Dance: Heart Like a Wheel (aka Swamp Thang/Swamp Thing)
Song: All out of Love; Back in your Arms Again; Swamp Thing;
          Twang Town; Shake The Sugar Tree; I Didn't Ask; Wheel of Love
Artist: Newton; Lorrie Morgan; The Grid; Bellamy Brothers; Pam Tillis;
            Tim McGraw; Rick Tippe
Album: --
Choreography and copyright: Max Perry, http://www.maxperry.com
Level: Intermediate
Walls: 4
Count: 40
Dance Beat: 120 b/m (Back in your arms); 134 b/m (All out of Love)
Start: Weight on right foot

Note: The Choreographer slightly modified this dance, re-naming it
"Swamp Thang" - the 1/2 pivot turn in 38-39 was replaced by two 1/4
turns. Details below.

* Left rock-step, coaster step, right rock-step, coaster step:
 1- 2 Rock LEFT foot forward, weight back onto RIGHT,
 3& 4 Step LEFT back, together with RIGHT, step LEFT forward,
 5- 6 Rock RIGHT foot forward, weight back onto LEFT,
 7& 8 Step RIGHT back, together with LEFT, step RIGHT forward,

* Left rock-step, cha-cha, right rock-step, cha-cha:
 9-10 Rock LEFT with LEFT foot, weight back onto RIGHT,
11&12 Cha-cha on the spot (L,R,L), *1*
13-14 Rock RIGHT with RIGHT foot, weight back onto LEFT,
15&16 Cha-cha on the spot (R,L,R), *1*

* Vine left with full turn left, shuffle left, rock-step:
17-20 Step LEFT with LEFT foot, cross RIGHT foot behind LEFT,
      step LEFT with LEFT, making 1/4 turn LEFT,
      step RIGHT foot forward, making 3/4 turn LEFT (on RIGHT),
21&22 Shuffle LEFT (L,R,L), *2*
23-24 Rock back with RIGHT foot, weight forward onto LEFT foot,

* Vine right with full turn right, shuffle right, rock-step:
25-28 Step RIGHT with RIGHT foot, cross LEFT foor behind RIGHT,
      step RIGHT with RIGHT foot, making 1/4 turn RIGHT,
      step LEFT foot forward, making 3/4 turn RIGHT (on LEFT),
29&30 Shuffle RIGHT (R,L,R), *2*
31-32 Rock back with LEFT foot, weight forward onto RIGHT foot,

* Step, hold, & together, step, hold, & together, 1/4 turn, 1/2 pivot,
          step together:
33-36 Step LEFT with LEFT foot, hold & clap,
      slide together with RIGHT (on &), step LEFT with LEFT foot,
      hold & clap, *3*
  &37 Slide together with RIGHT (on &), step LEFT with LEFT foot,
      making 1/4 turn LEFT,
38-39 Step RIGHT foot forward, make 1/2 pivot turn LEFT (on LEFT), *4*
   40 Step RIGHT foot together.

Repeat


*1* Can replace the cha-cha's with a 1/2 or full turn, beginning the
turn with the "replace weight" step of the preceeding rock-step. To
keep the right direction, choose either two half turns or two full
turns.
*2* Can be done with a shoulder shimmy.
*3* The left steps can be replaced by touching left heel to the left.
*4* Another variation (found on the www):
     37 Turn 1/4 left whilst stepping forward LEFT,
     38 Step forward RIGHT with a 1/2 turn LEFT (on RIGHT),
     39 Step in place LEFT,
     40 Step together RIGHT.

Swamp Thang: Replace the last 4 counts above with the following:-
  37 Left foot step to the left 1/4 turn to the left,
  38 Left foot pivot 1/4 turn left & then right foot step to the right,
  39 Left foot pivot 1/4 turn left & then right foot step backward,
  40 Right foot step to close to the left foot.

Transcribed: David Powell, 29th August, 2000.
http://xenon.triode.net.au/~dragon/ldance