Airship

Choreographed by Zac Detweiller & Michelle Tiernan
Description: 96 count, 4 wall, intermediate/advanced, Viennese
waltz line dance
Music: "Come Take A Trip In My Airship" by Natalie Merchant

Counts    Step Descriptions

FULL TURNING SAILOR STEPS
1-2-3	Step left behind right, make a 1/4 turn right stepping
right, step left to left side
4-5-6	Step right to right side, make a 1/4 turn right stepping
left to left side, step right to right
7-12	Repeat counts 1-6 (12:00)

4X TWINKLE STEPS
1-2-3	Cross left over right, step back on right at slight angle,
step left to left side
4-5-6	Cross right over left, step back on left at slight angle,
step right to right side
7-12	Repeat counts 1-6

1/2 TURN BALANCE, BACK BALANCE, 2X
1-2-3	Step forward on left, make a 1/2 turn left stepping back
on right, step onto left
4-5-6	Step back on right, step left beside right, step forward
onto right
7-12	Repeat (12:00)

STEP POINT 2X, SIDE BREAK, 1/4 TWINKLE
1-2-3	Step forward on left, touch right toe to right side, hold
4-5-6	Step forward on right, touch left toe to left side, hold
7-8-9	Cross left over right, rock onto right foot, recover
weight onto left
10-11-12	Cross right over left, make a 1/4 turn to right
stepping back on left, step right to right side (3:00)

WEAVE WITH SLIGHT HITCH BEHIND, WEAVE INTO ARABESQUE
1-2-3	Cross left over right, step right to right, cross left
behind right
4-5-6	Step right to right, step left in front of right, slightly
hitch right foot to touch back of left leg (between ankle and
bottom of calf)
7-8-9	Step right behind left, step left to left, cross right
over left
10-11-12	Step on to ball of left foot angled to corner, raise
right leg (raised leg extended in straight line to rear and foot
pointed), hold
/If you aren't comfortable doing Arabesque, you may modify the
move
/Option 1: step onto left foot at angle, lift right leg behind
body, hold
/Option 2: step onto left at angle plié, extending right leg
behind body touching right toe, hold

TWINKLE, 1/2 TURN TWINKLE, TWINKLE, 1/4 TURN TWINKLE
1-2-3	Cross right foot over left, step left to left side coming
back to 3:00 wall, step right to right side
4-5-6	Cross left over right, step back onto right making a 1/4
turn left, make another 1/4 turn left stepping left to side
7-8-9	Cross right over left, step left back at angle, step right
to side (9:00)
10-11-12	Cross left over right, step back on right making a 1/4
turn to left, step left to left side

MODIFIED TOE STRUTS WITH HAIRBRUSHES (FACING 6:00 WALL)
1-2-3	Touch right toe forward, bounce right heel, step onto
right foot
4-5-6	Touch left toe forward, bounce left heel, step onto left
foot
7-12	Repeat
/Hands for section:
/1-2-3 with hands in front of body, right above left:
/On count 1, raise top hand toward head while lowering bottom
hand, keeping motion, snap on counts 2-3. Switch directions on
4, and snap 5-6. Continue the changing the hands and snapping
for counts 7-12

1/4 TWINKLE, 1/2 TWINKLE, CROSS UNWIND, RELEVÉ, HOLD
1-2-3	Cross right over left, step back on left making a 1/4 turn
right, step right to right side
4-5-6	Cross left over right, step back on right making a 1/4
left, make another 1/4 turn left stepping left to side
7-8-9	Cross right over left, unwind a full turn left, taking
weigh left
10-11-12	Step forward right, close left foot t into right (5th
position), lift the body onto balls of feet (relevé, as if a
string is pulling you up by your head), hold (3:00)
/Option for 10,11,12: step forward on right, close left into
5th, touch left ankle to right calf muscle with toe pointed
toward floor
&	Fall back with left foot, taking weight onto right on count &

REPEAT

Prep: 09/26/03   19:28
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