Holding Back The Ocean
Choreographed by Peter Metelnick🇬🇧 & Alison Metelnick🇬🇧
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Step Sheet
64 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
RIGHT CROSS ROCK RECOVER, RIGHT SIDE SHUFFLE, LEFT CROSS ROCK/RECOVER, LEFT BALL CROSS, LEFT SIDE
1-2
Cross/rock right over left, recover on left
3&4
Step right to side, step left together, step right to side
5-6
Cross/rock left over right, recover on right
&7-8
Step left back, cross right over left, step left to side
RIGHT ROCK BACK/RECOVER, RIGHT FORWARD SHUFFLE, LEFT FORWARD, TOUCH RIGHT TOGETHER, RIGHT BACK SHUFFLE
1-2
Rock right back, recover on left
3&4
Step right forward, step left together, step right forward
5-6
Step left forward, touch right together
7&8
Step right back, step left together, step right back
TURN ¾ LEFT, LEFT ROCK BACK/RECOVER, LEFT SIDE SHUFFLE, RIGHT ROCK BACK RECOVER
1-4
Turn ½ left and step left forward, turn ¼ left and step right to side, rock left back, recover on right
5&6
Step left to side, step right together, step left to side
7-8
Rock right back, recover on left
½ LEFT HINGE TURN, RIGHT CROSS SHUFFLE, LEFT SIDE, RIGHT TOUCH TOGETHER, RIGHT BALL CROSS, RIGHT SIDE
1-2
Turn ¼ left and step right back, turn ¼ left and step left to side
3&4
Cross right over left, step left to side, cross right over left
5-6
Step left to side, touch right together
&7-8
Step right back, cross left over right, step right to side
LEFT ROCK BACK/RECOVER, ½ RIGHT & LEFT BACK, RIGHT TOGETHER, LEFT FORWARD LOCK, LEFT FORWARD LOCKING SHUFFLE
1-4
Rock left back, recover on right, turn ½ right and step left back, step right together
5-6
Step left forward, lock right behind left
7&8
Step left forward, lock right behind left, step left forward
Turn toe out to left diagonal to prep turn
TURN ¾ LEFT, RIGHT CROSS ROCK RECOVER, RIGHT SIDE SHUFFLE, WEAVE RIGHT 2
1-4
Turn ½ left and step right back, turn ¼ left and step left to side, cross/rock right over left, recover on left
5&6
Step right to side, step left together, step right to side
7-8
Cross left over right, step right to side
¼ LEFT TURNING COASTER STEP (AKA 'TOASTER' STEP), WALK/SKATE FORWARD 2, RIGHT JAZZ BOX CROSS
1&2
Turn ¼ left and step left back, step right together, step left forward
3-4
Step right forward, step left forward
Or skate forward twice
5-8
Cross right over left, step left back, step right to side, cross left over right
VINE RIGHT 2, ¼ RIGHT & RIGHT FORWARD, LEFT FORWARD, ¼ RIGHT PIVOT TURN, LEFT CROSS, ½ LEFT HINGE TURN
1-4
Step right to side, cross left behind right, turn ¼ right and step right forward, step left forward
5-8
Turn ¼ right (weight to right), cross left over right, turn ¼ left and step right back, turn ¼ left and step left to side
REPEAT
ENDING You will get as far as count 56 (the jazz box cross). Cross right over left and unwind ½ to front wall
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