Counts Step Descriptions
ROCK RETURN, & 1/4 CROSS ROCK RETURN, & CROSS ROCK RETURN, &
STEP PIVOT 1/2 TWICE
1-2 Rock/step forward on right, rock back on left
& Making 1/4 right step right to right side
3-4 Cross/rock left over right, rock/return weight to right
& Step left to left side
5-6 Cross/rock right over left, rock/return weight to left
& Step right beside left
7-8 Step forward on left, pivot 1/2 right transferring weight
forward onto right
SHUFFLE FORWARD, ROCK RETURN, 1/4 ROCK RETURN, & ROCK RETURN
9&10 Shuffle forward left, right, left
11-12 Rock/step forward on right, rock back on left
13-14 Making 1/4 right rock/step right to right side,
rock/return weight to left
& Step right beside left
15-16 Rock/step left to left side, rock/return weight to right
CROSS SHUFFLE, 1/4 TURN, 1/4 TURN, CROSS ROCK, STEP BACK, 1/4
SHUFFLE
17&18 Cross/shuffle right left, right, left
19-20 Making 1/4 left step back on right, making 1/4 left step
left to left side
21-22 Cross/rock right over left
23&24 Making 1/4 right shuffle forward right, left, right
/Experienced dancers do 1&1/4 turn right stepping right, left,
right
ROCK RETURN, COASTER STEP, STEP PIVOT 1/2, STEP PIVOT 1/2
25-26 Rock/step forward on left, rock back on right
27&28 Step back on left, step right beside left, step forward on
left (coaster)
29-30 Step forward on right, pivot 1/2 left transferring weight
to left
31-32 Step forward on right, pivot 1/2 left transferring weight
to left
REPEAT
RESTART
/Restart on wall 4 after count 28. This just means you leave the
2 pivots off at the end
/I would like to say that Stephen Paterson's dance 'Open Season'
is a fabulous dance and no disrespect is intended by writing
this easier dance. It's just that many people are not able to
manage the steps in 'open season' and I was asked to write
something a little easier