Don’t Say Goodbye is a 32 count, 4 wall, beginner level line dance choreographed by Alison Biggs and Peter Metelnick in November 2013, to the fab track ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’ by the Overtones. There are a couple of easy tags in this dance.
A tutorial video and line dance step sheet can be found below.
Here’s a tutorial video of the line dance:
LINE DANCE STEP SHEET – Don’t Say Goodbye
Start after 32 count Intro on the word ‘LOVE’ – 16 secs into song – [125bpm – 2mins 14secs]
[1-8] R/L fwd touch steps, R jazz box cross
1-2 Touch R toes forward, step R together
3-4 Touch L toes forward, step L together
5-8 Cross step R over L, step L back, step R side, cross step L over R
[9-16] R chasse, L back rock/recover, step L twist heels L, toes L, heels L (lifting up R heel)
1&2 Step R side, step L together, step R side
3-4 Rock L back, recover weight on R
5-6 Step L slightly left, with weight on both feet twist both heels left
7-8 Twist both toes left, twist both heels to left lifting up R heel
[17-24] R side toe strut, L cross toe strut, R chasse, L back rock/recover
1-2 Touch R toes to right side, step R down
3-4 Crossing L over R touch L toes, step L down
5&6 Step R side, step L together, step R side
7-8 Rock L back, recover weight on R
[25-32] Grapevine L with ¼ L, R scuff, R rocking chair
1-2 Step L side, cross step R behind L
3-4 Turning ¼ left step L forward, scuff R forward (9 o’clock)
5-6 Rock R forward, recover weight on L
7-8 Rock R back, recover weight on L
SINGLE Tag WALL 3: Facing back wall complete the entire dance which takes you to right side wall, add the following 4 steps:
1-2 Step R forward, hold
3-4 Pivot ¼ L, hold with weight on L
Begin dance again facing front wall
DOUBLE Tag WALL 5: Facing left side wall complete entire dance which take you to back wall, add the following 8 counts:
1-2 Step R forward, hold
3-4 Pivot ¼ L, hold with weight on L
5-6 Step R forward, hold
7-8 Pivot ¼ L, hold with weight on L
Begin dance again facing front wall
Optional ENDING: During wall 8 which starts facing back wall complete first 24 counts of dance, then add 2 counts:
1-2 Step L forward, pivot ½ right to front. Ta-da!