Tush Push
(a.k.a. Push Tush)
Choreographed by Jim Ferrazzano
| Description: | 40 count, 4 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance |
| Music: | Chattahoochee by Alan Jackson |
| Born To Boogie by Hank Williams Jr. |
| Six Days On the Road by Sawyer Brown |
| Dumas Walker by Kentucky Headhunters |
| RIGHT HEEL TAPS: |
| 1-4 | CWLDA: right heel tap, touch right beside left, right heel tap twice, and prepare to switch weight from left to right. Original: 4 right heel taps |
| LEFT HEEL TAPS: |
| 5-8 | CWLDA: left heel tap, touch left beside right, left heel tap twice, and prepare to switch weight from right to left. Original: 4 left heel taps |
| RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT HEEL TAPS AND CLAP: |
| 9-12 | Right heel tap, (switch weight and) left heel tap, (switch weight and) right heel, and clap on count 12. |
| Leave the right foot in front of the left in order to prepare for the next steps. |
| BUMP RIGHT HIPS FORWARD TWICE: |
| 13-14 | Move weight forward over right foot and bump right hips forward twice. |
| BUMP LEFT HIPS BACKWARD TWICE: |
| 15-16 | Move weight back over left foot and bump left hips backward twice. |
| BUMP HIPS FORWARD AND BACK TWICE: |
| 17-20 | Bump hips forward (right), bump hips backward (left), bump hips forward (right), bump hips backward (left) |
| RIGHT FORWARD CHA-CHA: |
| 21-24 | Put weight on left foot and do right-left-right cha-cha. Rock forward on left. Rock back on right. |
| LEFT BACKWARD CHA-CHA: |
| 25-28 | Left-right-left cha-cha. Rock back on right. Rock forward on left. |
| RIGHT FORWARD CHA-CHA AND ½ TURN RIGHT: |
| 29-32 | Right-left-right cha-cha, step forward left, pivot ½ turn to right. |
| LEFT FORWARD CHA-CHA AND ½ TURN LEFT: |
| 33-36 | Left-right-left cha-cha, step forward right, pivot ½ turn to left. |
| RIGHT FORWARD, ¼ TURN LEFT, STOMP, AND CLAP. |
| 37-40 | Step right foot forward, ¼ turn left, stomp right beside left to complete the ¼ turn, clap |
| REPEAT |
| OPTION 1: |
| 1-4 | Right heel tap forward 4 times (hop switch on the & of 4 to prepare for 5-8) |
| 5-8 | Left heel tap 4 times |
| OPTION 2: |
| 1 | Right heel tap forward |
| 2 | Right foot touch beside left foot |
| 3-4 | Right heel tap forward twice (hop switch on the & of 4 to prepare for 5-8) |
| 5-8 | Repeat 1-4 with left foot |
| OPTION 3: |
| 1 | Jump both feet out to shoulder width |
| 2 | Jump and cross right over left |
| 3-4 | Turn full turn to left |
| 5-8 | Repeat 1-4, either in the same or opposite direction |
| OPTION 4: (8-BEAT SYNCOPATED STEPS, A.K.A. PRETZELS) |
| 1 | Step right over left (weight on right) |
| &2 | Step side to left, tough right heel forward (weight on left) |
| &3 | Step down on right, step left over right (weight on left) |
| &4 | Step side right, touch left heel forward (weight on right) |
| &5 | Step down on left, step right over left (weight on right) |
| &6 | Step side left, touch right heel forward (weight on left) |
| &7 | Step down on right, step left over right (weight on left) |
| &8 | Step side right, touch left heel forward (weight on right) |
| OPTION 5: (HALF TURN, QUARTER TURN, HALF TURN) |
| 29-32 | Right-left-right cha-cha step forward left. Military pivot ½ turn to right. |
| 33-36 | Left-right-left cha-cha. Step forward right. Military pivot ¼ turn to left. |
| 37-40 | Right forward. ½ turn left. Stomp right beside left to complete the ½ turn. Clap |
| OPTION 6: (ST. LOUIS STYLE, WHICH IS 44 COUNTS) |
| 37-40 | Repeat 29-32 |
| 41-43 | Left foot step to left. Pivot on left foot ¼ turn to right. Stomp left beside tight to complete the ¼ turn |
| 44 | Clap |