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Dances Taught (Tuesday Class) 2023

02.01.24 Not the best start to the New Year as I had to cancel the class due to the heavy rain and flooding in the area.

12.12.23 Thanks to all who braved the weather last night and to those that have supported the class throughout the year. A busy last class of the year, trying to fit in recaps of all the latest dances and a teach of a little new one, while trying to get through as many of your requests as possible and include just one or two Christmas tracks. Hope everyone enjoyed the night – next class will be on 2nd January 2024.

New dance was DREAMING (Maggie Gallagher) which seemed to go down quite well after a quick teach. The music is a kind of mash-up of Fields Of Gold although nothing like the original dance as this track is faster and has a much stronger beat.

Dreaming step sheet

Also danced: Lamtarra Rumba (Xmas Coco Jamboo), Some Kind Of Wonderful, Everyone Needs A Hero, 2 Lane Highway, Marakaibo, Devil In A Dress, Houdini, I Got Music, Wreckage, Versions Of You, I’m Haunted, Memory Lane, In Walked You, Telling On My Heart, Give Me Your Tempo, Silverado, Rumba Ride (Xmas Cookies), Don’t Think Twice, Jesse James, On The Edge, Diamonds in A Whiskey Glass, Dreaming (again), Two Hearts On A Highway, Crazy Out There, To Know Me, Another One Bites The Dust, Tiger Hips, Can’t Stop Loving You, In Walked You (again), Dim The Lights, To Be Blunt, In Control, Bittersweet Memory.

05.12.23 IN WALKED YOU (Maggie Gallagher) This is a new dance that was taught at Maggie’s recent Coventry weekend that some of my class attended and wanted me to teach. Great country track by William Michael Morgan but at just a shade under 5 minutes, boy does it go on! Think I’ll have to fade it out early or see if I can find a shorter edit. Had to learn this from a video of Maggie dancing it but there’s no sheet out for it yet.

I also revised an old one JAMBALAYA (Ian St Leon) – a lot of rock and shuffles that took us back in time.

Also danced: Little Red Book, Walk Back To Me, Shivers, Jambalaya, 2 Lane Highway, Tiger Hips, I Got Music, What A Song Can Do, 2 Hearts On A Highway, Marakaibo, To Know Me, Thunder In My Heart, Trustfall, Crazy Out There, To Be Blunt, Don’t Think Twice, Wreckage, Silverado, Favourite Kinda High and Telling On My Heart.

28.11.23 HOUDINI (Neville Fitzgerald & Julie Harris) Well this one took a bit of effort to get our heads round the sequence of restarts and full walls but we got there in the end.

Houdini step sheet

Also danced: Country Touch, Smokey Places, Amazing Faith, Dizzy, Just A Memory, Give Me Your Tempo, 3 Tequila Floor, Eyes Closed, What A Song Can Do, Silverado, 2 Hearts On A Highway, To Know Me, To Be Blunt, Tiger Hips, Crazy Out There, Versions Of You, Don’t Think Twice, Thunder In My Heart and Marakaibo.

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Dances Taught (Monday 12.00 Class) 2023

18/12/23 Nothing new this week but got through a lot of dances. They were: Scotia Samba, Just For Grins, Ribbon Of Highway, Green Green Grass, This & That, Un Poquito, Hitch A Ride, Codigo, Islands In The Stream, Two Lane Highway, Little Heartbreak, Blue Night Cha and Things. Thanks to all who have continued to support the class or joined since I took over it in March. Next class is on 8th January 2024. Have a good Christmas everyone.

11/12/23 New one this week was UN POQUITO (Rachel McEnaney & Jo Thompson Szymanski) which is currently top of the charts for the most viewed dances. We danced this twice and also did Shania’s Moment, Gypsy Queen, Things, Memory Lane, Blue Rose Is, Hitch A Ride, Champagne Promise and Blue Night Cha.

Un Poquito step sheet

04/12/23 Had another go at last week’s new dance HITCH A RIDE and als’re o danced: – Scotia Samba, We’re Good To Go, Islands In The Stream, Green Green Grass, King Of The Road, This & That, Memory Lane, Little Red Book, Little Heartbreak, Just Another Woman and Skinny Genes.

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Dances Taught (Monday 1.10pm Class) 2023

18/12/2023 (Week 13) Nothing new this week but a chance to recap all the dances we have learnt since starting three months ago. These were: –

STAND BY ME to track of same name (Ivan Jack Remix) by 45 Stars, COWGIRLS TWIST to Mr Lonely by Midland, ELECTRIC SLIDE to Holly Jolly Christmas by Alan Jackson, ROCKET TO THE SUN to What You’ve Done to Me by Samantha Jade, LUCKY LIPS to Rocking Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee,  STROLL ALONG CHA CHA to Rhythm Of The Rain by Jesse Winchester, GO CAT GO to Guitars Cadillacs by Dwight Yoakham, AH SI to Levantando Las Manos by El Simbolo, SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL to Little St Nick by The Beach Boys, MAMMA MARIA to Daddy Cool by Boney M, and COWBOY CHARLESTON to Mack The Knife by Brian Setzer.

Thanks to all who have been coming along and for making this class great fun. Have a great Christmas and see you back again on 8th January 2024.

11/12/2023 (Week 12) No new dance this week but a good chance to go through nearly all the ones we’ve done up to now. These were MAMMA MARIA, AH SI!, STROLL ALONG CHA CHA, SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, COWBOY CHARLESTON, STAND BY ME, LUCKY LIPS, ELECTRIC SLIDE, GO CAT GO and ROCKET TO THE SUN.

04/12/2023 (Week 11) This week we started to practice some chasses (side shuffles) and forward and back shuffles. As nearly everyone picked them up quite quickly, I went on to teach a new dance called SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (Gary O’Reilly) so we could put the new steps into action! Great work everyone!

We also danced ROCKET TO THE SUN, LUCKY LIPS, STROLL ALONG CHA CHA, STAND BY ME, ELECTRIC SLIDE and GO CAT GO.

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New beginner line dance class in Lincoln

There is still an opportunity to join my new class for absolute beginners that started on 25th September 2023. The class is organised by Age UK at Park Street in Lincoln, and runs from 1.15 to 2.00 pm each Monday. If you or someone you know might be interested in this, please feel free to get in touch, or just come along next Monday. You wouldn’t need to have any experience of line dancing as it will be step by step instruction. But if you did do some dancing many years ago and haven’t danced for a long time, it would also be a good way to get back into it. 

If you’ve any queries, feel free to leave a comment below.

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Line dance social in Nottingham

On Friday 8th September I ran a social at Mapperley Plains Social Club in Nottingham. Big thanks to all who attended on a very hot night and those who helped out. Here’s the full playlist for anyone interested.

Missing
Backroad Nation
Regrets
Train Wreck
Rolling With The Flow
What’s The Point
Patient Heart
Telling On My Heart
What A Song Can Do
Sweet Ireland
We’re Still Young
Mama & Me
45 Degrees
My Broken Heart
Caught In The Act
Everyone Needs A Hero
Cold Heart
Ghosted
Here We Go
Good Rocking Daddy
Swore I Was Leaving
Into The Dark Night
Devil In A Dress
Versions Of You
Winter Green
3 Tequila Floor
Country Nights
Trustfall
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Nothing But You
Flaws
Neon Hearts
Til You Can’t
My First Love
Bet My Dollar
Islands In The Stream
Tempted
Knock Off
Wreckage
Martha Divine
Give Me Your Tempo
Thunder In My Heart
Suds In The Bucket
When You’re Drunk
My New Life
Right Girl, Wrong Time
Soul Shake
Waterfall
Gypsy Woman
Until Then, Goodbye
Lonely Blues
Favourite Kinda High
Vanotek Cha
Drinkaby
Trustfall
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Nothing But You
Flaws
Neon Hearts
Til You Can’t
My First Love
Bet My Dollar
Islands In The Stream
Tempted
Knock Off
Wreckage
Martha Divine
Give Me Your Tempo
Thunder In My Heart
Suds In The Bucket
When You’re Drunk
My New Life
Right Girl, Wrong Time
Soul Shake
Waterfall
Gypsy Woman
Until Then, Goodbye
Lonely Blues
Favourite Kinda High
Vanotek Cha
Drinkaby

Extra daytime catch-up classes

Friday 5th May 2023

Recapped the three dances from last week and taught a couple of newer ones.

IF YOU BELIEVE (Gary O’Reilly) Can see why this is currently top of the Copperknob charts. A great little easyish dance and track with just the second tag taking a few goes to master.

GOOD ROCKIN’ DADDY (Niels Poulsen) Who doesn’t love a bit of rock n roll and at just six walls long, this is the perfect length for me.

Also danced: Till You Can’t, Islands In The Stream, 3 Tequila Floor, We’re Good To Go, Just For Grins, and Changed Everything.

27th April 2023

At the first of the catch-up classes I taught threes dances and we danced them all three times each.

DIM THE LIGHTS (Maddison Glover & Simon Ward)

DRINKABY (Rachael McEnaney)

FRISKY (Robbie McGowan Hickie)

Also danced: Pot of Gold, Smokey Places, My New Life, Till You Can’t, When You’re Drunk, Everyone Needs A Hero, Country Touch, and What A Song Can Do.

Thanks to all who came out dancing. I’ll be going over this week’s dances again at the next catch-up class on Friday 5th May 2023 (12.30 to 2.00 pm at Canwick Village Hall).