OPEN ARMS
Choreographer: Charlotte Oulton Macari
Suggested Music: Open Arms by Chris Owen
Type: 72 Count, 1 wall
Level: Intermediate Waltz
  
Left twinkle travelling slightly forward, weave, side step & draw x 2
1 - 3 Cross left over right, step right next to left, step left slightly to left side
4 - 6 Cross right over left, step left to left side, cross right behind left
7 - 9 Step left to left side, draw right up to left, touch right next to left
10 - 12 Step right to right side, draw left up to right, touch left next to right
  
Turning ¼ turn box forward, turning ¼ box back, step sweep ½ turn touch, cross rock, recover, side step
13 - 15 Step forward on left, turn ¼ turn left stepping right next to left, step left next to right
16 - 18 Step back on right, turn ¼ turn left stepping left next to right, step right next to left
19 - 21 Step forward left, complete ½ turn left on left foot, whilst seeping right to the side, touch right to
right side
22 - 24 Cross rock right over left, recover on left, step right to right side
 
Cross, step ¼ turn left, step forward ½ turn left, rock forward, recover, step back, 2 twinkles travelling back
25 - 27 Step left across right, step back right as you turn ¼ urn left, turn ½ turn left as you step forward left
28 - 30 Rock forward on right, recover weight on left, step back right
31 - 33 Cross left over right, step right back to right diagonal, step back left to left diagonal
34 - 36 Cross right over left, step back left to left diagonal, step back right to right diagonal
    
Turning twinkle ½ turn left, cross rock, recover, step, weave, side step, draw, touch
37 - 39 Cross left over right, turn ¼ turn left stepping back on right, turn ¼ turn left, stepping left to left side
40 - 42 Cross rock right over left, recover on left, step right to right side
43 - 45 Cross left over right, step right to right side, cross left behind right
46 - 48 Step right side, draw left up to right, touch left next to right
    
Basic waltz turning ½ turn left, basic waltz back, repeat
49 - 51 Step forward left, turn /2 turn on left, stepping back right, step back left
52 - 54 Step back right, step left next to right, step right next to left
55 - 57 Step forward left, turn ½ turn on left, stepping back right, step back left 
58 - 60 Step back right, step left next to right, step right next to left 
   
Full turn travelling forward, lunge, recover, ¼ turn right, side step
 61 - 63 Step forward left, turn ½ turn left on left, stepping back right, turn ½ turn left on right, stepping forward left 
 64 - 66 Lunge forward on right, recover on left, turn ¼ right stepping right to right side 
  (Easy option for counts 61 - 63 just walk forward left right left) 
   
L cross rock, recover, step, right cross rock, recover, step
67 - 69 Cross rock left over right, recover on right, step left in place
Advanced option: Cross left over right, unwind full turn right, ronde right leg from front to behind.
70 - 72 Cross rock right over left, recover on left, step right in place 
Advanced option: Cross lock right foot behind left, unwind a full turn right
 
The tag comes after the 1st & 3rd walls each time before the chorus. It's just a repeat of counts 67-72
(not the advanced option)
 
REPEAT