Last edited July 27th, 2020

 

Waltz line dance syllabus:  24 beats

 

face wall [Line Of Dance; LOD]; weight on right foot;  knees relaxed; chin and eyes up; shoulders relaxed; smiling is OK

 

balance left - 123

          1 - left foot to left (inside edge of foot to toe)

          2 - right foot behind left [similar to 5th foot position] and rise (toe)

          3 - replace weight to left foot and lower (toe-flat)

 

balance right - 123

          1 - right foot to right (inside edge of foot to toe)

          2 - left foot behind right and rise (toe)

          3 - replace weight to right foot and lower (toe -flat)

 

balance forward - 123

          1 - left foot forward (heel-toe)

          2 - right foot closes to left foot (toe),

          3 - change weight to left foot and lower (toe-lower)

 

balance backward - 123

          1 - right foot backward (toe-flat-toe)

          2 - left foot closes to right foot (toe)

          3 - change weight to right foot and lower (toe-flat),

while turning slightly right [to prep for twinkles]

 

twinkle 1 - 123

          1 - left foot cross in front of right (heel-toe) [facing wall]

          2 - right foot forward while rotating left (toe)

          3 - close left foot to right foot [aka brush] and step forward to center

 

twinkle 2 - 123

          1 - right foot forward (heel-toe)

          2 - left foot forward toward center (toe), while turning 180 to right to face wall

          3 - close right foot to left foot and lower [alternately, brush left foot to right and step forward to center]

 

twinkle 3 - 123

          same as twinkle 1, except in step 1, now stepping with left foot forward [rather than across as in twinkle 1]

 

twinkle 4 – same as twinkle 2, except,

          on step 3, we continue to rotate [on right foot] clockwise another 180 degrees to face the new wall

         

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