Take It Easy

Choreographed by Maggie Gallagher (July 2004)
Harder Intermediate level 64 count 4 wall line dance with 2 restarts ( walls 2 & 4 )
Music :  Take It Easy by The Eagles – Album – Very Best of the Eagles (140bpm)
Intro : Start on Vocals (17 secs.).(Track length 3min 31sec)
Music suggestion : Take it Easy by Travis Tritt  - Album – Rockin’ Side (139bpm) 
Intro : Start on Vocals (17 secs) (Track length 3m 32 sec)

POINT, CROSS HITCH, 3/4  RIGHT TURN, 1/4 TURNING RIGHT CHASSE, ROCKS
1,2	Point right to right side, Cross right knee over left (low cross hitch)
3,4	1/4 turn right stepping forward on right, 1/2  turn right stepping back on left
5&6	Make 1/4 turn right stepping right to right side (completing a full turn), Close left beside right, 
	Step right to right side
7,8	Cross rock left over right, Recover weight onto right
(8)
STEP, HOLD & CLAP, CLOSE, SIDE ROCKS, LEFT SAILOR
1,2	Step left to left side, hold and clap hands	
&3,4	Step right next to left, Rock left to left side, Recover weight onto right
5,6	Cross left over right, Step right to right side
7&8	Cross left behind right, Step right beside left, step left to left side
(16)	
CROSS, HOLD, ROCKS, SYNCOPATED WEAVE, CROSS, HOLD, ROCKS
1,2	Cross right over left, Hold
3&4	Rock left to left side, Recover weight onto right, Cross left behind right
&5,6	Step right to right side, Cross left over right, Hold
7,8	Rock onto right, Rock onto left
(24)
1/2 HINGE TURNS RIGHT x2, RIGHT SAILOR 1/4 TURN, WALKS, ROCKS, CLOSE
1,2	Make 1/2 hinge turn right stepping right to right side, Make 1/2 hinge turn right stepping left to left side
3&4	Cross right behind left, Make 1/4 turn right stepping left beside right, Step forward on right
5,6	Walk forward left, Walk forward right
7,8&	Rock forward on left, Rock back on right, Bring left beside right,
(32)	(Second restart occurs here during wall 4 whilst facing the front wall)

STEP, HOLD & CLICK, 1/2 PIVOT, 1/2 TURN, STEP, BRUSH, STEP, TOUCH, PLACE
1,2	Step forward on right pushing right hip forward, Hold and click fingers on 	right hand
3,4	1/2 pivot turn left stepping forward onto left, 1/2 turn left stepping back onto right
5,6	Step forward onto left, Toe-brush right forward (note -: these are toe-brushes with little movement)
7,8&	Step onto right, Touch left beside right, Place left next to right
(40)	(First restart occurs here during wall 2 whilst facing the back wall)

STEP, HOLD & CLICK, 1/2 PIVOT, 1/2 TURN, STEP, BRUSH, STEP, BRUSH
1,2	Step forward on right pushing right hip forward, Hold and click fingers on 	right hand
3,4	1/2 pivot turn left stepping forward onto left, 1/2 turn left stepping back onto right
5,6	Step forward on left, Toe-brush right forward
7,8	Step onto right, Toe-brush left forward
(48)	
CROSS, BACK, LEFT SHUFFLE BACK, FULL TURN, RIGHT COASTER
1,2	Cross left over right, Step back on right
3&4	Step back on left, Step right beside left, Step back on left
5,6	1/2 turn right stepping forward on right, 1/2 turn right stepping back on left
7&8	Step back on right, bring left beside right, Step forward on right
(56)
LEFT SHUFFLE FORWARD, FULL LEFT TURN, JAZZ JUMP, HIP BUMPS, CROSS HITCH
1&2	Step forward on left, Bring right beside left, Step forward on left
3,4	Make ½ turn left stepping back on right, Make ½ turn left stepping forward on left
&5	Jump forward onto right & left (feet apart)
6,7	Bump hips left, Bump hips right
8	Bump hips left hitching right knee across left (Low cross hitch)
(64)