Like anonymous I know very little about America Smooth. So in a Waltz as I bring my feet together I am on both toes. I lower the heel of the closing foot after my feet arrive together. I do not lower what is step two on the count of 3 and.
This means although my feet are closed the knee of ( shall we say) the right foot will be forward of my body. It must be if I have lowered to the floor one heel only.