Dear Future Husband
Wall: 4
Level: Intermediate
Choreographer: Julia Wetzel – Sept, 2014
Music: Dear Future Husband by Meghan Trainor (Album: Title, Length: 3:04, BPM: 159)
| ** Thanks to my daughter Jessica Wetzel for suggesting this song ** | |
| Intro: 8 counts from start of ”ah…” (approx. 23 seconds into track) | |
| Note: the tag is 32 counts and is always done at 12:00 (4x in total) | |
Sequence: Tag, Tag, Wall 1, Wall 2, Wall 3, Tag, Wall 4, Wall 5, Wall 6, Tag, Wall 7, … |
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Tag – Do 2x before wall 1 and then after wall 3 & 6 (starts and ends at 12:00): |
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1 – 8 – Step, touch, back, touch, shuffle, brush |
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| 1-4 | Step r fw (1), touch ball of l behind r (2), step l back (3), touch ball of r in front of l (4)12:00 |
| 5-8 | Step r fw (5), step l next to r (6), step r fw (7), brush l next to r (8)12:00 |
9 – 16 – ¼ side, touch, touch, flick, touch, flick, side, behind |
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| 1-2 | ¼ turn right step l to left side (1), touch r next to l (2)3:00 |
| 3-6 | Touch r to right side (3), flick r back (4), touch r to right side (5), flick r back (6)3:00 |
| 7-8 | Step r to right side (7), step l behind r (8) 3:00 |
17 – 24 – ¼, hold, side rock, cross, hold, ¼, ¼ |
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| 1-4 | ¼ turn right step r fw (1), hold (2), rock l to left side (3), recover on r (4)6:00 |
| 5-8 | Cross l over r (5), hold (6), ¼ turn left step r back (7), ¼ turn left step l to left side (8)12:00 |
25 – 32 – Hop & bounce, hop & bounce, twist |
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| &1&2, &3&4 | Hop r to right side (&), step ball of l next to r bend both knees slightly (1), lightly bounce up and down (&2), hop l to left side (&), step ball of r next to l bend both knees slightly (3), lightly bounce up and down (&4) |
| Easier option (1-4): r side-touch (1,2), l side-touch (3,4) 12:00 | |
| 5-8 | Step ball of r to right side bending both knees and twist lower body right (5), twist left (6), twist right and shift weight onto l (7), twist left and flick r out (8)12:00 |
————————– Main Dance ————————– |
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1 – 8 – Step, swing, step, swing, touch, swing, back, swing |
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| 1-4 | Step r fw (1), swing l from back to front (2), step l fw (3), swing r from back to front (4)12:00 |
| 5-8 | Touch r fw (5), swing r from front to back (6), step r back (7), swing l from front to back (8) |
| Styling (1-8): do the charleston with bouncy steps, swinging feet and mash potatoes 12:00 | |
9 – 16 – Back rock, side rock, behind, out, out, behind, |
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| 1-4 | Rock l back (1), recover on r (2), rock l to left side (3), recover on r (4) |
| Styling: keep your body mostly in place over r for these “rock” steps 12:00 | |
| 5-8 | Step l behind r (5), step r to right side (6), step l to left side (7), step r behind l (8)12:00 |
17 – 24 – ¼, hold, step, ½ pivot, step, hold, step, scuff |
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| 1-4 | ¼ turn left step l fw (1), hold (2), step r fw (3), pivot ½ turn left step l fw (4) 3:00 |
| 5-8 | Step r fw (5), hold (6), step l fw (7), scuff r next to l turning r foot out (8)3:00 |
25 – 32 – Sugar foot walk, modified jazz box |
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| 1-4 | Twist lower body right and step r fw (1), twist left and step l fw (2), twist right and step r fw (3), twist left and step l fw (4) |
| Styling: step fw on ball of foot with foot turned out. walk with upper body slightly leaned back 3:00 | |
| 5-8 | Cross r over l (5), step l back (6), step r next to l (7), step l fw (8) 3:00 |
| *On wall 3, 6, 9 (facing 9:00): do ¼ turning r jazz box (5-8) to face 12:00 to do the tag/ending | |
| Hint: This dance never starts at 9:00 wall | |
Ending on wall 10 facing 12:00, dance counts 1-8 of the tag, then out l (&), out r (1) facing 12:00 |
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| Contact – julialinedance@gmail.com, www.juliawetzel.com | |
