Lincoln Lone Stars

15.05.12 DRIVE BY (Daniel Whittaker) I waited to see which dance was going to take off to this track.  Daniel’s has not only been taught in the area, its also heading up the Linedancer chart.  In addition, I liked the fact that this dance recognised the change to a waltz beat part way through, so the tag matches the change of pace in the music perfectly.  This is probably the best a dance has been received for quite some time.  That’s despite the dance having two different tags, a restart, and a fair few turns in the opening couple of sections.  Plenty to take in at first but such a good track to dance to. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLt23AHc0oU

Also danced tonight: Shakatak, Swamp Thang, Stronger, We Found Love, Dance With Me Tonight, Frequency, Call Me Maybe, I’m In Love, Reality Check, Distance, Language Of The Heart, Had A Bad Day, Kiss The Stars, 1929, Pop, Shame & Scandal In The Family, Right About Now, Half Past Nothin, Dance Again, & Creepin Up On You.

08.05.12 Two totally contrasting improver/easy intermediate 32 count dances this week.  First up was CALL ME MAYBE (Craig Bennett) – its the track by Carly Rae Jepsen that makes this so catchy. Nothing very challenging in the dance but ideal if you want something a little easier for a change – it does have two restarts and one tag though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3cTbg3uSc

Also taught 1929 (Kate Sala & Robbie McGowan Hickie).  I knew not everyone in the class would enjoy this but the steps fit the style of music so well.  It also makes a change to the kind of track we normally dance to these days.  A couple of tags and section 3 was the bit that proved the most tricky although a few had already learnt it elsewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Nn16paykA

Also danced tonight:  All Day Long, Before TheDevil, Had A Bad Day, Heart Beats Louder, Creepin’ Up On You, Intrigue, I’m In Love, Pop, Reality Check, Distance, Kiss The Stars, Right About Now, Jealousy, Dance Again, Language Of The Heart, Half Past Nothin’, Shame & Scandal In The Family & She Comes To Me.

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Just back from our first visit to this weekend line dance event held at The Pavillion Complex in Whitby. Great views from the dancefloor through the portholes looking out to sea!

Yvonne Anderson was the guest choreographer and among the dances she taught were 99 Years, Got My Country On and one of her older ones City Limits – this was my favourite as it was more funky and had lots of arm movements.  She also co-choreographed a new country waltz with Steve Mason during the event which I believe may be called Ironstone Waltz. Her new one A Mess Of Blues to the Jeff Healey track had a real bluesy feel and looked good.

Steve Mason was DJ throughout the weekend but he also taught a couple of Peter & Alison dances – Be Mine Tonight (Chris Isaak’s version of the old Elvis song Its Now Or Never) and Hotter Than Fire (music by Eric Saade) which I really liked.

Hazel Pace taught a number of dances including her own Flames Of Love which sounded good, but unfortunately I missed the teach, Maggie G’s Rock, Paper Scissors and Daniel Whittaker’s Pop.

Click on the link below to see a few pictures from the weekend…

http://lincolnlonestars.co.uk/?page_id=110&album=4&gallery=22

Last updated 14 May 2012

Chris Hodgson has a new 64 count improver dance called ETERNAL STAR to a track by a rather unexpected combination – DJ Otzi & The Bellamy Brothers.  If you’ve heard the new single by the Scissor Sisters on the radio, Pat Stott has released a 64 count intermediate dance to it.  Both her dance and the track of music are called ONLY THE HORSES.  Pat also has a new dance on the way to the Swedish entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.  The song is called Euphoria.

 Gaye Teather has also released a new dance called LAUGH & CRY to a track of the same name by Michael Learns to Rock (they did the music for Blue Night Cha).  Gaye’s dance is 32 count and intermediate level.

Neville Fitzgerald & Julie Harris have released a few new dances – ROCK DA BOAT is a 64 count 4 wall intermediate dance to a Bob Sinclair & Pitbull track.  Sounds quite funky at first but I’ve a feeling its gonna get very catchy when you’ve heard it a few times.  Its a Rock This Party kind of vibe. The next one is called MAKE ME COME ALIVE to David Guetta featuring Nicky Minaj – 64 count 2 wall intermediate. And finally they have also put out one out called WHAT AM I TO YOU a 32 count nightclub two step to a track of the same name by Norah Jones.

Check out the new Linedancer Magazine that has started publishing some brand new dances from the top choreographers before they get released on the internet.  This month the new dances are DON’T MAKE ME a 32 count improver level nightclub two step from Maggie Gallagher, ETTA’S LOVE (Kim Ray) a 48 count intermediate dance to the classic Etta James track “I Just Want To Make Love To You” and Craig Bennett’s DANCING ON THE CEILING – a new version of the original by Lionel Richie & Rascal Flatts.  His dance is 64 counts and intermediate.

Maggie G also has a new dance termed high improver called ROCK PAPER SCISSORS – not sure about the music myself though which is by Katzenjammer.  Rather unusually this is a 36 count dance.

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Last weekend we were at The Royal Court Hotel in Coventry.  Mark Caley was the DJ for the weekend and played a good mix of oldies and current hits as well as frequent floor splits to ensure the floor was never empty.  Nice to meet up again with our friends from the Burn Valley club in Malmo.  26 dancers had travelled over from Sweden. The three choreographers each taught 2 dances.

Kate Sala taught A Lovers Place (Whitney Houston) – I’m not a Whitney fan but quite a few seem to be covering this one so could be heading up the dance charts soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEB6BHw0WzA

She also taught Heart Of My Mind – a waltz to an old fashioned sounding country track by The Sweetback Sisters. Some will like it but sorry not my kind of thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LUgLeUwlEs

 Charlotte Macari taught Robbie McGowan Hickie’s Everybodys Sweetheart – an uptempo toe-tapper from Vince Gill.  No dance video for this yet but here’s Vince playing the song live.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLJQjBi_tbM

Charlotte also taught Dance Again by Ria Vos. I’ve already taught this and just love the track by Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDHKj2QMvoI

Finally Craig Bennett taught a bouncy little 32 count easy intermediate dance Call Me Baby (which he wanted to rename Call Me Craigy!)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3cTbg3uSc

His other dance was Right About Now, a slower nightclub two-step with a good beat from Nichole Scherzinger.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofNAwSm21JM

Robbie McGowan Hickie, Ria Vos and Karl-Harry Winson got together at a recent weekend event and have choreographed a dance to this track.   The line dance is choreographed to the radio edit of the track Amnesia and the dance is will be called Reality Check.  Sheet here….

http://www.fortyfours.de/steps/Reality%20Check.pdf