murphy (CAN) - June 2024
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Linedance Portalen Stepsheet
#16 Count Intro

POINT, HOLD, & POINT, HOLD, & ROCK RECOVER, SHUFFLE ½ R
1,2Point R to R side (1), HOLD (2)
&3,4Step R next to L (&), Point L to L side (3), HOLD (4)
&5,6Step L next to R (&), Rock forward on R (5), Recover on L (6)
7&8Shuffle ½ turn to R (7&8) (6:00)

POINT, HOLD, & POINT, HOLD, & ROCK RECOVER, SHUFFLE ¼ L
1,2Point L to L side (1), HOLD (2)
&3,4Step L next to R (&), Point R to R side (3), HOLD (4)
&5,6Step R next to L (&), Rock forward on L (5), Recover on R (6)
7&8Shuffle ¼ turn to L (7 8) (3:00)

CROSS OVER, SIDE L, CROSS BEHIND, STEP ¼ TURN L, STEP R FORWARD & STEP R FORWARD & STEP R FORWARD, SIDE L
1,2Cross step R over L (1), Step L to L side (2)
3,4Cross step R behind L (3), Step L to L side making a ¼ turn L (4) (12:00)
5&6&7Step forward on R (5), Step forward on L toes behind R heel (&), Step forward on R (6), Step forward on L toes behind R heel (&), Step forward on R (7)
8Step L to L side (8)

ROCK RECOVER, SHUFFLE ¼ R, HEEL & HEEL & HEEL, CLAP &
1,2Cross rock R over L (1), recover on L (2)
3&4Step R to R side (3), Step L next to R (&), Step R to R side making a ¼ turn R (4) (3:00)
5&6&7Tap R heel forward (5), Step R next to L (&), Tap L heel forward (6), Step L next to R (&), Tap R heel forward (7)
8&Clap (8), Step R next to L (&)

Start Over!

TAG: Whenever the artist sings the words “below, below, below”, that’s your cue to then immediately do the TAG. It happens 5 times.
But you truly don’t need to remember a thing. Just listen for the words “below, below, below”!!!

End of Wall 2 (6:00) End of Wall 4 (12:00) End of Wall 7 (9:00)
End of Wall 9 (3:00) End of Wall 10 (6:00)

1,2Rock forward on R (1), Recover on L (2)
3&4Shuffle ½ turn to R: (3&4)
5&6Shuffle ½ turn to R (5&6)
7,8Rock back on R (7), Recover on L (8) (to face same wall as the start of the tag)
Then restart the dance from the beginning.

ENDING: Dance the first 8 counts to end at (12:00)