Latest Information
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Dances In Progress
Neville &Julie are working on one to Super Lover (Britney/Gaga) - Also Cascada's Pyromania
Francien's next one is Miss Everything (Sugababes)
Dee's next one is to Fashions off Confessions Of A Shopaholic album
Shaz's MaggieG Southport dance is to Hypnotized by Tania Christopher
Alan Birchall is working on one to Goldfrapp's 'Rocket' out soon
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Toon-Dance Saturday 27th March 2010 - Noon : 11.30pm Choppington Social & Welfare Club with Maggie G Live music from Tim McKay & DJ Big Dave ....Limited availability - Don't delay
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Scott Blevins mini UK trip :
Our 'Sunday-Out' Workshop Dances ....
Hinckley, Leicestershire
New Teaches ..................
Oh Ruby (Debbie McLaughlin) - Roisin Murphy - Phrased Higher Intermediate
Regresa (Ruben Luna) - Calo - 32/4 Intermediate
Faith & Desire (Johanna Barnes) - Matt Nathanson - 32/4 Intermediate
Get On Down (Rob Fowler) - Miss Eighty 6 - 32/4 Intermediate
Gave It All Away (Maggie Gallagher) - Boyzone - 32/4 Intermediate
One Day You Will (Dee Musk) - Lady Antebellum - 48/2 Advanced
Too Comfortable (Jordan Lloyd) - N-Dubz - 48/4 Intermediate
Recaps ..................
No Salvation (Scott Blevins) - Lady Gaga - Phrased Intermediate/Advanced
What U Wanna Do (Jordan Lloyd) - Frankie J - 64/2 Intermediate
Rapper's Delight (Rachael McEnaney) - Grandmaster Flash - 64/2 Advanced
Stupid In Love (Rachael McEnaney) - Rihanna - 32/2 Advanced
Room Service (M.T.Groove) - Pitbull - 64/2 Intermediate
Holdin' It Down (Dan McInerney) - Fergie - 64/4 Advanced
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Announcing .......... The Maggie G Experience Orlando, Florida
3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th March 2011 Venue to be advised ................
Guest choreographers DJ Big Dave
Make a holiday of it - Discount theme park tickets will be available & a the special hotel event rate available either side of the event Post event dance party evening at a local venue on Sunday 6th March
Flyer & Booking Form soon
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Gave It All Away (Maggie Gallagher) - Boyzone - 32/4 Intermediate
Something Good (Maggie Gallagher) - The Bird & The Bee - 48/4 Intermediate
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My weekly 'Dances Taught' Update .........
Revision nights this week - Suppose we must have them every now & then lol !! :-) ..... So not much to report, except what is going well .......... The beginners are still enjoying Seduced, So Easily, Broken Stones & Tennessee Waltz Surprise - And more recently The Little Shirt & Running Out Of Beer - We had fun with Grundy Gallop & Picnic Polka this week too as 'new' classics. In the Improver/Easy session on Tuesday Mi Rowsu, Walking In The Rain, Askin' Questions, Take It Outside & Rhymr Or Reason were all popular revision dances. The main classes all are currently enjoying a MaggieG double bill with Something Good & Gave It All Away - A Kate one with Upside Down & Stomp & Kick - A Craig one with Wild & Kinda Busy - And a Peter & Alison one with Parachute & American Cowboy ... From our Scarborough weekend with Dee & Andrew/Sheila the Tuesday class are enjoying Dee's Open Up Your Heart & the Wednesday class Dee's Baby Baby Baby & Andrew/Sheila's Way Love Goes - All great mainstream pop dances - Stuff You Gotta Watch & Shoes Of Another Man are also popular - Really cool west coast. The late-birds too have been enjoying a bunch of great stuff just lately including No Salvation, Get On Down, Tic Tok Drop, Stupid In Love, Sunglasses, One Day You Will - And this week Johanna's lovely smooth Faith & Desire.
Check out the latest feedback on dances taught at the following links - Thanks to everyone who is sending regular updates : Mainline : http://www.bigdavegastap.com/MainlineTeaches.htm Newline : http://www.bigdavegastap.com/Newliners/WebPages/Teaches.htm
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Floor split dances from Shaz & Dee ..........
Baby Baby
Baby (Dee Musk)
- Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
Baby (Shaz
Walton)
- Justin Bieber - 32/4 Improver A popular funky one from Beatlefest ..........
Get On Down
(Rob Fowler)
- Miss Eighty 6 - 32/4 Intermediate Also a really cool pop cha cha ..........
I Want That
Man (Simon Ward & Jo/John Kinser)
- Deboroah Harry - 64/2 Intermediate New dances from Andrew & Sheila for our Scarborough weekend ..........
Running
Out Of Beer (Andrew & Sheila)
- Ann Tayler - 16/4 Improver
Take It
Outside (Andrew & Sheila)
- Johnny Reid - 32/4 Intermediate
Way Love
Goes (Andrew & Sheila)
- Lemar - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced Latest from Peter & Alison ..........
Parachute
(Peter & Alison)
- Cheryl Cole - 32/4 Intermediate
Cha Cha
D'Amour (Peter & Alison)
- Rod Stewart - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
American
Cowboy (Peter & Alison)
- Jada - 64/2 Intermediate
As
Love Is My Witness (Peter & Alison)
- Westlife - 48/4 Intermediate
Double
Shot Of Love (Peter & Alison)
- Amy MacDonald - 64/4 Improver/Easy Intermediate
Hero (Peter &
Alison)
- Almighty Cover Girlz - Phrased/2 Intermediate/Advanced A few popular 'On-The-Up' dances in social dancing at the
Awards ...........
The Piper
(Hazel Pace)
- ABBA - 32/2 Intermediate
Broken
Heels (Jo/John Kinser & Mark Furnell)
- Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
You & I (Oli
Geir & Hugrun)
- Hera Bjork - Phrased/4 Intermediate
Love Ya (Kate
Sala & Robbie M. Hickie)
- Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
B.C.O. (Rachael McEnaney)
- Chris Anderson - 48/4 Intermediate
Hands Up (Craig
Bennett)
- Whitney Houston - 32/4 Intermediate
Upside
Down (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala)
- Paloma Faith - 48/4 Intermediate
What About
(Maggie Gallagher)
- Westlife - 40/4 Intermediate
Dream Of You
(Teresa & Vera)
- Michael Buble - 64/2 Easy Intermediate
San
Frasisco (Kath Dickens)
- Olsen Brothers - 64/4 Intermediate
Action (Darren
Bailey)
- Toby Keith - 32/2 Beginner/Improver
Wishing On A Star (Paul McAdam) - Paul Weller - 32/4 Intermediate
Askin' Questions (Larry Bass) - Brady Seals - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
All I Want Is You (Maggie Gallagher) - Kim Sozzi - 48/2 Intermediate
Mambotastic (Kate Sala) - Neil Sedaka - 32/4 Intermediate
Nitty Gritty (Robbie M. Hickie) - Kimberly Cole - 48/4 Intermediate
New Year 2010/11- Morpeth, Northumberland
We are repeating our 3 night Morpeth New Year weekend ... 30/31 December & 1 January ... With Shaz & Craig ... £195
Email me for details or to reserve a place
*** This is a small friendly informal anything goes event for 40 people ***
Crystal Boot Workshops
One Day You Will (Dee Musk) - Lady Antebellum - 48/2 Advanced
Walking In The Rain (Maggie Gallagher) - Alex Swings Oscar Sings - 64/4 Improver
Stomp & Kick (Kate Sala) - Amy Diamond - 40/4 Intermediate
Americano (Simon Ward & Maddison Glover) - Patrizio Buanne - Phrased/2 Higher Intermediate
Little Red Corvette (Rachael McEnaney) - Mike Zito - 48/2 Higher Intermediate
C U Again (Jonathan Williamson) - Miley Cyrus - 64/4 Intermediate
- 2009 Linedancer Choreography WinnerWild (Craig Bennett) - Soo-Bo - 64/2 Intermediate (Count-In=40)
All Together Again (Robert Lindsay) - Rick Astley - 32/4 Beginner
Mi Rowsu (Roy Verdonk & Co) - Jan Smit & Damaru - 32/4 Beginner
Blah Blah Blah (Guyton Mundy) - Kesha - 32/4 Higher Intermediate
Feel Right (Robbie M. Hickie) - Tanya Tucker - 68/2 Improver
Betty's Buns (Lizzie Clarke) - George Canyon - 48/4 Improver
Simply Honky Tonk (Val Myers & Deana Randle) - Brooks & Dunn - 32/2 Beginner
Moo La Move (Annie Brand) - Steve Azar - 32/4 Beginner
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World Masters 2010 August, Manchester Confirmed choreographers ..................
Rob Fowler
Rachael McEnaney
Scott Blevins
Kate Sala
Shaz Walton
Dee Musk
Craig Bennett
Peter Metalnick
Alison Biggs
Andrew Palmer
http://www.worlddancemasters.co.uk/WorldDanceMasters2010.htm
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New dances from our New Years Bash with Shaz & Craig ..............
Do U Remember (Shaz Walton) - Jay Sean - 64/2 Intermediate
Kinda Busy (Craig Bennett) - Lady Gaga - 32/4 Intermediate
Lovely country dance ..............
Quarter After One (Levi Hubbard) - Lady Antebellum - 56/4 Intermediate
Askin' Questions (Larry Bass) - Brady Seals - 32/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Maggie G Event Joining Information On-Line ...........
Sold Out
Mundesley, Norfolk - April 2010
Places available, contact me for details - Day passes too
Places available, contact me for details - Day passes too

"Toon Army"
Latest from my 'Brit Pack' friends
Looking forward to Tampa 2010
Shaz ......
Happy Hour (Shaz Walton) - Cheryl Cole - 64/2 Intermediate
Meet Me Halfway (Shaz Walton) - Black Eyed Peas - 64/4 Intermediate
Do U Remember (Shaz Walton) - Jay Sean - 64/2 Intermediate
Whataya Want From Me (Shaz Walton) - Adam Lambert - 64/2 Advanced
If We Never Meet Again (Shaz Walton) - Timbaland - 64/2 Intermediate
Baby (Shaz Walton) - Justin Bieber - 32/4 Improver
Dee ......
To Love Again (Dee Musk) - Alesha Dixon - 32/4 Intermediate
Heal This Heartbreak (Dee Musk) - JLS - 64/4 Intermediate
Forever Is Over (Dee Musk) - The Saturdays - 64/2 Intermediate
One Day You Will (Dee Musk) - Lady Antebellum - 48/2 Advanced
Baby Baby Baby (Dee Musk) - Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
Craig ......
Kinda Busy (Craig Bennett) - Lady Gaga - 32/4 Intermediate
Hands Up (Craig Bennett) - Whitney Houston - 32/4 Intermediate
Senorita (Craig Bennett) - Trick Pony - 32/4 Intermediate
Wild (Craig Bennett) - Soo-Bo - 64/2 Intermediate (Count-In=40)
Crazy Devils (Guyton, Rob & Craig) - The Rednecks - 64/2 Improver/Easy Intermediate
Standing In The Shadow (Craig Bennett) - Craig David - 32/4 Intermediate
Running In The Wrong Direction (Craig Bennett & Willie Brown) - Pixie Lott - 48/2 Intermediate
Alan ......
Preachin' To The Chior (Alan Birchall) - Rodney Crowell - 48/4 Intermediate
Waiting For You (Alan Birchall) - Paolo Nutini - 32/4 Improver
Real Late Starter (Alan Birchall) - Nerina Pallot - Phrased Intermediate
Edge Of Desire (Alan Birchall) - John Mayer - 48/4 Intermediate
Dance with Rob & Friends in Spain starting in 2010 - Events in June & October ..........................
www.FowlerDancePromotions.com
Worlds Teaches The biggest hits releases :
Moonlight
Madness (Double Trouble)
- Johnny Reid - 32/4 Intermediate
Sunglasses (Tajali
Hall)
- Divine Brown - 64/2
Intermediate/Advanced
2X Trouble
(Guyton Mundy & Michele Perron)
- Ne-Yo - 32/4 Intermediate
Regresa (Ruben
Luna)
- Calo - 32/4 Intermediate
Broken
Heels (Jo/John Kinser & Mark Furnell)
- Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
Seduced (Ira Weisburd)
- Rob Rio - 32/1 Beginner
Sentimental
(Rachael McEnaney)
- Gareth Gates - 48/4 Higher
Intermediate/Advanced
I Gotta
Feeling (Niels Poulsen)
- Black Eyed Peas - 64/2 Intermediate
Little
Red Corvette (Rachael McEnaney)
- Mike Zito - 48/2 Higher Intermediate
Pop,
Lock & Drop (Shaz Walton)
- Sean Kingston - 64/2 Advanced
NY Cha (Neville &
Julie)
- Paloma Faith - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced
I.C.U. (John,
Junior & Christopher)
- Kylie Minogue - 48/4 Intermediate
Regresa (Ruben
Luna)
- Calo - 32/4 Intermediate
One Love (Frank
Cooper)
- Queen - 48/2 Intermediate
Luv 'n Me (Zac
Detweiller & John Robinson)
- Aura - Phrased Intermediate
Me & Bobby
(David Sickles & Bob Grundy)
- Rhonda McDonald - 32/4 Beginner
Follow Me (Sam
Arvidson & Toshiko Kawamoto)
- Uncle Kracker - 32/2 Intermediate
Holdin' It
Down (Dan McInerney)
- Fergie - 64/4 Advanced
Love Ya
(Frank Cooper)
- Dreamgirls - 56/1 Intermediate
Faith &
Desire (Johanna Barnes)
- Matt Nathanson - 32/4 Intermediate
649 (Judy McDonald)
- The DNC - 64/2 Intermediate
Tic Tok Drop
(Guyton, Rob & Will) - Kesha - 64/2 Intermediate
So Sexxy (John
Robinson) - Marlee Scott - 32/4 Intermediate
No
Salvation (Scott Blevins) - Lady Gaga - Phrased
Intermediate/Advanced
Hot catch up teaches - All big hits in the States :
Shoes Of Another Man (Jo
Thompson)
- Brother Yusef - 48/2
Intermediate/Advanced
Stuff
You Gotta Watch (Michele Peron)
- Levon Helm - 48/4 Intermediate
Rain
Against My Window (Michael Barr)
- Seal - 32/4 Intermediate
Fiona
(Michael Barr)
- Melanie Fiona - 32/4 Intermediate
Sister Kate
(Ria Vos)
- The Ditty Bops - 32/4 Intermediate
Playing
With Fire (Craig Bennett)
- Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
Others I'd recommend having done or seen them myself & well
danced at Worlds :
Kinda Busy
(Craig Bennett)
- Lady Gaga - 32/4 Intermediate
Happy Hour (Shaz Walton)
- Cheryl Cole - 64/2 Intermediate
Meet Me
Halfway (Shaz Walton)
- Black Eyed Peas - 64/4 Intermediate
Senorita
(Craig Bennett)
- Alex Swings & Oscar Sings - 32/2
Improver
Meet Me
Halfway (Shaz Walton)
- Black Eyed Peas - 64/4 Intermediate
Sexy Chick (Maggie Gallagher)
- David Guetta - 64/2 Intermediate
So
Yesterday (Jo/John Kinser & Mark Furnell)
- Toni Braxton - 32/2 Intermediate
Must Get
Free (Dan MInerney)
- Rachel Stevens - 32/4 Higher
Intermediate
With Your
Love (Dan McInerney)
- Chris Brown - 32/4 Higher Intermediate/Advanced
Hands Up (Craig
Bennett)
- Whitney Houston - 32/4 Intermediate
Love Ya (Kate
Sala & Robbie M. Hickie)
- Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
B.C.O. (Rachael
McEnaney)
- Chris Anderson - 48/4 Intermediate
Dream Of You
(Teresa & Vera)
- Michael Buble - 64/2 Easy Intermediate
Booty Music (Chicago09-Team USA)
- Git Fresh - 32/4 Intermediate
She Will Be Loved
(Rachael McEnaney)
- Maroon 5 - 48/4 Advanced
Hush That
Fuss (Guyton & Jordan)
- Outcast - Phrased Intermediate/Advanced
Bonafied Lovin' (Jill Babinec &
Scott Schrank)
- Chromeo - 64/2 Intermediate
If I Could Change (Ruben Luna)
- Eric Clapton - 64/2 Intermediate
Break The Dawn (Chicago09-Team UK)
- Michelle Williams - 48/4 Intermediate
Hands On
(Guyton Mundy)
- Joss Stone - 32/4 Improver/Easy Intermediate
Time To Play
(Peter & Alison)
- Big Ali - 32/4 Intermediate
SOB (Guyton Mundy)
- Mickel Knight - Phrased Intermediate
Strobe Lights (Rachael
McEnaney)
- Emmanuel - 64/2 Advanced
Swing By My Way (Carole Daugherty &
Frank Cooper)
- Will I Am - 72/2 Intermediate
12 Ounces
(Junior Willis)
- Jamie Tate - 32/4 Improver
Eight
Second Ride (Barry & Dari Anne Amato)
- Jake Owen - 32/2 Intermediate
Fight
Like A Girl (Jamie Marshall & Karen Hedges)
- Bomshel - 32/4 Intermediate
Lucky Luck
Me (Jill Babinec)
- Pat Carpenter Band - Phrased Easy Intermediate
Question Mark Dance (John Robinson)
- Brady Seals - 32/4 Intermediate
Shoop (Swing
Kings)
- Salt-n-Pepper - 32/4 Improver
Smash It (Barry
& Dari Anne Amato)
- Kimberly Cole - 32/4 Intermediate
Wanted By
You (Junior Willis)
- Jesse James - 32/4 Intermediate
What's
On The Menu (Joanne Brady)
- Sea Cruz - 48/4 Intermediate Any others you are looking for just contact me - I picked
up most of the scripts
Just updated
----- Other good sources
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www.A-S-Line.Com
******Not fully updated throughout site yet*****
Kick Start (Kim Ray) - JLS - 48/4 Intermediate
What They Say (Roy & Wil) - Michael Peterson - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
Edge Of Desire (Alan Birchall) - John Mayer - 48/4 Intermediate
Woman On A Mission (Alan Haywood) - Gabriella Cilmi - 32/4 Intermediate
Crazy Devils (Guyton, Rob & Craig) - The Rednecks - 64/2 Improver/Easy Intermediate
Standing In The Shadow (Craig Bennett) - Craig David - 32/4 Intermediate
Running In The Wrong Direction (Craig Bennett & Willie Brown) - Pixie Lott - 48/2 Intermediate
Cajun Beat (Chris Hodgson) - Mary Chapin Carpenter - 48/4 Improver
Love Sensation (Chris Hodgson & Glynn Holt) - 911 - 64/2 Intermediate
Who U Love (Neville & Julie) - Jennifer Hudson - 48/4 Intermediate
Play For Keeps (Neville & Julie) - Rihanna - 32/4 Intermediate/Advanced
The Birds & The Bees (Michele Perron) - The Bird & The Bee - 48/4 Easy Intermediate
Umbrella Beach (Adrian Swales) - Owl City - 64/2 Intermediate
Can't Go Home (Justine Brown) - Bon Jovi - 32/4 Intermediate
Music Of Love (Maria Tao) - Bobby Prins - 32/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Second To None (Alison Johnstone) - Wenche Hartmann - 64/4 Intermediate
Sweet Tooth (Philip Gene Sobrielo) - Lady Gaga - 32/4 Intermediate/Advanced
No Boundries (Karl-Harry Winson) - Adam Lambert - 40/4 Intermediate
Lola Gets (Jo & I) - Della Reese - 32/4 Intermediate
Talk About Mexico (Gary Palker & Co) - David Ball - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
Dancing On A Fire (Gary Parker & Co) - Modern Talking - 32/4 Intermediate
Since You've Been Gone (Gary Parker & Co) - Keith Urban - 32/4 Intermediate
The Pearl (Maria Maag & Jannie Tofte Anderen) - Scotty - Phrased/1 Advanced
The Gift (Maria Maag) - Demi Lovato - 48/4 Intermediate
One Big Mess (Maria Maag) - 3OH3 - Phrased/4 Intermediate
I Like My Cowboys Dirty (Lindy Bowers & Co) - Bridgette Tatum - 32/4 Beginner
Maybe It's True (Malene Jakobsen) - Boys Like Girls - 32/4 Higher Intermediate
Baby I'm Burning (John & Sue) - Dolly Parton - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
A Lananita (John & Sue) - The Cheetah Girls - 27/4 Easy Intermediate
Ain't in Checotah (John & Sue) - Carrie Underwood - 32/2 Easy Intermediate
Red High Heels (John & Sue) - Kelly Pickler - 16/4 Beginner
Beyond Dreams (John & Sue) - Agnes - 32/2 Easy Intermediate
FireFlies (Linda Ekstrom & Lisen Brixvi) - Owl City - 32/4 Intermediate
Simply Billy (Esther Stevenson) - Michael Jackson - 48/2 Beginner/Improver
Secret Love (Sandy Daykin) - Kathy Kirby - 64/2 Improver
Delusions (Diana Dawson) - Modern Talking - 64/4 Intermediate
Dance Or Rock 'n Roll (Ivonne Verhagen) - Dr. Hook - 48/2 Intermediate
Tango Lamento (Michael Lynn) - Cheryl Cole - 64/2 Intermediate
Hey Hey Love (Sebastiaan Holtland) - Tim Tim - 48/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Eh' Eh' Ready 4 The Sun (Sebastiaan Holtland) - Tim Tim - 48/2 Easy Intermediate
Brimful Of Asha (Terry Cullingham) - Cornershop - 64/2 Intermediate
Amor Pasional (Ria Vos) - Klever Prim - 64/4 Intermediate
My Home (Ria Vos) - Paul van Dyk - 64/2 Higher Intermediate
Weekend Fun (Scott Schrank & Amy Christian-Sohn) - J. Brazil - 32/4 Intermediate
Oh Ruby (Debbie McLaughlin) - Roisin Murphy - Phrased Higher Intermediate
Miss Everything (Francien Sittrop) - The Sugababes - 64/4 Intermediate
Come On Over & Party (Gaye Teather) - Paul Bailey - 40/4 Intermediate
Nobody (Roy & Wil) - Wonder Girls - 64/2 Advanced
Linda Eh (Ira Weisburd) - Grupo Mania - 64/1 Improver
Loved By You (Marie Sorensen) - Chely Wright - 32/2 Beginner
Broken Heelz (Paul Clifton) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Beginner/Intermediate
Under The Sun (Kathy Chang & Sue Hsu) - Tim Tim - 32/2 Beginner
We Can Do Better (Audrey Watson) - Alexandra Burke - 64/4 Improver
Runnin' (Karen Sturmey) - Gary Allan - 64/2 Intermediate
Water Of Love (Maryloo) - The Judds - 32/4 Improver
Slow Rain (Barry & Dari Anne Amato) - Rhonda Towns - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
Nobody (Roy & Wil) - Wonder Girls - 64/2 Advanced
Linda Eh (Ira Weisburd) - Grupo Mania - 64/1 Improver
Loved By You (Marie Sorensen) - Chely Wright - 32/2 Beginner
Broken Heelz (Paul Clifton) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Beginner/Intermediate
Under The Sun (Kathy Chang & Sue Hsu) - Tim Tim - 32/2 Beginner
We Can Do Better (Audrey Watson) - Alexandra Burke - 64/4 Improver
Runnin' (Karen Sturmey) - Gary Allan - 64/2 Intermediate
Water Of Love (Maryloo) - The Judds - 32/4 Improver
Slow Rain (Barry & Dari Anne Amato) - Rhonda Towns - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
Double Shot Of Love (Peter & Alison) - Amy MacDonald - 64/4 Improver/Easy Intermediate
Hero (Peter & Alison) - Almighty Cover Girlz - Phrased/2 Intermediate/Advanced
Something Good (Maggie Gallagher) - The Bird & The Bee - 48/4 Intermediate
Get Along Without You (Sebastiaan Holtland) - UB40 - 48/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Whataya Want From Me (Shaz Walton) - Adam Lambert - 64/2 Advanced
My Favourite Smile (Lois Lightfoot) - Josh Turner - 32/1 Improver
I Wrote You A Love Letter (Teresa & Vera) - Leona Lewis - 64/4 Easy Intermediate
Broken Hearted Girl (Teresa & Vera) - Beyonce - 64/4 Intermediate
Bobbi With An I (Rachael McEnaney) - Phil Vassar - 48/2 Easy Intermediate
Nothing But The Rent (Alan Haywood) - Gwen Guthrie - 32/2 Intermediate
Love Happens (Keith Jackson) - Lemar - 64/4 Easy Intermediate
Nothing (Raymond & Daniel) - ChypNotic - 64/4 Intermediate
Dawning (Daniel Trepat) - Wynonna Judd - 32/2 Intermediate
Gave It All Away (Maggie Gallagher) - Boyzone - 32/4 Intermediate
I Want That Man (Simon Ward & Jo/John Kinser) - Deboroah Harry - 64/2 Intermediate
If We Never Meet Again (Shaz Walton) - Timbaland - 64/2 Intermediate
Open Up Your Heart (Dee Musk) - Kim Sozzi - 64/2 Intermediate
Baby Baby Baby (Dee Musk) - Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
Baby (Shaz Walton) - Justin Bieber - 32/4 Improver
******Not fully updated throughout site yet*****
Latest Additions ..........
Dance Information/Teaching Notes
Kick Start (Kim Ray) - JLS - 48/4 Intermediate
What They Say (Roy & Wil) - Michael Peterson - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
Edge Of Desire (Alan Birchall) - John Mayer - 48/4 Intermediate
Woman On A Mission (Alan Haywood) - Gabriella Cilmi - 32/4 Intermediate
Crazy Devils (Guyton, Rob & Craig) - The Rednecks - 64/2 Improver/Easy Intermediate
Standing In The Shadow (Craig Bennett) - Craig David - 32/4 Intermediate
Running In The Wrong Direction (Craig Bennett & Willie Brown) - Pixie Lott - 48/2 Intermediate
Cajun Beat (Chris Hodgson) - Mary Chapin Carpenter - 48/4 Improver
Love Sensation (Chris Hodgson & Glynn Holt) - 911 - 64/2 Intermediate
Who U Love (Neville & Julie) - Jennifer Hudson - 48/4 Intermediate
Play For Keeps (Neville & Julie) - Rihanna - 32/4 Intermediate/Advanced
The Birds & The Bees (Michele Perron) - The Bird & The Bee - 48/4 Easy Intermediate
Umbrella Beach (Adrian Swales) - Owl City - 64/2 Intermediate
Can't Go Home (Justine Brown) - Bon Jovi - 32/4 Intermediate
Music Of Love (Maria Tao) - Bobby Prins - 32/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Second To None (Alison Johnstone) - Wenche Hartmann - 64/4 Intermediate
Sweet Tooth (Philip Gene Sobrielo) - Lady Gaga - 32/4 Intermediate/Advanced
No Boundries (Karl-Harry Winson) - Adam Lambert - 40/4 Intermediate
Lola Gets (Jo & I) - Della Reese - 32/4 Intermediate
Talk About Mexico (Gary Palker & Co) - David Ball - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
Dancing On A Fire (Gary Parker & Co) - Modern Talking - 32/4 Intermediate
Since You've Been Gone (Gary Parker & Co) - Keith Urban - 32/4 Intermediate
The Pearl (Maria Maag & Jannie Tofte Anderen) - Scotty - Phrased/1 Advanced
The Gift (Maria Maag) - Demi Lovato - 48/4 Intermediate
One Big Mess (Maria Maag) - 3OH3 - Phrased/4 Intermediate
I Like My Cowboys Dirty (Lindy Bowers & Co) - Bridgette Tatum - 32/4 Beginner
Maybe It's True (Malene Jakobsen) - Boys Like Girls - 32/4 Higher Intermediate
Baby I'm Burning (John & Sue) - Dolly Parton - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
A Lananita (John & Sue) - The Cheetah Girls - 27/4 Easy Intermediate
Ain't in Checotah (John & Sue) - Carrie Underwood - 32/2 Easy Intermediate
Red High Heels (John & Sue) - Kelly Pickler - 16/4 Beginner
Beyond Dreams (John & Sue) - Agnes - 32/2 Easy Intermediate
FireFlies (Linda Ekstrom & Lisen Brixvi) - Owl City - 32/4 Intermediate
Simply Billy (Esther Stevenson) - Michael Jackson - 48/2 Beginner/Improver
Secret Love (Sandy Daykin) - Kathy Kirby - 64/2 Improver
Delusions (Diana Dawson) - Modern Talking - 64/4 Intermediate
Dance Or Rock 'n Roll (Ivonne Verhagen) - Dr. Hook - 48/2 Intermediate
Tango Lamento (Michael Lynn) - Cheryl Cole - 64/2 Intermediate
Hey Hey Love (Sebastiaan Holtland) - Tim Tim - 48/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Eh' Eh' Ready 4 The Sun (Sebastiaan Holtland) - Tim Tim - 48/2 Easy Intermediate
Brimful Of Asha (Terry Cullingham) - Cornershop - 64/2 Intermediate
Amor Pasional (Ria Vos) - Klever Prim - 64/4 Intermediate
My Home (Ria Vos) - Paul van Dyk - 64/2 Higher Intermediate
Weekend Fun (Scott Schrank & Amy Christian-Sohn) - J. Brazil - 32/4 Intermediate
Oh Ruby (Debbie McLaughlin) - Roisin Murphy - Phrased Higher Intermediate
Miss Everything (Francien Sittrop) - The Sugababes - 64/4 Intermediate
Come On Over & Party (Gaye Teather) - Paul Bailey - 40/4 Intermediate
Nobody (Roy & Wil) - Wonder Girls - 64/2 Advanced
Linda Eh (Ira Weisburd) - Grupo Mania - 64/1 Improver
Loved By You (Marie Sorensen) - Chely Wright - 32/2 Beginner
Broken Heelz (Paul Clifton) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Beginner/Intermediate
Under The Sun (Kathy Chang & Sue Hsu) - Tim Tim - 32/2 Beginner
We Can Do Better (Audrey Watson) - Alexandra Burke - 64/4 Improver
Runnin' (Karen Sturmey) - Gary Allan - 64/2 Intermediate
Water Of Love (Maryloo) - The Judds - 32/4 Improver
Slow Rain (Barry & Dari Anne Amato) - Rhonda Towns - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
Scripts held for release
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Alamo Blackpool 2009
Escape From Alcatraz Xmas Weekend
I'll Have What She's Having (Andrew, Sheila & Gaye) - Reba - 32/4 Intermediate
Fool In Love (Andrew & Sheila) - Ike & Tina Turner - 48/2 Beginner/Improver
Senorita (Craig Bennett) - Alex Swings & Oscar Sings - 32/2 Improver
Hands Up (Craig Bennett) - Whitney Houston - 32/4 Intermediate
Sweet Little Things (Andrew, Sheila & Viv Scott) - Bad Boys Blue - 32/4 Beginner/Intermediate
B.C.O. (Rachael McEnaney) - Chris Anderson - 48/4 Intermediate
- AndrewRain Against My Window (Michael Barr) - Seal - 32/4 Intermediate
- Craig
Special request extra teach ...............
Pop, Lock & Drop (Shaz Walton) - Sean Kingston - 64/2 Advanced
- Shaz
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Arizona Linedance Club Class news .....
Morpeth ...Classes Tuesday Next Social TBA Next workshop TBA
S outh Gosforth ...Classes WednesdayNext Socials : 21st August (Sorry 17th April cancelled)
Choppington ... Next workshop Sunday 2nd May 2010 with Andrew Palmer Next event Saturday 27th March - Ticket only - MaggieG & Tim McKay
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Event themes coming up - Advance note !! :-)
MaggieG - Southport ... Sat : Broadway
MaggieG - Mundesley ... Sat : Pirates
Just Dance - Newcastle ... Sat : New Years Eve
MaggieG - Bournemouth ... Sat : 4th July
Alamo - Torquay ... Sat : Red, White & Blue
........whatever that means to you !!!! :-)
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Dances Taught This Week .....
Morpeth tuesday ..... Latest Dances
Beginners (5.30) : The Little Shirt (Audrey Watson) - Hugo Duncan - 32/4 Beginner Running Out Of Beer (Andrew & Sheila) - Ann Tayler - 16/4 Improver Improvers (6.30) : Rhyme Or Reason (Rachael McEnaney) - Sugarland - 64/4 Improver Easy-Intermediate (7.30) : Take It Outside (Andrew & Sheila) - Johnny Reid - 32/4 Intermediate Intermediate (8.30) : Something Good (Maggie Gallagher) - The Bird & The Bee - 48/4 Intermediate Gave It All Away (Maggie Gallagher) - Boyzone - 32/4 Intermediate Late-Birds (10.00) : Get On Down (Rob Fowler) - Miss Eighty 6 - 32/4 Intermediate
Next Social Saturday ***TBA***
South Gosforth wednesday ..... Latest Dances
Beginners/Improvers (6.00) : The Little Shirt (Audrey Watson) - Hugo Duncan - 32/4 Beginner Running Out Of Beer (Andrew & Sheila) - Ann Tayler - 16/4 Improver Easy-Intermediate (7.30) : Take It Outside (Andrew & Sheila) - Johnny Reid - 32/4 Intermediate Intermediate (8.30) : Baby Baby Baby (Dee Musk) - Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate Something Good (Maggie Gallagher) - The Bird & The Bee - 48/4 Intermediate Gave It All Away (Maggie Gallagher) - Boyzone - 32/4 Intermediate Late-Birds (10.00) : Faith & Desire (Johanna Barnes) - Matt Nathanson - 32/4 Intermediate
Next Social Saturday 17th April
Morpeth Newline (As advised) ..... Latest Dances
Next workshop ***TBA***
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Janet & Carolyn present ........
danceAZone
Desert Dance 2010 Phoenix, Arizona 4th, 5th & 6th June 2010 Location is Las Palmas Grand, 2550 South Ellsworth Road, Mesa 85209
Fun Workshops & Social dancing with guest choreographer/instructors ...........................
Shaz & Junior
DJ's Dave & Bill
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Would like to advertise a fun event in Arizona - The 2nd Annual Desert Dance Line Dance Festival - June 4th-6th - Last year in Tucson - This year in Phoenix - With Shaz, Junior & myself teaching you hot new dances from around the world of all levels as well as new ones from Shaz & Junior themselves - And a few new/exclusive hot new releases from the UK taught from myself - The event is a bit different from the 'norm' though, so I'd like to explain !! :-) ............ If you were with us in 2009 it's more of the same, just rotating to Phoenix (Then back to Tucson in 2011) .......... The event itself is at a quality Adult Community facility 'Las Palmas Grand' (Mesa - East Phoenix) - And dancers can stay at a nearby Country Inn & Suites where a special rate has been arranged - With a shuttle service available to the venue (Or you can make your own arrangements for accommodation) - There is a rolling mix of teaches, recaps & social dancing non-stop through-out the event - Friday 1pm-9.30pm, Saturday 10am-9.30pm & Sunday 10am-4pm - With two rooms offering a full mix of all-comer dancing throughout the weekend. As well as non-stop dancing at the event itself at Las Palmas, the idea is also to maximize the fun time !! - So each night at 9.30pm we close & then relocate to nearby venues where we can eat, drink & be merry until the early hours - And still dance some more - Optional for the party people !! :-) ............ On Friday evening we are going to a Sports Bar called Sullivan's where the resident DJ will play our requests & we can find some space to dance - On Saturday evening it will be a country bar called Filly's in the desert - It will have live music going on in the bar & we will have our own outdoor dance floor area, with me DJing - Now that really will be 'Dancing In The Desert ..... Under the Stars ..........But still at a Bar .......... How awesome is that !!!!!!:-) We also like to get together on the Thursday evening - Last year we went to the Cactus Moon in Tucson & then on to Nevada Smith's for a BBQ & had a great time - This year we are planning to meet up early around 4pm for some sight-seeing/Sarsaparilla/afternoon tea/snacks at Goldfield Ghost Town in Apache Junction at the foot of the Superstition Mountains - Then move on to a bar called Superstition Skies where I will DJ a social evening & we'll have a meal. For anyone who would like to come even earlier than Thursday or Friday Janet is also organising a group trip to the Grand Canyon/Sedona on the Tuesday for two nights - And on Sunday afternoon Shaz & I will be heading off back to Tucson to party on Sunday evening if anyone would like to join us for that !! :-) If you'd like more information contact me - Or in the States contact Co-Director Janet Wallace direct at janetjim.az@netzero.com in Phoenix (480-984-0455) who is organising the event this year - Tucson dancers can contact Co-Director Carolyn in Tucson ckpurpleleo@aol.com who is also taking all the bookings............. This event is for folk who like non-stop dancing or a fun party time ......... OR BOTH !!! :-)
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Event Joining Information On-Line ..................
Awesome Country Night Clubs
Big hit at Leeds Newlline for Joey ..............
Shoulda Been (Joey Warren) - Lady Antebellum - 48/4 Higher Intermediate
Big hit at Awards for Dee ..............
One Day You Will (Dee Musk) - Lady Antebellum - 48/2 Advanced
Information :
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Latest World-Wide
Favourites From USA based Carol Craven's weekly survey (The number is the votes for each dance) |
The buzz of the moment ??? ....
Nightclub (Mainline/Newline)....
Gave It All Away (Maggie Gallagher) - Boyzone - 32/4 Intermediate
Stupid In Love (Rachael McEnaney) - Rihanna - 32/2 Advanced
Country (Mainline/Newline)....
Askin'
Questions (Larry Bass)
- Brady Seals - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
One Day
You Will (Dee Musk)
- Lady Antebellum - 48/2 Advanced
Pop (Mainline/Newline)....
The Piper (Hazel Pace) - ABBA - 32/2 Intermediate
Tic Tok Drop (Guyton, Rob & Will) - Kesha - 64/2 Intermediate
Funky....
Get On Down (Rob Fowler) - Miss Eighty 6 - 32/4 Intermediate
Advanced....
No Salvation (Scott Blevins) - Lady Gaga - Phrased Intermediate/Advanced
Beginner....
Walking In The Rain (Maggie Gallagher) - Alex Swings Oscar Sings - 64/4 Improver
What do you think ? .......................
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Dance Recommendations Received :
Say Hey Love Great mambo – Catchy track & ‘feel good’ dancing – The Beginners/Improvers loved this one – I did too big time – Even the intermediates joined in for the fun factor – Highly recommend this one – In the Crazy Foot Mambo league
Alan's Latest
A couple of Alan’s dances that are already big hits in the classes/events/workshops recently;.......
“20 Flight Rock” 24 count ‘rock & roll’ improver – great little dance gets an event/class up on their feet! (and smiling!)
“Waiting For You” 32 count improver – an unusual rhythm, Rumba beat with holds in all the right places! Great track to sing along to!!! This was a big hit in France alongside “Preaching To The Choir” 48 count intermediate (to be published in Up Country)
“Open Your Heart” 64 count intermediate/advanced to the classic M People track of the same name (as per most of Alan’s dances the turns can be taken out for dancers who prefer not to turn)
Everybody's Here
Taught my Improvers a lovely little dance this afternoon - Everybody's Here by Gaye Teather - 32 counts 4 wall dance, no tags or restarts .... and a lovely laid-back Country song by Brad Paisley - Script is categorised as Beginner but with a 1/2 sailor turn and an unusual "arc" sequence (especially for beginners), I'd say it's more an Improver dance ... but that's just my opinion! Don't usually recommend dances but my lot LOVED this one
Moonlight Madness
This dance is done by the two Cathy's in Canada known as Double Trouble. They even got a standing ovation when they taught it
You & I
Oli Geir & Hugrun - Check this out if you haven't already seen it, I've taught it 3 different places and its been really well received each time
Foolish Wishing This a lovely new dance by Vikki Morris to a superb country track by Toby Keith. I shall be teaching this again to a wider audience at the Casino on Friday. Well recommended. Just such a cool dance with one easy restart
B.C.O. (Baby Come On) This week we wanted something less taxing and went with Rachael McEnaney's B.C.O. (BABY COME ON) 48counts 1 restart wall 6 Music Baby Come on by Chris Anderson (last night CD single) If you like CHILL FACTOR this is one for you Racheal's written this one to very similar music, very easy teach quite a fast dance, that fits well to the music. Did not hear any negative comments at all, so always a good sign, that it went well
Cry Me Out Tricky but excellent dance by Malene Jakobsen - Great Pixie Lott song too
Already Gone Really good to a very catchy track. We all really had fun and enjoyed it enormously. Bits of the timing took a bit of getting until the steps came easier - but it was an immediate We Love It.!!!
Do The Hoedown This is Suzanne from Line Up 4 Dance in Gothenburg Sweden. I just have to say that the Hoedown has been one of the best dances this fall. It is just a hilarious dance and you will always be guaranteed finishing with a big smile on your face
Come on - Share !!! :-)
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Lovely Night Clubs :
For The First Time (Niels Poulsen) - Rod Stewart - 32/4 Intermediate
My Angel (Kim Ray) - Belle Perez - 32/4 Intermediate/Advanced
Home Sweet Home (Peter & Alison) - Carrie Underwood - 32/2 Intermediate
Don't Let It Go (Craig Bennett) - Jordan Sparks - 48/4 Intermediate
Painted Pony (Peter & Alison) - Beverley Knight - 32/2 Intermediate/Advanced
Shoulda Been (Joey Warren) - Lady Antebellum - 48/4 Higher Intermediate
Another Day (Paul McAdam) - Alicia Keys - 48/1 Intermediate/Advanced
What About (Maggie Gallagher) - Westlife - 40/4 Intermediate
I Lied (Andrew & Sheila) - Michael Bolton - 32/4 Intermediate/Advanced
To Love Again (Dee Musk) - Alesha Dixon - 32/4 Intermediate
Walk With Me (Cato Larsen) - Michael Learns - 32/4 Advanced
One Day You Will (Dee Musk) - Lady Antebellum - 48/2 Advanced
Change (Junior Willis & Craig Bennett) - Carrie Underwood - 32/4 Intermediate
Gave It All Away (Maggie Gallagher) - Boyzone - 32/4 Intermediate
Cool Waltzes
:Lamorbey (Kim Ray) - Roche Voisine - 48/4 Intermediate
Still Waiting (Robbie M. Hickie) - Kristy Lee - 48/4 Intermediate
Baby Believe (Peter & Alison) - Kristy Lee Cook - 48/4 Intermediate
My First Moment (Niels Poulsen) - Charlotte Church - 48/4 Higher Intermediate
Vaya Con Dios (Maggie Gallagher) - Freddy Fender - 48/4 Improver
Forgiveness (Bracken Ellis Potter) - Leona Lewis - 72/2 Intermediate
Nothing To Hide (Dee Musk) - Beverley Knight - 72/2 Intermediate
Cry Me Out (Chris Adams) - Pixie Lott - 48/2 Intermediate
One Love (Frank Cooper) - Queen - 48/2 Intermediate
Ongoing No.1 - Playing With Fire ..........
World Newsletter Latest Top 10 - 07/03/10
The Newsletter is updated weekly - Below is updated every 2/3 weeks
A 'World' chart but with a strong USA influence
Playing With Fire (Craig Bennett) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate - Great pop dance from Mr. Poker Face - Check out Wild from the AwardsStuff You Gotta Watch (Michele Peron) - Levon Helm - 48/4 Intermediate
- Really popular - Not so much so in the UK but my classes enjoy itHands Up (Craig Bennett) - Whitney Houston - 32/4 Intermediate
- Great cool pop - Check out Kinda Busy tooRain Against My Window (Michael Barr) - Seal - 32/4 Intermediate
- Lasting long & well - Cool West CoastShoes Of Another Man (Jo Thompson)
- Brother Yusef - 48/2 Intermediate/Advanced - Another big hit for Jo - Huge at Tampa & Worlds Tic Tok Drop (Guyton, Rob & Will) - Kesha - 64/2 Intermediate - Big hit release at Worlds - A Newline floorfiller in the UKAmerican Cowboy (Peter & Alison) - Jada - 64/2 Intermediate - Neat pop dance - Check out Parachute too
Jesse James (Rachael McEnaney) - Cher - 32/2 Higher Intermediate/Advanced
- Big hit night club - Check out Stupid In Love too18 Yellow Roses (Maria Tao) - Bobby Darin - 64/4 Intermediate
- Many report doing it but I've still not seen it on my travelsMoonlight Madness (Double Trouble) - Johnny Reid - 32/4 Intermediate
- Lovely smooth dance - Big hit at Worlds
Bubbling Under..............
Cool Chick (Robbie M. Hickie) - Go Cat Go - 64/4 Improver/Easy Intermediate
- Classic & popular easy Two-Step - Hop It tooSpeak With Your Heart (Peter & Alison) - Collin Raye - 32/4 Intermediate
- Classic country - Why Don't We Just Dance tooNo Salvation (Scott Blevins) - Lady Gaga - Phrased Intermediate/Advanced
- Classic Scott dance - Hits the beat a funky treatRegresa (Ruben Luna) - Calo - 32/4 Intermediate
- Lovely smooth cha cha from WorldsB.C.O. (Rachael McEnaney) - Chris Anderson - 48/4 Intermediate
- A catchy Chill Factor sort of danceBad Influence (Mark Furnell & Jo/John Kinser) - Pink - 64/4 Intermediate - Catchy pop - Fun arms - Broken Heels fast on the up too
NY Cha (Neville & Julie) - Paloma Faith - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced
- Really cool & classy cha chaHey Mama (Scott Blevins) - Michael Franti - 64/Contra Intermediate
- Fun ContraI Gotta Feeling (Niels Poulsen) - Black Eyed Peas - 64/2 Intermediate
- Funky fun - A popular teach by Nigel at Worlds
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Results Here From USA based Carol Craven's weekly survey (The number is the votes for each dance) |
New
No.1 ...........................Loiusiana Swing (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala) - Ann Taylor - 32/4 Improver
New Entries ...........................
Loiusiana Swing (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala) - Ann Taylor - 32/4 Improver
Why Don't We Just Dance (Peter & Alison) - Josh Turner - 64/2 Intermediate
Up Country Magazine's Country Top 10 Dances - March :
A great country check-list for Instructors & DJ's
Loiusiana Swing (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala) - Ann Taylor - 32/4 Improver
Mexicali (Robbie M. Hickie) - Tobias Rene - 64/4 Easy Intermediate
Go Mama Go (Robbie M. Hickie) - Ann Taylor - 64/4 Easy Intermediate
Speak With Your Heart (Peter & Alison) - Collin Raye - 32/4 Intermediate
Cabo San Lucas (Rep Ghazali) - Toby Keith - 32/4 Beginner/Improver
Holding On To Yesterday (Peter & Alison) - Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis - 32/4 Intermediate
What Do You See (Robbie M. Hickie) - Doc Walker - 64/2 Intermediate
Toes (Rachael McEnaney) - Zac Brown Band - 32/4 Improver
Why Don't We Just Dance (Peter & Alison) - Josh Turner - 64/2 Intermediate
Boyfriend Of The Year (Yvonne Anderson) - The McClymonts - 64/4 Improver
Still popular ...........................
Anticipation (Peter & Alison) - Keith Urban - 32/4 Intermediate
Get Trashed (Robbie M. Hickie) - Toby Keith - 64/2 Intermediate
I Can Dream (Ron Tate) - Alan Gregory - 32/4 Improver
Like A Dream (Peter & Alison) - Eagles - 64/4 Intermediate
MOJO Rhythm (Rob Fowler) - Wynnona Judd - 48/4 Easy Intermediate
Moonlight Kiss (Maggie Gallagher) - Raul Malo - 64/4 Intermediate
My New Life (John Offermans) - The Lennerockers - 48/4 Beginner
No More Cloudy Days (Alan Birchall) - The Eagles - 32/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Oklahoma Wind (Gaye Teather) - Reba - 64/2 Intermediate
Rollin' With The Flow (John Rowell) - Mark Chesnutt - 32/4 Improver/Intermediate
This & That (Gary Lafferty) - Mark Chesnutt - 32/4 Beginner
Tumbling Rush (Peter & Alison) - Trisha Yearwood - 64/2 Intermediate
For some country dances check out www.dancecountry.co.uk
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Great dances - Check these out.........................
Forever Is Over (Dee Musk) - The Saturdays - 64/2 Intermediate
Sexy Chick (Maggie Gallagher) - David Guetta - 64/2 Intermediate
Hands Up (Craig Bennett) - Whitney Houston - 32/4 Intermediate
B.C.O. (Rachael McEnaney) - Chris Anderson - 48/4 Intermediate
Nitty Gritty (Robbie M. Hickie) - Kimberly Cole - 48/4 Intermediate
Upside Down (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala) - Paloma Faith - 48/4 Intermediate
Hands Up (Craig Bennett) - Whitney Houston - 32/4 Intermediate
Time To Play (Peter & Alison) - Big Ali - 32/4 Intermediate
3-D (Maurice Rowe) - Massari - 32/4 Improver
Questions & Answers (Alan Birchall) - Ben's Brother - 48/4 Advanced
Real Late Starter (Alan Birchall) - Nerina Pallot - Phrased Intermediate
Senorita (Craig Bennett) - Alex Swings & Oscar Sings - 32/2 Improver
Fool In Love (Andrew & Sheila) - Ike & Tina Turner - 48/2 Beginner/Improver
B.C.O. (Rachael McEnaney) - Chris Anderson - 48/4 Intermediate
Sentimental (Rachael McEnaney) - Gareth Gates - 48/4 Higher Intermediate/Advanced
Break The Dawn (Chicago09-Team UK) - Michelle Williams - 48/4 Intermediate
Heal This Heartbreak (Dee Musk) - JLS - 64/4 Intermediate
Back It Up (Francien Sittrop) - Cara Emerald - Phrased Intermediate
Love Ya (Kate Sala & Robbie M. Hickie) - Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
Kinda Busy (Craig Bennett) - Lady Gaga - 32/4 Intermediate
Broken Heels (Jo/John Kinser & Mark Furnell) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
649 (Judy McDonald) - The DNC - 64/2 Intermediate
Stomp & Kick (Kate Sala) - Amy Diamond - 40/4 Intermediate
Americano (Simon Ward & Maddison Glover) - Patrizio Buanne - Phrased/2 Higher Intermediate
Parachute (Peter & Alison) - Cheryl Cole - 32/4 Intermediate
American Cowboy (Peter & Alison) - Jada - 64/2 Intermediate
I Want That Man (Simon Ward & Jo/John Kinser) - Deboroah Harry - 64/2 Intermediate
If We Never Meet Again (Shaz Walton) - Timbaland - 64/2 Intermediate
Open Up Your Heart (Dee Musk) - Kim Sozzi - 64/2 Intermediate
Way Love Goes (Andrew & Sheila) - Lemar - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced
Baby Baby Baby (Dee Musk) - Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
Cool Mainstream Pop Dances
Tic Tok Don't Stop (Rob Fowler) - Kesha - 64/4 Advanced
Pop, Lock & Drop (Shaz Walton) - Sean Kingston - 64/2 Advanced
Hollywood Doll (Dee Musk) - Kaya Jones - 32/2 Intermediate
Shootin' Star (Jordan Lloyd) - Jordan Lloyd - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced
Room Service (M.T.Groove) - Pitbull - 64/2 Intermediate
Do U Remember (Shaz Walton) - Jay Sean - 64/2 Intermediate
Meet Me Halfway (Shaz Walton) - Black Eyed Peas - 64/4 Intermediate
Multiply (Paul McAdam) - Jamie Lidell - 32/2 Improver/Intermediate
Sunglasses (Tajali
Hall)
- Divine Brown - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced
2X Trouble
(Guyton Mundy & Michele Perron)
- Ne-Yo - 32/4 Intermediate
Holdin' It
Down (Dan McInerney)
- Fergie - 64/4 Advanced
649 (Judy McDonald)
- The DNC - 64/2 Intermediate
Tic Tok Drop
(Guyton, Rob & Will)
- Kesha - 64/2 Intermediate
So Sexxy (John
Robinson)
- Marlee Scott - 32/4 Intermediate
No Salvation
(Scott Blevins)
- Lady Gaga - Phrased
Intermediate/Advanced
What U
Wanna Do (Jordan Lloyd)
- Frankie J - 64/2 Intermediate
Rapper's
Delight (Rachael McEnaney)
- Grandmaster Flash - 64/2 Advanced
Stupid In
Love (Rachael McEnaney)
- Rihanna - 32/2 Advanced
Get On Down
(Rob Fowler)
- Miss Eighty 6 - 32/4 Intermediate
Whataya Want From Me (Shaz Walton)
- Adam Lambert - 64/2 Advanced Great Newline funky ones
Nothing
To Hide (Dee Musk)
- Beverley Knight - 72/2 Intermediate
Home
Sweet Home (Peter & Alison)
- Carrie Underwood - 32/2 Intermediate
Shoulda Been (Joey Warren)
- Lady Antebellum - 48/4 Higher Intermediate
Injustice (M.T.Groove)
- Michael Jackson - 64/4 Intermediate
Another Day (Paul McAdam)
- Alicia Keys - 48/1 Intermediate/Advanced
All I
Want Is You (Maggie Gallagher)
- Kim Sozzi - 48/2 Intermediate
What About
(Maggie Gallagher)
- Westlife - 40/4 Intermediate
I Lied
(Andrew & Sheila)
- Michael Bolton - 32/4
Intermediate/Advanced
Rain
Against My Window (Michael Barr)
- Seal - 32/4 Intermediate
Walk With
Me (Cato Larsen)
- Michael Learns - 32/4 Advanced
Moonlight
Madness (Double Trouble)
- Johnny Reid - 32/4 Intermediate
Regresa (Ruben
Luna)
- Calo - 32/4 Intermediate
Faith &
Desire (Johanna Barnes)
- Matt Nathanson - 32/4 Intermediate
One Day
You Will (Dee Musk)
- Lady Antebellum - 48/2 Advanced
Stupid In
Love (Rachael McEnaney)
- Rihanna - 32/2 Advanced
Change (Junior
Willis & Craig Bennett)
- Carrie Underwood - 32/4 Intermediate Lovely smooth ones
Hot
Grease & Zydeco (Rob Fowler)
- George Strait - 48/2 Intermediate
Love Of
My Life (Rob Fowler)
- Sammy Kershaw - 32/4 Intermediate
Foolish Wishing (Vikki Morris)
- Toby Keith - 32/4 Improver
Hop It (Robbie M.
Hickie)
- Chely Wright - 32/4 Beginner/Improver
12 Ounces
(Junior Willis)
- Jamie Tate - 32/4 Improver
Eight
Second Ride (Barry & Dari Anne Amato)
- Jake Owen - 32/2 Intermediate
Fight
Like A Girl (Jamie Marshall & Karen Hedges)
- Bomshel - 32/4 Intermediate
Question Mark Dance (John Robinson)
- Brady Seals - 32/4 Intermediate
Take It
Outside (Andrew & Sheila)
- Johnny Reid - 32/4 Intermediate
One Day
You Will (Dee Musk)
- Lady Antebellum - 48/2 Advanced Cool Country
Broken
Stones (Dee Musk)
- Paul Weller - 32/4 Beginner
Waltz 'n
Smile (Shaz Walton)
- Collin Raye - 24/4 Beginner
Simply
Shuffle (Shaz Walton)
- Robbie Williams - 32/4 Beginner
Say Hey Love
(Bracken Ellis Potter)
- Michael Franti & Spearhead - 32/2
Improver
A
Little Sentimental (Robert Lindsay)
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The New Seekers - 32/4 Improver
Singing
The Blues (Maggie Gallagher)
- Cliff Richard - 32/4 Beginner/Improver
Seduced (Ira Weisburd)
- Rob Rio - 32/1 Beginner
Me & Bobby
(David Sickles & Bob Grundy)
- Rhonda McDonald - 32/4 Beginner
Walking In The Rain (Maggie Gallagher)
- Alex Swings Oscar Sings - 64/4 Improver
Baby (Shaz
Walton)
- Justin Bieber - 32/4 Improver Neat Beginner
Roomba (Guyton
Mundy)
- Pitbull - Phrased Easy Intermediate
Hey Mama
(Scott Blevins & Maren Oslac)
- Michael Franti - 64 Contra
Abidi-Hi-Bidi-Hop
Hop (Jo/John Kinser & Mark Furnell)
- Bob Sinclair - 64/1 Improver (Contra)
Running
Out Of Beer (Andrew & Sheila)
- Ann Tayler - 16/4 Improver These getting mega
popular for sure - Mainline .....................
Time
To Swing (Andrew, Simon & Sheila)
- Helmut Lotti - 48/4
Intermediate
La Secret (Robbie M. Hickie)
- Malena Ernman - 64/4 Intermediate
Cool Chick
(Robbie M. Hickie)
- Go Cat Go - 64/4 Improver/Easy Intermediate
Under A Spell (Kate Sala)
- Do - 64/4 Intermediate
Holding
On To Yesterday (Peter & Alison)
- Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
- 32/4
Intermediate
I Promise You (Craig Bennett)
- Ronan Keating - 32/4 Intermediate
Run (Peter
& Alison)
- Jamie Knight - 64/2 Intermediate
Release Me
(Dee Musk)
- Agnes - 64/4 Higher Intermediate
Toes (Rachael McEnaney)
- Zac Brown Band - 32/4 Improver
Wanna Dance (Peter & Alison)
- Cliff Richard - 32/4 Beginner
Scooby Doo (Robbie M. Hickie)
- Alex Sings Oscar Swings - 64/4
Intermediate
Cranky (Robbie M. Hickie)
- Ashley Tisdale - 32/4
Easy Intermediate
MOJO
Rhythm (Rob Fowler)
- Wynnona Judd - 48/4 Easy Intermediate
Just
Dance Away (Maggie Gallagher)
- Alan Connor - 72/2 Intermediate
Playing With Fire (Craig Bennett) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
Ay Amor (Ria Vos) - Semino Rossi - 44/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Action (Darren Bailey) - Toby Keith - 32/2 Beginner/Improver
Speak With Your Heart (Peter & Alison) - Collin Raye - 32/4 Intermediate
Tap Room Boogie (Robbie M.Hickie & Karl-Harry Winson) - Travis Kidd - 64/4 Intermediate
Sag, Drag & Fall (Frank Trace) - Sid King - 32/4 Beginner
Action (Darren Bailey) - Toby Keith - 32/2 Beginner/Improver
Chica Boom Boom (Vikki Morris) - Alex Swings - 32/4 Improver
Comic
Strip (Zac Detweiller & Jillian Morse)
- Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte
Bardot - 32/4 Improver
Cupid
Shuffle (Unknown)
- Cupid - 32/4 Beginner
These getting mega popular for sure - Newline .....................
Coochie Bang Bang (Scott Blevins) - Alex Swings Oscar Sings - Phrased Higher Intermediate/Advanced
Thrill Chasin' (Shaz Walton) - Jeanette - 64/2 Intermediate
In The 'A'
(Guyton & Carey)
- Lloyd - Phrased Advanced
Circus (Joey Warren)
- Britney Spears - Phrased/2 Advanced
Jesse James
(Rachael McEnaney)
- Cher - 32/2 Higher Intermediate/Advanced
Magic
(Shaz Walton)
- Ciaira - 64/2 Higher
Intermediate/Advanced
T.O.P. (Neville & Julie)
- Pussycat Dolls - 64/4 Intermediate
What Hurts The
Most (Shaz & Craig)
- Rascal Flatts/Leona Lewis - 32/4 Intermediate
Addicted
(Rachael McEnaney)
- Kelly Clarkson - 32/4
Intermediate/Advanced
Hush Hush (Dee Musk)
- Pussycat Dolls - 48/4 Advanced
Isolated
(Debbie McLaughlin)
- David Cook - 32/4 Advanced -
Lovely Nightclub
Strobe Lights (Rachael
McEnaney)
- Emmanuel - 64/2 Advanced
Food Chain
(Scott Blevins)
- Fujiya & Miyagi - Phrased Higher Intermediate/Advanced
Evacuate
The Dancefloor (Craig Bennett)-
Cascada - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced
Be On You
(Jordan Lloyd)
- Flo Rider - 32/4 Intermediate
Wicked (Joey Warren)
- V Factory - 32/4 Intermediate
Miami (Guyton & Will) - LMFAO - 96/2 Intermediate/Advanced
Must Get Free (Dan MInerney) - Rachel Stevens - 32/4 Higher Intermediate
For The First Time (Niels Poulsen) - Rod Stewart - 32/4 Intermediate
Forgiveness (Bracken Ellis Potter) - Leona Lewis - 72/2 Intermediate
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Our Latest Flyers ......
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From Niels ............
My First Moment (Niels Poulsen) - Charlotte Church - 48/4 Higher Intermediate
From MaggieG ............
Vaya Con Dios (Maggie Gallagher) - Freddy Fender - 48/4 Improver
From Bracken ............
Forgiveness (Bracken Ellis Potter) - Leona Lewis - 72/2 Intermediate
From Dee ............
Nothing To Hide (Dee Musk) - Beverley Knight - 72/2 Intermediate
From Frank ............
- Queen - 48/2 Intermediate
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Latest .............
This Months Up Country Magazine Dances - March :
Come And Get It (K. T. Saunders) - Toby Keith - 32/4 Beginner
See Me
In The Movies (Brian & Linda)
- Ann Tayler - 32/4 Improver
Water Of
Love (Maryloo)
- The Judds - 32/4 Improver
Slow Rain
(Barry & Dari Anne Amato)
- Rhonda Towns - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
Casanova Cowboy (Rob Fowler)
- Carrie Underwood - 32/4 Improver
Quarter
After One (Levi Hubbard)
- Lady Antebellum - 56/4 Intermediate
Runnin' (Karen
Sturmey)
- Gary Allan - 64/2 Intermediate
Why
Don't We Just Dance (Peter & Alison)
- Josh Turner - 64/2 Intermediate
You're
My Sunshine (Ria Vos)
- Steve Azar - 32/4 Intermediate Still No.1 -
Playing
With Fire (Craig Bennett)
- Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
And 5 new Top 10 entries
Wild (Craig Bennett) - Soo-Bo - 64/2 Intermediate (Count-In=40)
Broken Heels (Jo/John Kinser & Mark Furnell) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
Love Ya (Kate Sala & Robbie M. Hickie) - Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
Walking In The Rain (Maggie Gallagher) - Alex Swings Oscar Sings - 64/4 Improver
Hands Up (Craig Bennett) - Whitney Houston - 32/4 Intermediate
Linedancer Magazine Latest Top 10 - March 2010
Playing With Fire (Craig Bennett) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate - Huge it
NY Cha (Neville & Julie) - Paloma Faith - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced - Great cool cha cha
Wild (Craig Bennett) - Soo-Bo - 64/2 Intermediate (Count-In=40)
Broken Heels (Jo/John Kinser & Mark Furnell) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
Love Ya (Kate Sala & Robbie M. Hickie) - Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
You & I (Oli Geir & Hugrun) - Hera Bjork - Phrased/4 Intermediate - Phrased but getting very popular
Mexicali (Robbie M. Hickie) - Tobias Rene - 64/4 Easy Intermediate - A hit cha cha in the Amame league
Walking In The Rain (Maggie Gallagher) - Alex Swings Oscar Sings - 64/4 Improver
Hands Up (Craig Bennett) - Whitney Houston - 32/4 Intermediate
Speak With Your Heart (Peter & Alison) - Collin Raye - 32/4 Intermediate - Classic country cha cha - Check out the new pop ones American Cowboy & Parachute
Just out of the chart this month from last time ....
Loiusiana Swing (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala) - Ann Taylor - 32/4 Improver
Ay Amor (Ria Vos) - Semino Rossi - 44/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Why Don't We Just Dance (Peter & Alison) - Josh Turner - 64/2 Intermediate
Jesse James (Rachael McEnaney) - Cher - 32/2 Higher Intermediate/Advanced
Sister Kate (Ria Vos) - The Ditty Bops - 32/4 Intermediate
And before that - Still big hit floorfillers .....
Bad Influence (Mark Furnell & Jo/John Kinser) - Pink - 64/4 Intermediate
Coochie
Bang Bang (Scott Blevins)
- Alex Swings Oscar Sings - Phrased Higher Intermediate/Advanced
Go Mama Go (Robbie M. Hickie)
- Ann Taylor - 64/4 Easy Intermediate
Holding On To Yesterday (Peter & Alison) - Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis - 32/4 Intermediate
- The Killers - 64/2 IntermediateIn Control (Andrew, Simon & Sheila) - The Saturdays - 32/4 Intermediate
J Ho (Maggie Gallagher) - The Pussycat Dolls - 64/4 Intermediate/Advanced
Life Without U (Maggie Gallagher)
- Kelly Clarkson - 64/4 Intermediate MOJO Rhythm (Rob Fowler) - Wynnona Judd - 48/4 Easy IntermediateMoonlight Kiss (Maggie Gallagher) - Raul Malo - 64/4 Intermediate
Poker Face (Craig Bennett) - Lady Ga Ga - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced
Release Me (Dee Musk) - Agnes - 64/4 Higher Intermediate
Roomba (Guyton Mundy) - Pitbull - Phrased Easy Intermediate
Senseless Cha (Neville & Julie) - Agnes - 64/4 Intermediate
Toes (Rachael McEnaney) - Zac Brown Band - 32/4 Improver
Whiter Than White (Kim Ray)- Annie Lennox - 32/4 Higher Intermediate
Can't Understand - Missing Floorfillers !! :-)
.............. Still !!!!! ............All I Want Is You (Maggie Gallagher) - Kim Sozzi - 48/2 Intermediate
Can't Get Involved (Neville & Julie) - Ginuwine - 64/2 Intermediate
For The First Time (Niels Poulsen) - Rod Stewart - 32/4 Intermediate
The Piper (Hazel Pace) - ABBA - 32/2 Intermediate
Upside Down (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala) - Paloma Faith - 48/4 Intermediate
Stomp & Kick (Kate Sala) - Amy Diamond - 40/4 Intermediate
What do you think is missing !!!!!????
All Time .....
Pot Of Gold
Into The Arena
Islands In The Stream
Chill Factor
Somebody Like You
Patient Heart
Amame
Feet Don't Fail Me Now
Have Fun Go Mad
Razor Sharp
Where are these though !!!???
All Week Long
Beethovens Boogie
Black Coffee
Bosa Nova
Come Dance With Me
Deeply Completely
Dizzy
East To West
Gypsy
Hot Tomales
Ja Da Boogie
Just For Grins
Lamptara Rumba
Live Laugh Love
Midnight Waltz
Now Or Never
Poetry In Motion
Ribbon Of Highway
Rio
Scandalous
Shakatak
Shania's Moment
Smokey Places
T-Bone Shuffle
Vertical Expressions
Walk Back To Me
Walkin' The Line
Wishful Thinking
What do you think is missing !!!!!????
Beginner Top 3.....
Under The Sun (Kathy Chang & Sue Hsu) - Tim Tim - 32/2 Beginner
Broken Heelz (Paul Clifton) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Beginner/Intermediate
Toes (Rachael McEnaney) - Zac Brown Band - 32/4 Improver
Improver Top 3.....
Mexicali (Robbie M. Hickie) - Tobias Rene - 64/4 Easy Intermediate
Ay Amor (Ria Vos) - Semino Rossi - 44/4 Beginner/Intermediate
Holding On To Yesderday (Peter & Alison) - Carrie Underwood - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
Intermediate Top 3....
Playing With Fire (Craig Bennett) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
NY Cha (Neville & Julie) - Paloma Faith - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced
You & I (Oli Geir & Hugrun) - Hera Bjork - Phrased/4 Intermediate
Advanced Top 3.....
Shoes Of Another Man (Jo Thompson) - Brother Yusef - 48/2 Intermediate/Advanced
I Lied (Andrew & Sheila) - Michael Bolton - 32/4 Intermediate/Advanced
Walk With Me (Cato Larsen) - Michael Learns To Rock - 32/4 Advanced
This Months Linedancer Dances - March :
Loved By You (Marie Sorensen) - Chely Wright - 32/2 Beginner
All Together Again (Robert Lindsay) - Rick Astley - 32/4 Beginner
Some Kind Of Wonderful (Peter & Alison) - Michael Buble - 32/4 Improver
Mi Rowsu (Roy Verdonk & Co) - Jan Smit & Damaru - 32/4 Beginner
Linda Eh (Ira Weisburd) - Grupo Mania - 64/1 Improver
Rhyme Or Reason (Rachael McEnaney) - Sugarland - 64/4 Improver
The Piper (Hazel Pace) - ABBA - 32/2 Intermediate
Stomp & Kick (Kate Sala) - Amy Diamond - 40/4 Intermediate
Blah Blah Blah (Guyton Mundy) - Kesha - 32/4 Higher Intermediate
Broken Heels (Jo/John Kinser & Mark Furnell) - Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate
NY Cha (Neville & Julie) - Paloma Faith - 64/2 Intermediate/Advanced
One Day You Will (Dee Musk) - Lady Antebellum - 48/2 Advanced
This Months B.W.D.A. Dances - March :
So Easily (Kim Ray) - Cliff Richard - 32/2 Improver
When Will I Be Loved (Vikki Morris) - John Fogarty - 32/4 Beginner
Askin'
Questions (Larry Bass)
- Brady Seals - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
We Can Do Better
(Audrey Watson)
- Alexandra Burke - 64/4 Improver
Walking In The Rain (Maggie Gallagher)
- Alex Swings Oscar Sings - 64/4 Improver
I'll
Have What She's Having (Andrew, Sheila & Gaye)
- Reba - 32/4 Intermediate
Upside
Down (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala)
- Paloma Faith - 48/4 Intermediate
Flaunt
It (Stephen Rutter & Claire Butterworth)
- Mimi - 64/2 Intermediate
Wild (Craig
Bennett)
- Soo-Bo - 64/2 Intermediate (Count-In=40)
Martini
Moments (Francien Sittrop)
- Caro Emerald - 64/4 Intermediate
One Love
(Laurel Ingram)
- David Guetta - 64/2 Intermediate
Check out the Newline
Top 10........ Our
own ----------- And
the consolidated Newliners one
Event
Had a wonderful weekend
celebrating '10 Years On The Road' with Maggie - And thanks so much to
everyone that came to make it such a special weekend. The highlights for me was
the awesome show from Maggie's Celtica during our Irish Party Friday
evening - A night with our long time friends Diamond Jack on Saturday
evening - And specially for me from the DJ Booth a special
one-off spot from my marra Tim Ruzgar, who came out of retirement for
just one time to do his classic Sunday morning session for us - That
was special & the crowd loved it - Special thanks to Tim for doing
that for Maggie ------ One of many 'Maggie in tear' moments !!! :-) -
Not least when Steve & Betty gave some very kind words when giving
Maggie her presents - It was also great that Rob could call in on the
Friday evening, long time friends of course, but it was Rob who set
Maggie on the road in Liverpool back in 1999 - Also Barbara who has
looked after Maggie on the road for all of those 10 busy years -
Chrissie & Daniel made it too who have worked with Maggie lots for
many years - And we had a lovely message from Roy Verdonk, a dear
friend of Maggie who unavoidably could not be there.
A personal thanks to our very good friends Dee, Shaz, Craig, Alan &
Andrew, who were all by our side before & during the weekend - We
could not have done it without them - Would not have done it without
them - These guys are true friends to us, not just dancing colleagues
- Likewise to Maggie's regular team of helpers, especially Keeley,
Gwen & Maxine, Maggie's 'right & left' arms' !! :-) ........... It's
an honour & great fun to work with Maggie & long may it continue. Maggie taught loads during
the workshops, including a new Irish one on the Friday evening called
Jig It Up '09
- This was a hit needless to say in a room full of MaggieG fans !! :-)
.......... It's a new dance to Maggie's first ever track - To the
dance Line Up & Jig which never took off - That was a cool idea !! :-)
The two big hits though were her new intermediate pop ones
Argentina
& Just Dance Away
- If you like J Ho you'll love Argentina - If you like Headphones
you'll love Just Dance Away - Maggie did
Got Me Breathless
too which is another cool pop one, a fast Azer-Bai-Jan sort of thing
by the look of it. Andrew was a huge help to
me DJ'ing, but he also taught a lovely new one called
MG Cha Cha,
written especially for the event - A really cool cha cha to check
out - And great to see Andrew & Sheila's In Control & Time To Swing
filling the floor too ........... Alan Birchall, a long time regular
on the Maggie G Experience Team also taught a cool new one called
Open Your Heart
(M People), a fast, cool Human Dance sort of
dance - And Human Dancer/No More Cloudy Days still filling the floor -
Lots of his classics too of course ............. Craig had a big hit
with his latest Evacuate The
Dancefloor - If you enjoyed Poker Face
check this out - My class loved it last week - You'll love this in
Florida next weekend at Guyton's birthday bash - Have an awesome
weekend - We are really disappointed we can't make it but wish our
good friend Guyton all the best & are looking forward to Leeds. In social dancing we did
everything !!! Personally for me it was great to see Dee's Release
Me/Hush Hush/Spotlight going so well - And even though it was a more
'mainstream' MaggieG wekend, loads up too with Shaz
doing Magic/Beautiful/Thrill Chasin' - Roomba, Jesse James, Senseless
Cha & Coochie Bang Bang were noticably huge too !! :-) --------- And
more are joining in with Siste Kate too - Love it - Have I already
mentioned that !! :-) .............. We did all the hits & all the
classics - I'll not bore you with the obvious !! :-) Not least way too
many MaggieG dances to mention !!! ............ PS. Just wish more
would do Ease On Down - It's a great dance - Huge in the US but not
here in the UK yet - Come on Brits !!! :-)
I'm off to learn Argentina & Just Dance Away to teach this week -
Great dances - Also Dee's lovely new West Coast
Daylight
- This was planned for Sunday morning but with so much going on we ran
out of time !!! - So was Shaz's latest hit
Thrill Chasin'
but loads doing it anyway :-) .......... All the guys on this weekend
are working with Maggie at events during 2009/10 - Check them out.
Dave
Event
After just getting back from the
Masters In Line, Worlds 7 weekend I
Ross
Workshop
Report - Bristol New Year Bash
Rob taught 3 dances - The highlight for me was a
really cool dance
Tik Tok
Don't Stop,
a cool mainstream style dance - Solid intermediate for sure - Really
popular & I'd say a good alternative to the more 'Newline' Tik Tok
Drop dance by Guyton & Co - High energy jumps & arms !! :-), but not
that hard that said - Having seen both I'm planning to do Rob's with
my main class & Guyton's with my 'late-bird' Newliners - How's that
for sitting on the fence !! :-) His 2nd was a dance to Broken Heels called
I Can
Do
- This was really well received too - Only a couple in the room had
done Jo/John/Mark's Broken Heels which is going well in places I
hear & was a really popular teach at Worlds as I've reported - So
you'll need to pick one of these !!?? It's a great dance track just as
good as Playing With Fire ........ All I can say is that Rob's looked
just as good, but I'd already been learning Broken Heels after seeing
it at Worlds - and getting feedback that classes around me up north
are already doing that one too, so I'll be doing Jo/John/Mark's. Last but not Rob taught another new one called Baila
Morena
- A nice cha cha & another popular teach at the end of a
busy afternoon of dancing ....................... We danced lots of
Rob's dances through the day, but the one that caught my eye was a
recent one - A lovely country night club called Love Of My Life (Sammy
Kershaw) - Loads up doing this one - I'd not seen it before & it
really looked nice ............. On the evening Rob did a quick teach
of a fun dance called Devil On The Loose to a classic sounding new
track from The Rednex ........ They are a guest band at one of Rob's
Spanish weekend events later this year. I was going to do 2X Trouble but time beat us
after the Tik Tok Don't Stop teach - Enough 'funky' stuff for the day
!! :-) .......... Instead I did a couple of recaps that turned into
mini teaches - Craig's
Kinda
Busy
& Ruben's
Regresa
- Both really popular - Other than these my main teach was Frank
Cooper's hit waltz from Worlds
One
Love
- Nice & easy flowing to an awesome Queen track - Seemed to be well
received - I love it !! :-) Saw a few dances filling the floor that I need to
catch up with that looked really good - Most notably Kate & Robbie's
Upside Down - Had not really looked at that one - It looked/sounded
cool & it really was popular - High on my teach list now !! :-) (Kate
& Robbie's Love Ya getting really popular too) ............. I also
liked the look of Kath Dickens's San Fransisco - Also Ria's I Need You
Now .......... And I must get round to Darren Bailey's Action, it's
such a great country track. Crazy Chris's Balladio really popular too & great
to see Chris on the evening to dance it again with everyone.
Looking forward to next year with guest choreographers Peter & Alison.
Event Report
A big thanks to everyone who came to dance at our
Alamo weekend in Scarborough - We had such a fun weekend, with
many regulars & this year, a group too from our new Arizona
Linedancing Club in Morpeth/Gosforth which made it special for us -
One of the best ever for us all in all - And our good friends Dee,
Andrew & Sheila did us proud with awesome company, awesome work
........ And awesome dances ............. For those looking for some easy party fun check out
A&S's Running Out Of Beer - Just a 16 count Improver - Catchy track &
great fun - We did it in a 5min teach on Friday evening & had fun with
it all weekend after that .............. Dee's Improver contribution
was the smooth/cool Reggae dance Mi Rowsu, which was a popular teach
at the Awards & went really well too to open up the day on Saturday
............ A&S had another catchy swing style Easy Intermediate one
for Sunday morning called Take It Outside - Great track - And Andrew
also taught Rachael's Rhyme Or Reason, a really nice country two step. Three great Intermediate dances too - From A&S a
great 64/2 pop one Way Love Goes (Lemar) - From Dee Open Up Your Heart
(Kim Sozzi - A 'Release Me' sort of dance) - And Baby Baby Bay (Justin
Bieber - A catchy cha cha - Awesome track) - Also check out Shaz's
dance Baby to this track - An Improver floor-split for this one (I'm
doing this one too with my Beginner/Improver classes). On Saturday morning before the official start I did
a quick teach of Rachael's lovely night club Stupid In Love for the
few early-birds around at 10am - Then a few more joined in for P&A's
cool new funky/pop one Parachute - And then a few more for one of my
current favourites One Love, Frank Coopers lovely waltz, which I'd
been asked to recap - All well received ......... Then after the main
session for some die-hard late-birds I did Rob's latest - A really
cool funky one called Get On Down - This was a huge hit at Liverpool &
the guys at Scarborough loved it too - Because it's quite a hard one
we also left Dee's new Night Club One Day You Will for the late-bird
slot - Still around 40 of the 90 dancers around for this one & another
big hit as it was at the Awards - My class loved it & it's
a 'must-teach' one for me this week, probably at both classes. My problem now is that I still want to do
Simon/Jo/John's great new pop cha cha I Want That Man that Simon
taught at Liverpool - Also Guyton's Tic Tok Drop that was a hit teach
there too & at Worlds - And also from Worlds Johanna's Faith & Desire
& Dan's Holdin' It Down which are great dances - Also Shaz's Meet Me
Halfway (Although we are enjoying Do U Remember) ......... And now
Shaz has two new ones out too !!!!!! ......... And then there's
Rappers Delight !!!! :-) .............. And all of these new ones too
- Honestly - I'm not just saying that, A&S & Dee's new ones really are
all cool - And asking around my class at the event all of them got
mentioned by someone !!!! :-) So what's new from the DJ Booth from
Scarborough ...... Well most notable was how quick Craig's Wild &
Robbie/Kate's Love Ya have become a floor-fillers - Here's the
'Current' Top 10 of the weekend as voted by the dancers : -Playing With Fire -Broken Heels -Love Ya -Speak With Your Heart -Dream Of You -Hands Up -Ay Amour -Wild -Jesse James -Mojo Rhythm Other popular new ones included NY Cha, Bad Romance,
Can't Get Involved, For The First Time, Walking In The Rain, You & I,
Mexicali, Kinda Busy, All I Want Is You, Upside Down, BCO,
Sentimental, What About & Why Don't We Just Dance. The 'All-Time' Top 10 for the weekend was a good one
too : -Somebody Like You -Patient Heart -Pot Of Gold -Just For Grins -T Bone Shuffle -Islands In The Sream -We're Alive -Feet Don't Fail Me Now -Hideaway Cha -Not Like That ................We danced loads of others too - She
Believes was especially popular still We also had some Beginner/Improvers with & the most
popular dances for them which many others joined in too were : -Little Red Book -Peaches & Cream -Broken Stones -Chica Boom Boom -This & That -So Easily -Cool Chick -Action -Tennessee Waltz Surprise (I did a speed teach of
this one on Friday evening) .................Cassics too like Ribbon Of Highway,
Cruisin', DHSS, Black Coffee, Tush Push, Rio etc....... Personally speaking I enjoyed dancing some of my
latest favourites socially for the first time (Outside of class I
mean) - Including No Salvation (Much easier when you are sober !!),
One Love, Regresa, Sunglasses, Stomp & Kick & Stuff You Gotta
Watch. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our next Alamo
weekend in Torquay with Andrew/Sheila & Craig. The class are also looking forward to seeing Andrew
& Sheila at our next Sunday-Out at Choppington on 2nd May - Before
that if all goes to plan it will be lovely to see Dee come out to
play at our MaggieG day there on Saturday 27th March - Still a few
tickets left for that one. See you at Brean this weekend if you are going -
Looking forward to the event - But not the 8 hour drive in the van !!
:-( PS. If you see Andrew or Dee on your travels ask
then about 'The Weakest Link' - And ask Sheila about her Good Ole Days
frock !! :-) .............. I was quite proud of my Wheeltappers Colin
Crompton impersonation too - It got easier the drunker I got "Order
Order" !!!! :-) ............... The Committeeeeeeeee ..............
Friday Evening :
Hollywood
Doll (Dee Musk)
- Kaya Jones - 32/2 Intermediate - Funky Saturday
Shoulda Been (Joey Warren)
- Lady Antebellum - 48/4 Higher Intermediate
Tru2U (Guyton Mundy)
- Emenem - 32/4 Higher Intermediate -
Funky night club
Pop,
Lock & Drop (Shaz Walton)
- Sean Kingston - 64/2 Advanced - Funky
Take You
There (Niels Poulsen)
- Donnie Klang - 64/2
Intermediate/Advanced - Funky Sunday
Up Down (Joey
Warren & Debbie McLaughlin)
- Jessica Maubay - Phrased Advanced -
Funky
Playing
With Fire (Craig Bennett)
- Alexandra Burke - 64/2 Intermediate -
Pop
Hush That Fuss (Guyton & Jordan)
- Outcast - Phrased Intermediate/Advanced
- Funky
Must Get
Free (Dan MInerney)
- Rachel Stevens - 32/4 Higher
Intermediate - Smooth
As voted by the dancers ........
2009 Top 10
Feel
Addicted
Coochie Bang Bang
In The A
Angels On The Moon
Beautiful
Jesse James
Hush Hush
Spotlight
Insomnia
'All-Time'
Top 10
:
=Smooth Criminal
=Poetry In Motion
Break Free Cha
Let's Get Saved
Have Fun Go Mad
Inside Your Heaven
Cowgirls & Switches
Brucie
With These Eyes
Much Obliged
Last Man Standing
2009 Newline Awards
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Choreographer :
Intermediate Dance
Advanced Dance
Book early for 2010 - 24th-27th
September With
Newline regulars & guests Scott, Rachael & Maurice
New Classes .........
Send your
details for this section if you have new classes to advertise
Just new class information - Not ongoing class adverts please
Scott's Latest .................
Food Chain
(Scott Blevins)
- Fujiya & Miyagi - Phrased Higher Intermediate/Advanced
Coochie
Bang Bang (Scott Blevins)
- Alex Swings Oscar Sings - Phrased Higher Intermediate/Advanced
No Salvation
(Scott Blevins)
- Lady Gaga - Phrased
Intermediate/Advanced
Rachael's Latest .........
B.C.O. (Rachael
McEnaney)
- Chris Anderson - 48/4 Intermediate
Little
Red Corvette (Rachael McEnaney)
- Mike Zito - 48/2 Higher Intermediate
Rapper's
Delight (Rachael McEnaney)
- Grandmaster Flash - 64/2 Advanced
Stupid In
Love (Rachael McEnaney)
- Rihanna - 32/2 Advanced
Maggie's Latest .........
All I
Want Is You (Maggie Gallagher)
- Kim Sozzi - 48/2 Intermediate
What About
(Maggie Gallagher)
- Westlife - 40/4 Intermediate
Walking In The Rain (Maggie Gallagher)
- Alex Swings Oscar Sings - 64/4 Improver
Ten Out Of 10
(Maggie Gallagher)
- Paolo Nutini - 32/4 Beginner
Gave It
All Away (Maggie Gallagher)
- Boyzone - 32/4 Intermediate
P&A's Latest .........
Parachute
(Peter & Alison)
- Cheryl Cole - 32/4 Intermediate
Cha Cha
D'Amour (Peter & Alison)
- Rod Stewart - 32/4 Easy Intermediate
American
Cowboy (Peter & Alison)
- Jada - 64/2 Intermediate
As
Love Is My Witness (Peter & Alison)
- Westlife - 48/4 Intermediate
Double
Shot Of Love (Peter & Alison)
- Amy MacDonald - 64/4 Improver/Easy Intermediate
Hero (Peter &
Alison)
- Almighty Cover Girlz - Phrased/2 Intermediate/Advanced
Robbie's latest ...........
Nitty
Gritty (Robbie M. Hickie)
- Kimberly Cole - 48/4 Intermediate
Upside
Down (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala)
- Paloma Faith - 48/4 Intermediate
Love Ya (Kate
Sala & Robbie M. Hickie)
- Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
Feel Right
(Robbie M. Hickie)
- Tanya Tucker - 68/2 Improver
Kate's latest ...........................
Mambotastic
(Kate Sala)
- Neil Sedaka - 32/4 Intermediate
Impossible
(Kate Sala)
- Daniel Merriweather - 64/4 Intermediate
Love Ya (Kate
Sala & Robbie M. Hickie)
- Justin Bieber - 64/2 Intermediate
On The Run
(Kate Sala & Daan Geelen)
- Dierks Bentley - 48/4 Intermediate
Stomp &
Kick (Kate Sala)
- Amy Diamond - 40/4 Intermediate
Upside
Down (Robbie M. Hickie & Kate Sala)
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thought I would let you know about the dances taught and what they
were like. I'm just going to list them in the order that they were
taught, so here goes;
MAMMA DO by ROB FOWLER.
Like most the dances taught over the weekend
this was not a brand spanking new one, however I hadn't got round to
learning this one yet, so was pleased to get the chance to do so. It's
been wrote to a modern pop song by Pixie Lott. It's 32 counts, 4 walls
and low intermediate (in my opinion). There's a clever syncopated turn
in the first section that may catch you out at first but after that
you'll find the rest of the more than manageable. The only other thing
you have to remember is the Tag which is similar to some of the steps
in the dance anyway.
EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR by CRAIG
BENNETT. I had already learnt this
one about a fortnight ago as I love the music and thought if this
dance is going to be anything like Poker Face then I'll definitely
enjoy this one too. The song is by Cascada and the dance is a 64
count, 2 wall, intermediate dance and does have a strong Poker Face
feel to it. It has No tags or restarts which is even better! Could see
this one being very popular on the dance scene.
WATER & A FLAME by DEE MUSK.
This was a brand new one to me and
probably everyone else at the event. This is a nice little nightclub
two step with one easy "Tagart" (Tag/Restart) as Dee called it. It's
been wrote to a lovely song by Daniel Merriweather and is worth a look
if you're into the easier style nightclubs. It's 32 counts, 4 walls,
intermediate level.
CUBAN KISS by NIELS POULSEN.
This was another one which had been
around a while already and I had seen this danced a social several
weeks ago and to be honest wasn't sure on it at the time. But I
decided I would get up and give it a go as I know dancing some dances
is much different to just watching it. I am pleased to say that I made
the right decision to get up for this one as I did really enjoy it.
It's a well written latin style cha cha. It's a 64 count, 4 wall,
intermediate dance with two straight forward restarts. The song is by
Paul Cless, who you may have heard of (I haven't though) and is very
catchy.
ORANGES AND LEMONS by ROBERT
LINDSAY. This was another dance
which I
had not heard of yet, so think this was brand new. This is a 32 count,
4 wall, intermediate dance with a little tag at the end of wall 1 and
a couple of Tag/Restarts later on. The dance is quite easy to get your
head around which I think makes it really good because you can then
really start to enjoy the music too. The song is a very bouncy style
song by Jools Holland although I didn't realise it was him at first. I
think this dance is ideal for a typical improver going on intermediate
class as I imagine they would love the music and the dance goes very
well with it.
FOOD CHAIN by SCOTT BLEVINS.
I was told this dance was released around
the same time as Coochie Bang Bang which was also taught over the
weekend, and I'm a little bit surprised that it has only just came to
my attention really. This is a Part A (32 counts), Part B (24 Counts)
dance but the sequence of A's and B's is very easy (AA-BB-AA-BB-AA-B*-
A onwards). This one is noticeably easier than Coochie Bang Bang in my
opinion and if you like the music then I think you'll really get a
feel for the attitude and style you can put into this dance.
RUMBA BREEZE by MICHELE PERRON
and MICHELE BURTON. This one was taught
by Lizzie Clarke at the end of the Friday workshops. It's a dead easy
Improver level dance which works very well with the music. The pace of
the dance is relaxed, so you've got plenty of time to think about what
you need to do next.
BAILA by PAT STOTT.
Unfortunately, I missed the whole teach and dance
for this one as I was involved in the Choreography Competition
elsewhere.But I did get to see it danced later on and thought it
looked like a nice basic, latin, fun type dance. It's a 72 count, low
intermediate, 4 wall dance. The music is catchy and I wished I had had
the chance to learn it properly. If you do have a look at the script,
Pat forgot to put the number 8 on the last Section but it doesn't mean
that there isn't a Count 8.
FOR THE FIRST TIME by NIELS
POULSEN. Now this is a dance worth
looking
at if you are into your elegant nightclub two steps. When the teach
was being done, I was a little busy catching up with a friend but I
did happen to have a copy of the script with me anyway as this wasn't
a brand new dance. But when I watched it being danced, I knew I had to
learn so I got the script out later on and got my teeth round it (the
paper wasn't great tasting, but the dance is amazing). It's only 32
counts, but it is a high level intermediate dance and is 4 walls. It
has some beautiful steps in but you may find the restarts a little
awkward if you're not 100% sure where you should be facing. I never
thought I would be one to really enjoy a Rob Stewart song but this
track is incredible.
BEAT AGAIN by KATE SALA.
This is another new-ish dance. It's to the
song by the same name by JLS which I wasn't keen on before, but now I
can dance to it, it is growing on me. The dance is 64 counts,
intermediate, 4 wall dance. I say 4 wall but it's actually 2 walls but
a restart changes it from the "front/back" to the "sides". The dance
does technically start facing a corner which normally means it sounds
a bit daunting but this dance isn't at all. Could see this one
becoming a popular Kate dance.
COOCHIE BANG BANG by SCOTT BLEVINS.
As I mentioned earlier, I had
already learnt this one so this meant I could have a well needed sit
down during the teach of this. This is a high intermediate, 64 count,
4 wall dance. The dance itself is manageable, however the two tags do
really test your ability. They are both 20 counts long (if I'm not
mistaken) but completely different apart from the Chasse at the end of
them. The first tag is dead easy, the second was is harder but this is
only because of the timing, however the timing is there to hit the
music exactly and it works very well. If you like a dance to give you
a run for your money then this is a good one to pick and is already
proved to be popular on the dance scene.
MY ANGEL by KIM RAY.
This is what I would call a Kim Ray nightclub.
It's a bit like It's Up To You and Inside Out. It's 32 counts,
intermediate and 4 walls. It has an easy restart which you can hear it
coming along. The music is by Belle Perez but it wasn't until much
later on when I was told that I even realised it was her singing. It
is a really nice piece of music and Kim has wrote a great dance to it.
I wouldn't be surprised if this one becomes popular out and about.
BREAK YOUR HEART by SHAZ WALTON.
This is a brilliant dance to a piece
of music which I can't get enough of. I had heard the track a while
ago and was desperately trying to find out what it was called and had
my fingers crossed that someone would write a dance to it so that I
didn't try to do so and probably end up ruining it (hehe!). So as you
can probably imagine, I was elated when I heard I was going to get to
start dancing to it. The only problem we had was that the teach was at
4pm on the Saturday and we were getting pretty tired so it made the
already quite challenging dance that little bit harder. It's a 64
count, 2 wall, high intermediate maybe even advanced dance. From my
point of view it is worth learning just so you can dance to the song
it's wrote to. Shaz has done a great job on this one, so this is good
for your more able dancers.
MAN IN THE MIRROR by CLAIRE
PULPHER. This was the dance that
won the
overall Choreography Competition and I believe it did deserve to win.
It's a nice not too challenging dance to a well known Michael Jackson
track. It's a 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate dance with one little
restart. What I really liked about this dance was the sense that it
was original. I've never done any of Claire's dances before so I found
it very refreshing to learn a dance by her. The dance starts with a
strong Sweep 1/2 Turn which works well and there is a funny turn in
the middle of the dance which you need to pay careful attention to. I
do hope this dance becomes well recognised as I appreciate what it is
like to be an Unknown Choreographer and I think this is a great dance
that deserves credit.
STROBE LIGHTS by RACHAEL MCENANEY.
This was a dance that I had learnt
already, but I hadn't learnt the arm movements yet. Especially not the
one that involves flinging your bracelet across the room. Will have to
get down to Primark so I can join in with that action. This dance is a
funky 64 count, 2 wall, high intermediate dance with no tags or
restarts. Some people may not like the music to this one but I do!!!
As you would expect from Rachael she has wrote a fantastic dance which
may look scary at first but it isn't half as challenging as it may
seem.
WITH YOUR LOVE by DAN MCINERNEY.
This was another one I missed because
I was "nattering" but did try to pick it up later on. It's a 32 count,
4 wall, nearly advanced dance with two tags. The music is by Chris
Brown and the dance is what I would call a trendy nightclub. The
majority of the dance is ideally suited to intermediate dances but
there is a few counts towards the end which is actually 3 full turns
in one go so you do need to be thinking when you get to that point.
I LIED by ANDREW and SHEILA
(PALMER). Funnily enough, when I
arrived I
spoke to a friend from Leeds and they asked me if I had done this
dance, and at the time I hadn't. They said it was a really nice
nightclub style dance that;s worth a look. So I had made a mental note
to look at it when I get home. Well, when I heard it was going to be
taught I was very pleased as it meant it was one less dance to try and
learn from the script. This is wonderful 32 count, 4 wall,
intermediate dance which has two restarts and one "Sway Sway" tag. The
first restart is straight forward, however the second one can make you
a bit wrong footed if you're not ready for it. The music is by Michael
Bolton and you can't help but want to sing along to it.
CAN'T GET INVOLVED by NEVILLE
FITZGERALD and JULIE HARRIS. This
is
what I would call a Neville type of funky dance, that is that the
dance can be done without any attitude but when you add the attitude
then it looks and feels funky. The dance is a 64 count, 2 wall,
intermediate dance with two easy restarts. When you get to Section 5,
you find that the Bounces are perfect for the dance. The dance on the
whole is a bit like T.O.P which I thought was great so I'll let you
decide what I think of this one.
LOVE ME by ROBBIE MCGOWAN HICKIE.
This is another one of Robbie's
dances which I imagine is going to go down a storm. The song is very
catchy and the dance is bouncy and fun. It's a 48 count, 4 wall,
intermediate dance which isn't phrased (but doesn't really need to
be). Although it is 48 counts, with all the & counts in it, it's more
like 148. The dance does work very well with the music and although at
first I didn't like the song. It really has grown on me now and hope
that this one becomes popular out and about as I would like to be able
to keep dancing it.
AMY by KATE SALA.
This was another dance which I had already learnt as
I find the song great to listen to it and even better to dance to now.
I would have thought that the song may have caused some offence to
some people as it sounds like Britney Spears is making a very indecent
proposal. The song is called If You Seek Amy which does sound like
something else when you're not paying much attention. Anyway, the
dance. I think Kate has done a great job with this one. There are one
or two bits which you have to jump into a little bit but it does make
the dance a little more interesting so it's by no means a bad point.
The dance is 4 walls, 64 counts and intermediate level. No tags or
restarts, although I think there may be more than one version of the
song so the phrasing may be different on each of them. So if you're a
perfectionist, you'll have to sought out the version of the track
which fits best.
That is all the main dances which were taught although I believe the
two runners up in the choreography competition got the chance to teach
their dances which were; BE ON YOU by JORDAN LLOYD, which is a trendy
nightclub written to a song by Flo Rida and LOVE AGAIN YOUNG AGAIN by
AUDREY BROWN which I've just spotted was wrote nearly 4 years ago.
It's a little happy beginner dance which, as some of the dancers over
the weekend found out, fits to various other songs too.
I would love to pick out my favourite five dances from the weekend but
I find it sooooooo difficult to pick between some of them, so think it
would be better if I didn't.
So last but not least I would like to say a big thank you to all the
people involved in the running of the weekend as I had a great time
and I'm sure everyone else did too. I'd like to thank the DJ's for
providing us with music, the choreographers for providing us with
dances, the performers for providing us with entertainment too and
obviously all the people who work behind the scenes for providing us
with a world class weekend.
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March 2010 ...........
- Craig surely on a roll - After his No.1 dance Playing With Fire, his Awards teach Wild has had a rapid rise to the top & whatever this survey says it is a huge floor-filler already in the UK at least - Love Ya & NY Cha are also clear favourites too - And close behind these Broken Heels most recently ................. Still popular too of course is the likes of Playing With Fire, Mexicali, Speak With Your Heart, Ay Amor, Why Don't We Just Dance, Jesse James etc.... - Other recent mainstream releases high in the charts include Upside Down, You & I, The Piper, Stomp & Kick, BCO, Hands Up & Dream Of You & American Cowboy - On the Newline side Tic Tok Drop is the highest placed & other popular ones include Stupid In Love, No Salvation, Sentimental, Pop Lock & Drop, Americano, Faith & Desire, Must Get Free, Can't Get Involved & Rappers Delight -As for Beginner/Improver level dances the most popular ones include Tennessee Waltz Surprize, Action, Walking In The Rain & Askin' Questions, Feel Right ......... And lasting well Chica Boom Boom & Louisiana Swing stand out
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March Result ------------
Wild 8% Love Ya 7% NY Cha 4%November/December Result -------
Playing With Fire 9% Ay Amor 5% Sexy Chick 4%October
Result ------- Can't Get Involved 7% Coochie Bang Bang 6% Playing With Fire 6%September Result ------- Coochie Bang Bang 8% Release Me 6% Jesse James 6%
June Result ------- Holding On To Yesterday 6% Whiter Than White 5% Release Me 5%
April Result ------- Poker Face 8% Moonlight Kiss 6% Human Dancer 5%
February Result ------- Human Dancer 10% Feel 7% Guantanamera 7%
December Result ------- Amame 7% Tango Cha 7% Womanizer 5%
October Result ------- Amame 8% Feel 7% Tango Cha 6%
September Result ------- Headphones 9% No One's Gonna Stop Me 7% Amame 6%
August Result ------- She Believes 10% Am I 6% Headphones 6%
June Result ------- Fire On Ice 9% Inside Out 8% Like A Hero 6%
May Result ------- Feed The Fetish 7% So Glamorous 6% Catch The Rain 5%
March Result ------- Amor De Hielo 10% Dance Like You're .... 7% Be Brave 5%
February Result ------- Be Brave 9% Silver Moon 7% Sea Salt Sally 6%
November Result ------- Firecracker 13% You're My Destiney 9% Freaky Skillz 7%
September Result ------- Ain't Got No Money 10% Burning 8% Guardian Angel 7%
August Result ------- Guardian Angel 11% Burning 8% Not Like That 6%
June Result ------- Show Me Wot U Got 10% Ice 8% A Gigolo 8%
May Result ------- Ice 10% A Gigolo 8% Time 2 Fly 7%
April Result ------- A Gigolo 12% Show Me Wot U Got 10% Bridge Over Troubled Water 8%
March Result ------- Much Obliged 9% Grace Kelly 8% Sailaway Cha 6%
February Result ------- Rock This Party 10% Grace Kelly 9% Look The Other Way 7%
January Result ------- Look The Other Way 10% Rock This Party 8% Boo Boo's Bounce 7%
December Result ------- Cherry Poppin' 12% Don't Feel Like Dancing 10% Hotline 7%
September Result ------- Don't Feel Like Dancing 15% East To West 10% Cherry Poppin' 8%
July/August Result ------- Da Buzz 12% East To West 10% Gloria/All The Way 8%
June Result ------- All The Way 14% Explicit 8% Pumpin' For Love 7%
May Result ------- Pumpin' For Love 12% It's Up To You 10% Explicit 9%
April Result ------- It's Up To You 18% Pumpin' For Love 9% Come Tomorrow 8%
March Result ------- It's Up To You 15% Come Tomorrow 8% Heartbreaker 7%
February Result ------- Heartbreaker 13% Bosa Nova 12% Come Tomorrow 7%
January Result ------- The Reel Thing 14% Bosa Nova 13% Last Man Standing 12%
December Result ------- Last Man Standing 13% Feels So Good 8% The Reel Thing 6%
November Result ------- Last Man Standing 16% Suddenly 10% Push The Button 8%
October Result ------- Last Man Standing 10% Meltdown 8% When You're Around 7%
September Result ------- Chiky Latino 9% When You're Around 7% Last Man Standing 6%
August Result ------- Chiky Latino 12% Pirates of Dance 10% Your Love 9%
July Result ------- Pirates of Dance 15% Let It Go 12% Black Horse 10%
June Result ------- Soluna 13% Black Horse 12% Keep It Burning 8%
May Result ------- Black Horse 14% Soluna 10% Keep It Burning 8%
April Result ------- Miller Magic 10% Walk This Earth 9% X-Rated 8%
March Result ------- Tik Tok Too 18% X-Rated 11% Heat On The Street 7%
February Result ------- Under Your Spell 23% The Final Kiss 18% Dov'e L'amore 8%
January Result ------- Trust Me 18% Under Your Spell 14% The Final Kiss 9%
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It's hard work enjoying yourself sometimes !!! :-) - It was hard work at the Awards (It would be easier if I went to bed at a sensible time & drank less I admit !!), but as ever it was a fun & enjoyable weekend not to be missed - Great to catch up with everyone & to be part of such a special event - Well done to all the winners, but for us it was extra special this year that our good friend Craig got his first Awards for Rising Star & Advanced Dance ..... And he keeps his ball rolling with the most popular teach of the weekend 'Wild'. When you DJ such an event you get such a good window on the hot up coming dancers from around the UK & Europe - The ones that struck me as popular dances on the up (Based on requests & numbers) included Broken Heels, You & I, Love Ya, BCO, Hands Up, Upside Down, Mambotastic, What About, Dream Of You, Nitty Gritty, All I Want Is You, San Fransisco, Action, Wishing On A Star & Askin' Questions ...... Just a few that seem to be on the up ......... Also the funky Tic Tok Drop from Guyton & Co - And Shaz's Meet Me Halfway/Pop Lock & Drop. The floor fillers were obvious - Dances that got played a good few times by popular request & apologies to those that thought too many times !!! :-) ...... Including Playing With Fire, Jesse James, Sister Kate, Why Don't We Just Dance, NY Cha, Speak With Your Heart, Coochie Bang Bang, Can't Get Involved, Toes, It Hurts, In Control, J Ho Holding On To Yesterday, Life Without U, Roomba, Go Mama Go, Ay Amor, Louisiana Swing, Mexicali, Release Me, Whiter Than White, Amame, Time To Swing, Moonlight Kiss, Just Dance Away etc. etc. - No spot prizes for these - All obvious & great stuff. along with many others, including a boat load of classic golden oldies over the weekend. The Awards workshops were my inspiration for the classes this week - Did Kate's Stomp & Kick with both classes (Love the beat & the styling - Like a Big Sister Kate) - Also Craig's Wild on Wednesday - And I'll do it next Tuesday too - Think everyone has been teaching Wild this week !! :-) ...... Everyone enjoyed both these dances at the classes, which were both big hit teaches at the Awards ....... My Tuesday class also enjoying Maggie's Walking In The Rain - Catchy & nice - This was also a hit for Maggie at the weekend on Friday evening & whilst it's nice & easy it has enough about it for the seasoned dancers to join in too - I taught it as a bridge between the classes & everyone seemed to enjoy .......... All Together Again (Rick Guard) was also a nice easy one from Robert Lindsay, another teach from the Awards Friday evening Beginner/Improver room social hosted by Val - It flows really well to a classic track ideal for beginners & it was really well received by my beginners on Tuesday - Feel good dancing. On Tuesday as well as Stomp & Kick we had a go at Moonlight Madness, a lovely smooth 'Come Tomorrow' sort of dance with a 1&a2-3-4 beat - Really cool - We'll do Wild next week & I still want to do Stuff You Gotta Watch too with the Tuesday gang ................ And on Wednesday the late-birds really enjoyed Scott's latest No Salvation - Hits the beat just spot on with great style - Next week we're going to do Meet Me Halfway & recap Do U Remember/Happy Hour - A Shaz hour !! :-)
Comments on some of the other Awards Workshop dances ........................
-As well as All Together Again, Daniel Trepat also taught a beginner called Mi Rowsu which was very popular - And many have mentioned it to me since, a light Reggae rumba - Going to try this one soon myself -Robbie's was an Improver called Feel Right - A classic country East Coast Swing which got good feedback -Guyton's Blah Blah Blah was a funky one well received that I'll be trying - Guyton was hampered a little because he had to use the Glenn Rogers cover of it at the event because the Kesha version was not suitable, but it's a cool dance - Too the Kesha track -C U Again was the choreography competition winner taught on the Friday night - Asked for over the weekend & when I played it on Sunday evening a good crowd up doing it - A neat beaty Miley Cyrus pop mix -Americano was Simon's hit teach a phrased fast swing dance in the style of Swingin' R's - A bit of a showcase/routine of a dance that was played many times - Just got to get down to learning it - This week efforts were on Scott's No Salvation !!!! :-) ....... I'll get up & learn it at Beatlefest. -Rachael taught a really cool one called Little Red Corvette which was a hit it Worlds - I've already taught this one just before the holidays - Need to recap it with the classes - Hope it takes off - Nice dance -Dee's One Day You Will was a hit in the 'Advanced' workshops - A lovely cool country night club which loads danced in the main room on Sunday evening (Looking forward to Dee teaching that one at our Scarborough weekend) -Likewise Alan's Thank You (Seal) - Looked like a classic 'Alan' attitude dance - A great funky/cool West Coast beat - Another that caught my eye too from the DJ booth ............. Well done to Alan for Human Dancer too, what a great winner for Intermediate Dance of the Year - It's been around a while & the danger that it would be forgotten for something newer, but great to see that the voters had good memories of a great dance !! :-)
From Nashville Worlds 2010 ......... Loved the year in Orlando, but really glad to be
back at Nashville, the home of the UCWDC World Championships - For me
DJing on the social dancing & workshop side of the event
.................. On the social side a wide mix from beginner thru
advanced dances - As ever the Worlds Newsletter Survey sums it up
well for the States in particular - Popular dances are the Top 4 in
that list for sure - Playing With Fire, Stuff You Gotta Watch, Jesse
James & Rain Against My Window - Jo/John/Mark's Hell If I notably
very popular too, as is Jo's Shoes Of Another Man, Paul's Multiply &
Michael's Fiona - Also Zac's Swing-N-Cha & Francien's Beautiful Tena
out of Tampa weekend ............ On the beginner side Ira's Cumbia
gets them up - Also Seduced, Cool Chick, Chica Boom Boom & Broken
Stones
- By the way I saw a dance for the first time called Cleveland
Shuffle - A beginner funky fun dance - It's a really catchy track &
everyone was having so much fun - Especially me watching it !! :-)
Must give this one a try when I get back ................ Joanne
taught Me & Bobby which was very popular. Just a note that the workshops have
a few classics being re-visited here - A good idea - Maybe you too
want to join in again with Once Upon A December, Funky Cha Cha, Do
Your Thing, Cold Blooded & Dixie Lullaby. A final thought from me on the choreographers -
You'll know some take that extra mile to dance & socialise with the
dancers during the event as well as their workshops - It's great as
a dancer to dance with them their dances new & old - And as a DJ too
it's a great to support & work off them when they are around in the
room - I'd just like to applaud & give much appreciation to those
that are working non-stop to give the dancers a good time - High
fives to Dan, Frank, Joanne, Junior, Jo/John, Scott, Guyton & Ruben
- And an extra special shout to Rachael, JohnR, Amy & Zac who seem
to have never stopped between
working/competing/dancing/teaching/socialising ..... Also all the
guest instructors who are always dancing & available for everyone
too like Nigel, Dean, Rona, Aggie & Mona - These guys bring
guaranteed hit dances to share & are just as much at the heart of
the event as the big name choreographers. Whilst I was sitting contemplating the weeks
dances rolling in all the feedback (& recovering from my
Margarita induced hang-over) I jotted down a possible Top 3 for each
day ................ Tuesday - 2X Trouble, ICU & So Sexxy Wednesday - Regresa, Sunglasses & Follow Me Thursday - Moonlight Madness, I Gotta Feeling &
Sentimental Friday - Faith & Desire, 649 & Tik Tok Drop Saturday - Holdin' It Down, Little Red Corvette
(Rachael) & Seduced Saw Scott's No Salvation for the first time
properly on Saturday evening - The dance hits the beat spot on &
looks like a classic in the making to me - It's hard though & not
many have mastered it yet - Once we have I suspect we'll look back &
vote it one of the mega hits from 2010 Worlds - All the above a in
the running too - And more !! :-)
From Tampa ......... Had a great time at Tampa - As ever a special time meeting all our US friends - And a big well done to Arline, Jen & the team for a lovely weekend - I'm very proud to be involved in this event & a big thanks to our dear friend Arline for that ........... And this year it was so special to go with MaggieG, who had a great time too ...... Some feedback from me from the Dance 'Lobby' where I spent the weekend looking after the workshops in that area & social dancing on the Friday & Saturday evening ............... So a view from the 'Lobby'' !! :-) .............. Just seen the latest World Newsletter with Playing With Fire the new No.1 - And that is a reflection of what seemed to be the most popular dance teach at Tampa in the Lobby at least - Another from Craig too is Hands Up, which also went well & filled the floor - A nice easy cool dance - I taught this at out Sunday-Out workshop yesterday & it was equally popular - Likewise Evacuate The Dancefloor ............... Looking down Carol's survey, I also see a bunch of other cool dances that we all really popular teaches - Michael Barr's Rain Against My Window & Fiona were really big hits - Great cool stuff from Michael - Another equally popular one taught by Marolyn was Jo's Shoes Of Another Man which is another hot US dance of the moment for sure - Also John Robinson's teach of Michele Perron's Stuff You Gotta Watch which is going really well ........... Other popular instructor teaches were Marilyn with Carole & Frank's dance Swing My Way & Sandy with Shaz's funky Pop, Lock & Drop .................. All great dances to check out for sure - Most of which you'll have already heard mention off & I bet well on the way to filling the floor by the time we get to Worlds ........... I must say a big thanks to Carol's Survey - It really did as ever help this Brit DJ know what to play in the US !! :-) It was great to see Francien & she did the event proud, as did Niels last year - 5 great new dances written especially for the event - And talking with the dancers someone had good things to say about every one of them - In the Lobby though the most popular seemed to be Sandcastle Disco, a neat looking mainstream pop dance ...... Also a big crowd asked for the beaty Cha Cha En La Luna - And personally I loved the track for Hypnotized which looked really good & on my teach list - If you liked So Glamorous check this one out - Folk took the opportunity to dance many of Francien's hits with her - In the Lobby So Glamorous & Make My Day were much requested - But also Back It Up & Hit The Lights which looked really nice dances that I've not done myself - Francien is coming over to do an event in June with Niels & Rep at Newcastle which we are really looking forward too - Our annual 'Just Dance' weekend !! :-) It was great to go this year with Maggie - And we really did have a great time - Maggie's first US visit for many years - We danced lots of Maggie G dances - Most popular in the Lobby was Life Without U no surprise, but others included hits like Guardian Angel, Headphones, Show Me Yours, Moonlight Kiss, Love Love Love, The Reel Thing & Gimme A Chance - I know they did loads more too in the ballroom with Maggie over the weekend - As for the teaches, Jig It Up seemed to be the biggest hit, with many repeat requests too for the lovely new night club What About & my own current favourites Sexy Chick, All I Want Is You & Just Dance Away - We danced all these yesterday - All big hits & I especially noticed how Just Dance Away is now starting to be an especially popular floor-filler - Hopefully Sexy Chick, All I Want Is You & What About to follow - I need to learn/teach What About next. Maurice was on top form in the Lobby with a teach of the hit night club Mad World, tricky but really cool & already popular with many - A classic 'Feel' style dance - At the other end of the scale he also taught a really neat funky beginner dance called 3-D - Check this out if you have some young funky beginners - And the more intermediate dances can work on adding the styling to make it just as cool/fun - Looking forward to welcoming Maurice to Leeds Newline with Scott & Rachael next September. Also in the Lobby we had the lovely Amy Christian for a few workshops over the weekend, whose most popular teach seemed to be Let's Bachata, a neat & smooth Samba/Rumba style dance - Likewise Brit exile Rob Glover, now working/living & doing well in Boston with a Dance Studio - Rob's eye catcher for me was a really nice dance called Little Red Corvette to a class 'wanna dance' track - Check this one out - Rob also did a good job hosting the Review sessions. Mark & Glen shared the two funky pro-choreography dances from Chicago, Break The Dawn & Booty Music over the weekend - Two popular funky/pop ones - They also taught Jo/John/Mark's Bad Influence, already a floor-filler, but still a full floor in the Lobby catching up with this hit - Another of their dances much requested was Hell If I, a well discovered dance promoted by Scott over the last few months at events, including Tampa - He introduced it to us too here in the UK at a workshop with us after World Masters back in August & me & the class just love it, wish I'd spotted it myself much sooner - Looking forward to working with Jo & John in April where they are Maggie G's guest choreographers in Mundesley in April. In the Lobby Can't Get Involved was the most requested Neville/Julie dance - They also taught Straight Thru & there latest U Got It All - Classic Neville/Julie dances which I know were well received & danced in the main ballroom - Why So Serious was a Sunday teach, another cool dance which has been a hit with my class here in the UK ......... For me Straight Thru is the one to check out for a cool pop dance if you need to pick one - We recapped it yesterday at our workshop & it's a big hit here up north in the UK. All the Junior fans & his teaches were in the main ballroom so I did not get to see his latest (Although we did tempt him into the Lobby a few times with the 'Vodka Babies' & Brit chocs !! :-) ) ............ But good feedback especially on Battlefield, a really cool nightclub from the nightclub king. Ria's Sister Kate was mega popular too - More so after a teach by Kathy G - And her lovely cha cha Ay Amor is getting really popular too - Both these were floor-filler dances in social dancing at our Sunday-Out too - Ay Amor in particular is becoming a really popular one here in the UK too. Dan's Let's Get Saved was a big hit in the Lobby, played it a few times & quite a few also did his latest hit Must Get Free, a huge hit here in the UK on the Newline scene - Check this one out at Worlds in January where Dan has been invited too teach - Looking forward to Worlds, which has another great choreographer line-up - I'm teaching too !! :-) .......... It was great to see Bracken & a bunch danced her lovely waltz Forgiveness, which is a big favourite of mine - I really enjoy Say Hey Love too, which I'm sure would have been a big hit in the Beginner room with Olivia - That room was buzzing all weekend - It's a great idea to have a room dedicated to Beginner/Improver stuff & to see it so well supported - Lots of great dances taught in there too by choreographers/instructors including Bracken (Incl. Gary's Sin City Swing), Viv Scott (Incl. Andrew/Sheila/Viv's Do That Again), Rosie Multari (Incl. Larry's Swingin' In The Rain), Arline (Incl. Niels's Baby Kate) & Ferrel Mazzato (Incl. Dee's Broken Stones). In social dancing the most requested dances other than those already mentioned included Jesse James, Coochie Bang Bang, Mojo Rhythm, Whiter Than White, Poker Face, Roomba, Senseless Cha, Spotlight, Tango Cha, Toes, For The First Time, Beautiful, Ay Amor, J Ho, Knowing (Bryan's lovely new night club - Looked great) to name but a few ...................... Robbie's classic Not Like That was still a huge hit floor-filler too - Other long time classics too of course. Most of the real action for this weekend was with Louie in the main ballroom which I know was a buzz all weekend, but from the feedback I had, I'm sure that the action in the 'Lobby' reflected the overall event well - Just on a much bigger scale !! :-) .......... I had a great weekend & thanks to all who came to dance with me. Looking forward to being back next year for a mega big party weekend - It will be Arline's last year & it will be extra special I'm sure - If you've not been have a look at this one for 2010 - And just the best place to build your visit around a vacation before/after as many do. Worlds next in Nashville in January - Looking forward to that - Hope to see you there - If you are tempted it's a great dancing week - Just drop me an email if you want to know more about it, especially you Brits - We really do have a blast.
From Manchester ......... A lovely fun & relaxed day out with Craig for his annual charity fund raiser in Warrington - Great to see so many friends & the opportunity to play an awesome mix of dances with a full floor from everthing from Little Red Book to Coochie Bang Bang & everything in between - It was the best - And great to DJ with our good friend Andrew - Well done to Craig & everyone who attended for raising over £3,000 - Wow :-)
Rock Star (Daniel Whittaker) - Pink - 64/4 Higher Intermediate No Identity (Andrew & Sheila & Glynn Holt) - Modern Talking - 64/4 Intermediate/Advanced Open Your Heart (Alan Birchall)- Marcela Moreno - 32/4 Intermediate Baila (Pat Stott) - David Bustamante - 72/4 Intermediate Ave Maria (Shaz Walton) - Beyonce - 32/4 Intermediate
Did all the obvious things new & old in the main social dancing sessions - Beginner/Improver hits included My New Life, Little Red Book, Peaches & Cream, Toes, Cool Chick, Speak With Your Heart, Rio & Crazy Foot Mambo - Mainstream floor-fillers included Tango Cha, Nimby, Guantanamera, Boyfriend, Just For Grins, Holding On To Yesterday, MOJO, Life Without U, Poker Face, Human Dancer, Sister Kate, Cranky, What Do You See, It Hurts, I Promise You, Moonlight Kiss, Evacuate The Dance Floor, In Control, Pot of Gold, Somebody Like You, Whiter Than White & Release Me - And Newline type favourites included Have Fun Go Mad, Addicted, Can't Get Involved, Beautiful, Feel, Coochie, Jesse James & Painted Windows ..................... In the official break 5.30-7.30pm we carried on with some cool stuff too, notably Shaz's Magic/The Climb/Juvanile, Guyton's Miami, Robbie's Scooby Doo/Love Me/Antidote, Neville/Julie's Because/No Need To Rush, Maggie's Love Love Love/Headphones/Guardian Angel - A bunch of classics like Swamp Thang, Reggae Cowboy, Who Did You Call Darlin', Hot Tomales & Heartbreak Express - And more current ones too including Not Fair, Single Girl Swag & Run ............ So many requests but hopefully you get the idea - It was a great mix of dancers. Big thanks to all Craig's local helpers - His family, friends & club - As ever is the case anywhere you go there was a crowd of great people supporting Craig with all the organisation all day - And a big thanks too to Alan, Pat, Shaz, Daniel & Andrew for supporting the event free gratis for a great cause - Ronald McDonald's House Charity - Over £3,000 - That's awesome for just a days dancing :-) .............. Same again next September
From World Masters, Blackpool ......... You've seen Ross's detailed review of all the dances so I'll not repeat all that detail - And you'll see what I liked personally as I tackle them over the next few weeks & report back in my weekly reviews !! :-) but I'll stick my neck out & give you three popular dances per day based on repeat request feedback :
Friday : -Craig's funky Evacuate The Dancefloor (M/N), Dee's night club Water & A Flame (M/N) & Scott's Food Chain (N) .....Have a look at Robert's Oranges & Lemons (M) which is a really nice Jools Holland track ........ Niels's Cuban Kiss (M/N) a cool latin cha cha .......... Rob's Mamma Do (M) which you'll know about ........ And a nice smooth one from Michele Perron called Rumba Breeze (M) taught by Lizzie
Saturday : -Niels's lovely Rod Stewart night club For The First Time (M/N), Kim's smooth night club My Angel (M/N) & Claire's Michael Jackson cha cha Man In The Mirror (M/N - Winner of the Choreography Competition) .....Scott did Coochie Bang Bang (M/N) which is already a huge swing hit, Pat a cool Latin/Spanish cha cha called Baila (M), Kate a great JLS pop one Beat Again (M) & Shaz a tricky Taio Cruz funky one called Break Your Heart (N)
Sunday : -Rachael's funky Strobe Lights (N), Robbie's pop two-step/swing one Love Me (M) & Neville/Julie's Can't Get Involved (M/N) .....Andrew did a lovely Michael Bolton night club I Lied (M/N), Kate a Britney one called Amy (M/N) & Dan his cool Chris Brown night club With Your Love (N) ........... Before we started up the evening session by request Jordan taught the winner of the Advanced Choreography to a big crown - A funky night club called Be On You (N)
I really do think they are all worth looking at for the appropriate crowd - Just to help you home in on what might be right for you I've put an (M) after the Mainstream ones, an (N) after the Newline ones - And (M/N) after those that should appeal to all just as a guide - Looking back there were no Beginner/Improver/Easy ones - Something we will look to cover more/better next year - The winner of the Beginner Choreography was a hit though, Audrey Brown's Love Again, Young Again - A really nice looking dance to a feel good catchy track.
On the social dancing side in the Spanish Room some of the most popular requests for current dances during the day in between the workshops were the likes of Whiter Than White, Jesse James, Senseless Cha, Roomba, Hush Hush, Because, Isolated, Addicted, Gone Away, Painted Windows, Magic, Beautiful, TOP, Loosen Up, Broken Glass, Feel, Cranky, Do The Hoedown, Honey, It's Goin' Round Round, Miami, Too Close For Comfort, Scooby Doo, The Climb, Ease On Down, Under A Spell, Emelda's Man, Thrill Chasin', Thank You, Ay Amor & Purple Rain - We did lots of classics too - I'll not bore you with all them - All the obvious ones & more !! :-) Down in the main ballroom on the evenings as ever you add into the mix the competition dancers, who like to dance/practice their current competition dances - With a young crowd as ever the most popular ones were the funky ones - This year dances like Four Minutes, Fuego, Bring It, Blood Money, Jazz It Up & Get On The Bus were most requested - But also some smooth competition ones that filled the floor with social dancers too - Notably Wonderful & Deeply Completely - Crazy Foot Mambo too. On the social side as ever we did a mix of everything new & old - I had enough requests to keep playing for a week from the diverse 1,000plus crowd - Tried to keep it mixed dancing to around 2.00pm on the Friday, 3.00pm on the Saturday & 1.00pm on the Sunday .... In the hotel next year it can & will be later !! :-) As well as the ones I've mentioned during the day in the Spanish Room, popular dances often came straight from the Linedancer Charts which are always a good signal of the floor-fillers in the UK I find - Dances like Poker Face, Life Without U, Mojo Rhythm, Toes, Bad Influence, La Secret, J Ho, Go Mama Go, Time To Swing, In Control, Release Me, Sister Kate, Holding On To Yesterday, Run, Boyfriend Of The Year, Guantanamera, Tango Cha, Insomnia, Human Dancer, Moonlight Kiss, It Hurts, Amame, Applebottom Jeans, JR Drop, Booo-Tay, Miss California etc. etc ................. The classics at such events remain the competition dancer favourites like Keep Up Don't Loose Your Breath, Swing Your Chains, Swinging R's, Have Fun Go Mad, Hideaway Cha, Now Or Never, MJ Moves, Let 'r Rip ...... And as well as all the obvious social ones (From Just For Grins thru to Pot Of Gold & everything in between - You know), many old MIL team classics still lead the way - The likes of Stop It, Inside Your Heaven, Poetry In Motion, Cry To Me, Faded, SXE, Let Me Love You, Time To Ride, Guilty, Am To Pm .... Scott is a Worlds regular too & we did many of his classic dances over the weekend.
I'd just like to repeat a big personal thanks to all the choreographers who were with us in the Spanish Room all weekend - I really enjoyed all the new dances & working with everyone - Special thanks to Dee/Haley, Shaz/Glen & Clive/Lynn/Jordan, who helped Pauline & I with the room non-stop all weekend - To my DJ buddies Andrew & Russ who helped share the DJ duties over the weekend - And great to see all the regular dancers from all over the UK & Europe - The Spanish Room will be a big miss next year but looking forward to doing it in an awesome Manchester hotel setting next year instead - A week earlier - 6th-8th August 2010 - Check out the MIL web-site & book early I'd say because the capacity is down on the Winter Gardens & it is sure to get full well before the event.
PS. We had fun being The Pussycat Dolls in the show - As ever you had to be there !!! :-) Apart from the 'Dolls' (Me, Dee, Shaz, Lizzie & Robert) it was a class show as ever from the MIL team on the Saturday - And on the Friday some cool West Coast Swing routines from some of the best in the business ....... The Swing Room at Masters is increasing in popularity year by year - The room was always full - Must have been c200 Swing Dancers at the event in the Swing Room - Maybe c300 Social Line Dancers in the Spanish Room - So a great atmosphere all weekend when you mix in maybe c800 competitors/supporters - Just unofficially guessing at the numbers to give you a feel for it ....................... Looking forward to the next 'mega' event in the UK which is the Linedancer Awards at the end of January - That one will be c1,000 social dancers.
From Hinckley - Newline Weekend ......... Thanks to everyone who came to Hinckley on Saturday and/or Sunday for some 'Newline' dancing - We had a great weekend meeting up with everyone - And it was a taster for Leeds coming soon with most folk going to that too & looking forward to dancing with our special guests this year Joey & Guyton - Saturday was great - We got to dance some cool dances - Dee taught us her lovely new West Coast Daylight - And we also reacapped Take Me Back & danced Release Me too ......... We did Thrill Chasin' with Shaz - And Insomnia/Reach Out/Beautiful/Magic were all popular as well - Jordan recapped Cause A Scene & we also danced Stand Up Routine with him ........ Then it was great to dance Poker Face with Craig, So Persuasive with Dan, Isolated with Debbie & Notorious Cha with M.T.Groove - Loads of others but these were all the favourites .............. Other floorfillers included Coochie Bang Bang, Senseless Cha, Jesse James, Addicted, It's Goin' Round Round, Roomba, In The A, Circus ......... Other popular Neville & Julie dances also included their recent hits Halo, Because & Painted Windows. On Sunday we had a great line-up - Our special guest Craig released his great new dance to Evacuate The Dance Floor - A hit for sure ...... He also did a funky Treacle Not Pudding which he did with Paul in Newcastle Just Dance a couple of weeks back ............ Debbie taught a mega cool cha cha called Spanish Fly - An Jordan an equally cool Night Club Be On You (Flo Rider) - I taught Joey's latest Wicked - A great pop one & Dan did quick teach/recap of With You Love - Great dances - Thanks to all the guys who support our Newline workshops ..................
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Our next Hinckley social is on Saturday 8th August ............ And our next Social/Workshop weekend on 17/18 October with guest choreographers M.T.Groove
From Holland - Roy's Bootcamp ......... Last weekend we were bowled over by the hospitality & friendship of everyone in Denmark - And a lovely cool, fun, informal event with great new dances in a great venue in a lovely country - It was exactly the same this weekend in Holland with Roy & The Millhiil Rebels - And the all the Dutch gang - Dee, Robbie & myself had a blast - And thanks to everyone for the welcome & hospitality - For me it was great to meet so many of the gang we see at Maggie G's Southport weekend - And our good friends Daniel, Jose, Ray, Wil & Ria - Great too to meet up again with DJ Alex too & work alongside him over the weekend. More cool new dances too ...................... Last weekend was Newline - This week mainly great Improver/Intermediare mainstream dances, so check these out :-) ..................... Dee started the show with Lonely Nevermore .......... Then her hit new one Release Me (Intermediate pop) was a hit teach - And they loved |