20-count intro - Phrased to restart after chorus’s 44 counts
BASIC RIGHT, CROSS BRUSH, CROSS ROCK, RECOVER, ¼ LEFT, HOLD
1-4
Step side on right, close left together, step side on right, left cross brush
5-8
Cross rock left over right, recover on right, turn ¼ left and step left, hold
9-12
Step side on right, close left together, step forward on right, hold
13-16
Step side on left, close right together, step back on left, hold
DIAGONAL BACK LOCKING STEP, HOLD (TWICE)
17-20
Step slightly diagonal back on right, cross (lock) left in front, step back on right, hold
21-24
Step slightly diagonal back on left, cross (lock) right in front, step back on left, hold
REVERSE ROCKING CHAIR (TWICE)
25-28
Rock back on right, recover forward on left, rock forward on right, recover back on left
29-32
Rock back on right, recover forward on left, rock forward on right, recover back on left
Styling option: open up on the back rocks
33-36
Step side on right, close left together, step back on right, hold
37-40
Step side on left, close right together, step forward on left, hold
41-44
Step side on right, touch left together, step side on left, touch right together
-->Restart here each time she finishes the chorus which begins with “So I’ll accept the rose tonight…”
The Restart occurs 3 times during the song, at 6:00, 12:00, 6:00. Dance ends here after the fourth time the chorus is sung.
You will be facing 3:00; do the second Side Touch to face 12:00.<---
45-48
Step side on right, touch left together, step side on left, hook right foot over left shin (angle diagonal right)
DIAGONAL RIGHT FORWARD LOCKING STEP, BRUSH, DIAGONAL LEFT FORWARD LOCKING STEP, BRUSH
49-52
With body angling right, step forward on right, lock left behind, step forward on right, brush left
53-56
Angle body diagonally left step forward on left, lock right behind, step forward on left, brush right
BACK 8 - CROSS, BACK, BACK, LOCK, BACK, BACK, LOCK, BACK
57-60
Cross right over left, step back on left, step slightly back on right, cross left over right
61-64
Step slightly back and to the right on right, step back and slightly left on left, cross right over left, step slightly back and to the left on left
65-68
Step side on right (slightly back), touch left together, step side on left, touch right together
Choreographer: Karen Tripp, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
Email: karen@trippcentral.ca - Web: www.trippcentral.ca/dance/cuesheets