In Your Arms

Choreographed by Angela Pinnington & Peter Kimber
Description: 64 count, intermediate partner dance
Position: Side by Side (Sweetheart) position
Music: "If I Could Bottle This Up" by Paul Overstreet; "Island"
by Eddy Raven

Counts    Step Descriptions

1-2	Step right across left, step back on left
3&4	Side shuffle right right, left, right
5-6	Step left across right, step back on right
7&8	Side shuffle left left, right, left

9&10	Right shuffle forward right, left, right
11&12	Left shuffle forward left, right, left
13-14	Rock forward onto right, recover onto left
15-16	MAN: Step right 1/4 turn right, step left next to right
(facing OLOD)
15&16	LADY: 3/4 Turn right on triple step right, left, right
(facing ILOD)
/Release left hands, lady passes under raised right arms, rejoin
hands when facing each other
17-18	MAN: Step right to right, cross left behind right
	LADY: Step left to left, cross right behind left
19-20	MAN: Side shuffle right right, left, right
/Release man's left, lady's right hands
	LADY: Side shuffle left left, right, left
21-22	MAN: Left rock left turning 1/4 left (facing LOD), recover
onto right
	LADY: Right rock right turning 1/4 right (RLOD), recover onto
left
23&24	MAN: Forward right diagonal cross shuffle left, right, left
	LADY: Forward left diagonal cross shuffle right, left, right
/Traveling forward, lady crosses in front of man changing
places, changing hands. Lady behind man in front

25-26	MAN: Right rock right, recover onto left
	LADY: Left rock left, recover onto right
27&28	MAN: Forward left diagonal cross shuffle right, left, right
/Crossing as 23&24
	LADY: Forward right diagonal cross shuffle left, right, left
29-30	MAN: Left rock to left, recover onto right
	LADY: Right rock to right, recover onto left
31&32	MAN: Forward right diagonal cross shuffle left, right, left
/Crossing as 23&24
	LADY: Forward left diagonal cross shuffle right, left, right
33-34	MAN: Right rock right, recover onto left
	LADY: Left rock left, recover onto right turning 1/4 right
35-36	MAN: Step right across left, step left next to right
35&36	LADY: 3/4 Turn right on triple step left, right, left
/Lady crosses in front of man, man changes hands to bring her
back into side by side
BOTH:
37-38	Rock back on right, recover onto left
39&40	Right shuffle forward right, left, right

41-42	Left toe point forward, point left
43&44	Left back coaster step
45-46	Right toe point forward, point right
47&48	Right back coaster step

49-50	Step forward left, pivot 1/2 turn right
/Release left hands, raise right
51&52	Left side shuffle turning 1/4 right on first step left,
right, left (both facing ILOD)
/Release hands as you face ILOD, lady placing her hands on man's
waist
53&54	Right side shuffle, turning 1/2 turn right on first step
right, left, right (both facing OLOD)
/Lady raises her hands to shoulder height, man places hands on
lady's waist
55&56	Left side shuffle, turning 1/2 turn right on first step
left, right, left (both facing ILOD)
/Lady places hands on man's waist

57-58	Rock back on right, recover onto left
59&60	Right shuffle forward
61-62	Step forward on left, step right turning 1/4 turn right
(into LOD)
/Lady releases hands on turn, resume Side By Side (Sweetheart)
position
63&64	Right side cross shuffle

REPEAT

Prep: 06/22/08   19:52
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