SERPENTINE STEPS: On the first count, step one foot behind the other then step the second and third counts going in the same direction. Example: In the very first Serpentine steps of the dance, the Left foot steps behind the Right foot causing the dancer to move backward at a slight angle toward the right, the next two steps carry the dancer backward at the same angle. Like in almost all other country-western waltzes, counts 1 and 4 are long steps and counts 2,3,5 and 6 are short steps.