Anonymous. I'm still a bit puzzled here.This is what we are taught. Preperation Step, not big but with a bending of the knee. With CBM. We start the Feather on the RF for a slow. We have walked away fom our LF leaving it behind. We then swing through with our LF. for the first quick which arrives with the left hip higher than right hip. Then we do the CBMP on the second quick. Whilst this is going on we have a bending of the knee of the supporting foot, excluding the first quick . At the end of the fourth beat just before we lower and come into a nuetral postion we find the balance point. Sometimes we count steps and not beats. So we have 1 2 arrive on 3 balance point and lower and continue on from there. Being in a neutral position whether it be Social Dancing or in a night club is the same. The feet are side by side with the weight on one side or the other. After arriving on the 3rd step and lowering we go into a neutral postion. And off we go. Just incase it is misunderstood the neutral position is not a full stop. And we have the same in the Waltz.