A SOFT PLACE (alternative version)

CHOREOGRAPHER: William Sevone (WM '71), Fremantle, Australia (June 23rd 1999)
		email: williamsevone@yahoo.com
COUNT: 64
TYPE: 2 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Advanced Beginner/Intermediate
MUSIC: Baby Believe by Tish Hinojosa-78 bpm ("Destiny's Gate" album)

Choreographer's Note: A month after choreographing 'A Soft Place' to the song
'A Soft Place To Fall' and whilst I was writing the steps for the dance 'I'm Not Thru..'
I came across the song 'Baby Believe', a beautiful 4/4 waltz from the same album, to which I
started to dance 'A Soft Place' - but it didn't quite fit. So by keeping the original
foot work and adding 'holds' into every section I feel that I have enhanced the original
version so that it may now be performed to a different piece of music of equal beauty as to
the original. The dance, because of the holds has now been extended to 64 counts.

Dance starts with feet together (with weight on the Right)

2X CROSS BEHIND, STEP, STEP, HOLD

1-2	Cross Left behind Right, Step Right next to Left
3-4	Step Left in place, Hold
	Styling Note: On count 1 bend both knees slightly
	On counts 1-2 sweep Right open palmed arm from chest-towards floor-to Right

5-6	Cross Right behind Left, Step Left next to Right
7-8	Step Right in place, Hold
	Styling Note: On count 5 bend both knees slightly
	On counts 5-6 sweep Left open palmed arm from chest-towards floor-to Left

CROSS BEHIND, 1/2 RIGHT WITH SIDE STEP, HOLD, CROSS BEHIND, STEP, STEP, HOLD

9-10	Cross Left behind Right, Turning 1/2 Right step Right to side
11-12	Step Left foot to side, Hold
	Styling Note: On count 9 bend both knees slightly

13-14	Cross Right behind Left, Step Left next to Right
15-16	Step Right in place, Hold
	Styling Note: On count 13 bend both knees slightly
	On counts 13-14 sweep Left open palmed arm from chest-towards floor-to Left

3X SIDE ROCKS - LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT, HOLD

17-18	Rock onto Left, Rock back onto Right
19-20	Rock back onto Left, Hold (transfer weight to Right)
	Styling Note: With both arms bent at elbows facing forward and palms facing each other
	move arms and wrists into direction of each 'rock'

CROSS BEHIND, 1/2 RIGHT WITH SIDE STEP, SIDE STEP, HOLD, CROSS BEHIND, STEP, STEP, HOLD

21-22	Cross Left behind Right, Turning 1/2 Right step Right to side
23-24	Step Left to side, Hold (transfer weight to Right)
	Styling Note: On count 21 bend both knees slightly

25-26	Cross Left behind Right, Step Right next to Left
27-28	Step Left foot in place, Hold
	Styling Note: On count 25 bend both knees slightly
	On counts 25-26 sweep Right open palmed arm from chest-towards floor-to Right

3X SIDE ROCKS - RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT, HOLD

29-30	Rock onto Right, Rock back onto Left
31-32	Rock back onto Right, Hold
	Styling Note: With both arms bent at elbows facing forward and palms facing each other
	move arms and wrists into direction of each 'rock'

1/4 LEFT WITH BACK STEP, CROSS BEHIND, STEP, HOLD, BACK STEP, CROSS BEHIND, STEP, HOLD

33-34	Turning 1/4 Left on Right step back onto Left, Cross Right behind Left
35-36	Step Left next to Right, Hold
37-38	Step back onto Right, Cross Left behind Right
39-40	Step Right next to Left, Hold

3/4 RIGHT, FORWARD ROCK STEP, HOLD, ROCK BACK, 2X SIDE ROCKS:LEFT-RIGHT, HOLD

41	Turning 1/4 Right on Right step back onto Left
42	Turning 1/2 Right on Left step forward onto Right
43-44	Step/Rock forward onto Left, Hold
45-46	Rock back onto Right, Step/Rock Left to side
47-48	Rock back onto Right, Hold

2X SIDE STEP AND SLIDE-HOLD

49-52	Step Left to side (1 count), Slide/Drag Right and touch next to Left (2 counts), Hold
	Styling Note: On count 49 raise Left open palmed arm across to Right shoulder
	On counts 50-51 sweep arm towards and across floor and extend to Left

53-56	Step Right to side (1 count), Slide/Drag Left and touch next to Right (2 counts), Hold
	Styling Note: On count 53 raise Right open palmed arm across to Left shoulder
	On counts 54-55 sweep arm towards and across floor and extend to Right

BACK STEP, FULL TURN RIGHT, HOLD, STEP BACK, STEP, STEP, HOLD

57-58	Step back onto Left, Turning 1/2 Right on ball of Left foot step onto Right
59-60	Turning 1/2 Right on ball of Right foot -tep onto Left, Hold
61-62	Step Right back, Step Left next to Right
63-64	Step Right in place, Hold

From: williamsevone@yahoo.com.au (william sevone)

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