8' Waltz

Choreographed by Robin Madeley
Description: 48 count, 4 wall, intermediate waltz line dance
Music: "Hero" by Nickelback
/Starts on first proper beat of music, right after the drum roll.

Counts    Step Descriptions

STEP LEFT KICK, BACK SLIDE TOUCH
1	Step forward on left foot
2-3	Kick right foot forward over counts 2-3
4	Step back on right foot
5-6	Slide left foot besides right (keeping weight on right) over
counts 5-6

LEFT 1/4 SWEEP, TWINKLE 3/4
7	Step forward on left foot
8-9	With weight on left foot, make 1/4 turn to left, sweeping
right toe out to right side

3/4 TURN OVER RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE PERFORMING A RIGHT OVER LEFT
TWINKLE
10	Cross right over left
11	Make 1/4 turn to right stepping back on left
12	Make further 1/2 turn to right stepping forward on right foot

STEP-HOLD-HOLD, STEP-HOLD-HOLD, OR OPTIONAL VARIATION:
STEP-LOCK-STEP, STEP-LOCK STEP
13-14-15	Step forward on left foot, hold for two counts
16-17-18	Step forward on right foot, hold for two counts
/At certain times in the music, it may feel more natural to
dance waltz-tempo lock shuffles left and right
13-14-15	Step forward on left foot, lock right foot behind left,
step forward on right
16-17-18	Step forward on right foot, lock left foot behind
right, step forward on left

STEP-TOUCH-TURN, SLIDE
19	Step forward on left foot
20	Touch right toe behind left foot
21	Unwind 3/4 turn over right shoulder (weight changes right
foot)

22	Make large-ish step on left to left side
23-24	Slide right toe in (keeping weight on left foot) over
counts 23-24

/When dancing 8' Waltz, it feels very much like it is a dance of
two halves. The above is the first half, the below is the
second. Just dance it straight through.

CROSS, SIDE-ROCK-CROSS
24-26-27	Cross right over left, hold for counts 26-27
28-29-30	Step left to left side, recover weight onto right foot,
cross left over right

SIDE, CROSS-ROCK-TURN
31-32-33	Step right to right side, hold for counts 32-33
34-35-36	Perform a left-over-right twinkle making a 1/4 turn to
left

ROCK-ROCK-TURN, TWINKLE
37-38-39	Rock forward on right foot, rock back on left foot,
make 1/4 turn to right stepping right to right side
/It's kind of like a twinkle
40-41-42	Perform a left-over-right twinkle

FRONT-SIDE-BEHIND, POINT-HOLD-HOLD
43-44-45	Step right over left, step left to left side, step
right behind left
46	Point left to left side
47-48	Hold position for counts 47-48

REPEAT

RESTART
/On the 6th wall (3:00 wall the second time around the room),
dance the dance as normal, changing the following steps, then
restart from the top.
37-38-39	Rock forward on right foot, back on left, make 1/2 turn
to right stepping forward on right
40-41-42	With weight remaining on right foot, make a further 1/4
turn (to front wall), sweeping left to left side. Hold for two
counts

Prep: 12/15/05   23:34
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