STETSONS WALTZ
CHOREOGRAPHER: Jos Slijpen / Dec. 1998. Email: jslijpen@worldonline.nl
http://members.tripod.com/~stetsons
COUNT: 48 (excl. bridge)
TYPE: 1 Wall Couple Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced
MUSIC: Leaving Is The Only Way Out by Shania Twain
(Start in Sweatheart position)
LEADER FOLLOWER
1/4 TURN LEFT 1/4 TURN LEFT
1 Place left 1/4 turn to left Place left 1/4 turn to left
2 Step right next to left Step right next to left
3 Step left in place Step left in place
1/2 TURN RIGHT 1/2 TURN RIGHT
4 Place right 1/4 turn Place right 1/4 turn
forward right forward right
5 Step left 1/2 turn to right Step left 1/2 turn to right
6 Place right next to left Place right next to left
1/2 TURN LEFT 1/2 TURN LEFT
7 Place left 1/4 turn to left Place left 1/4 turn to left
8 Step right 1/2 turn to left Step right 1/2 turn to left
9 Place left next to right Place left next to right
1/4 TURN RIGHT 1/4 TURN RIGHT
10 Step right 1/4 turn Step right 1/4 turn
forward right forward right
11 Place left next to right Place left next to right
12 Step right in place Step right in place
FORWARD FORWARD
13 Step forward left and Step forward left and
spread arms horizontally spread arms horizontally
all the way out all the way out
14 Place right next to left Place right next to left
15 Step left in place Step left in place
FORWARD FORWARD FULL TURN
16 Step forward right and Start forward turn with right and
lift hands all the way up lift hands all the way up
(hands next to one another) (hands next to one another)
17 Place left next to right Continue the full turn
forward with left
18 Step right in place Finish turn with right and
place next to left
FORWARD FORWARD
19 Step forward left and Step forward left and
spread arms horizontally spread arms horizontally
all the way out all the way out
20 Place right next to left Place right next to left
21 Step left in place Step left in place
FORWARD FORWARD FULL TURN
22 Step forward right and Start forward turn with right and
lift hands all the way up lift hands all the way up
(hands next to one another) (hands next to one another)
23 Place left next to right Continue the full turn
forward with left
24 Step right in place Finish turn with right and
place next to left
FORWARD FORWARD
25 Step forward left and Step forward left and
spread arms all the way spread arms all the way
out horizontally out horizontally
26 Place right next to left Place right next to left
27 Step left in place Step left in place
BACKWARDS 1/2 TURN BACKWARDS 1/2 TURN
28 Step backwards right with Step backwards right with
1/4 turn to right 1/4 turn to right
29 Place left backwards 1/2 Place left backwards 1/2
turn to the right turn to the right
30 Place right next to left Place right next to left
FORWARD 1/2 TURN FORWARD 1/2 TURN
31 Place left 1/4 turn Place left 1/4 turn
left forward left forward
32 Step right 1/2 turn to left Step right 1/2 turn to left
33 Place left next to right Place left next to right
BACKWARDS BACKWARDS
34 Step backwards right Step backwards right
35 Place left next to right Place left next to right
36 Step right in place Step right in place
SIDE STEP, STEP, STEP 1/2 TURN
37 Step left to side Step left 1/4 to left
38 Place right next to left Step right 3/4 to left
39 Step left in place Finish turn and step left
next to right (face partner)
1/2 TURN 1/2 TURN
40 Place right hand on left Step right 1/4 turn to right
hip of partner and (keep (place left hand on left hip-
holding hands) and step together with right hand partner)
right 1/4 turn to right
41 Place left 3/4 to right Place left 3/4 to right
42 Finish turn by placing Finish turn by placing
right next to left right next to left
1/2 TURN 1/2 TURN
43 Place left hand on right Place right hand on right hip
hip of partner and (keep and (keep holding hands) and
holding hands) and step step left 1/4 turn to left
left 1/4 turn to left
44 Place right 3/4 to right Place right 3/4 to right
45 Finish turn by placing Finish turn by placing
left next to right left next to right
STEP, STEP, STEP 1/2 TURN
46 Step right in place Cross right over left
with 1/4 to left
47 Step left in place Step left 1/2 to left in place
48 Step right in place Step right next to left
START AGAIN
At Interval (after 2nd round): At Interval (after 2nd round):
FORWARD RIGHT 2x FORWARD RIGHT 2x
1 Cross left over right and Cross left over right and
place diagonal to right place diagonal to right
forward (right hand holds forward (right hand holds
right hand partner on right right hand partner on right
hip partner/left arm hip / left arm
horizontally out to left) horizontally out to left)
2 Step right next to left Step right next to left
3 Step left in place Step left in place
4 Step right diagonal Step right diagonal
forward to right forward to right
5 Step left next to right Step left next to right
6 Step right in place Step right in place
FORWARD LEFT 2x FORWARD LEFT 2x
7 Step left diagonal forward Step left diagonal forward
to left (left hand holds to left (left hand holds
left hand partner on left left hand partner on left
hip partner / right arm hip/right arm
horizontally out) horizontally out)
8 Place right next to left Place right next to left
9 Step left in place Step left in place
10 Cross right over left Cross right over left
diagonal forward to left diagonal forward to left
11 Place left next to right Place left next to right
12 Step right in place Step right in place
From: jslijpen@worldonline.nl (J.G.M. Slijpen)
Reformatted for display on web site
Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas
by Don & Patti Brown
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