Dances taught at extra class – 22nd May
I taught 3 new dances at the latest extra workshop style class held this weekend. Unfortunately it was held on the sunniest and hottest day of the year so far, so numbers were down slightly on last time. Thanks to all those who did come out and dance on what would have been an ideal barbie night!
First dance I taught was DON’T KILL THE DJ by Kate Sala – music Timbaland featuring Miley Cyrus. A 64 count dance with no “and” counts and no tags or restarts so not too hard although the last couple of sections took a bit of practice. At the end of the music, it just seems to finish all of a sudden so could do with a neat ending to match in my opinion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf7lVjAlHp8&feature=related
Next up I taught Neville Fitzgerald & Julie Harris’ AMERICAN HONEY – music by Lady Antebellum. This is a 32 count dance with a couple of tags and in a nightclub two step style. Timing was a bit harder with this one and it wasn’t as popular as the first dance. I think its more of a dancer’s dance and to do it justice, you need to dance it several times at least to really get the feel of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZctL1iozzk
Last teach of the night by me was Johnny Two-Step’s ACAPELLA – cracking pop track by Kelis and to start off with a combination of straightfoward shuffles, rocks, coasters and cross shuffles. But the last 2 or 3 sections are more interesting and there’s also a couple of restarts to remember too. This a 64 counter but on the easier side of intermediate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d9ei0J8Dbk
Finally, for those that hadn’t already learnt it, a fellow teacher who attended (many thanks Stella) kindly agreed to do a quick teach of RHYME OR REASON. I never got round to covering this myself - mainly because I’m not a Gretchen Wilson’s fan, but have to say this is a really good dance to an upbeat track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3LX3TXeRPA
Also briefly recapped a few dances from previous extra class nights such as SUGAR CANDY, UNDERCOVER, UPSIDE DOWN and QUITTER.
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Where we’ve been and what we’ve seen.
Out on our travels this weekend. Friday (7th May) up the A1 to Michael’s Eggborough social where we saw a couple of dances for the first time – Crazy Devils (Rob Fowler, Guyton Mundy and Craig Bennett) , a madcap yee-ha type of country track that looked a lot of fun and in complete contrast the electro-pop sound of Kelis for Johnny Two-Steps new dance called Acapella.
On Saturday (8th May) we headed out Chesterfield way for the monthly social held by Chris & Ash. At the end of the night Chris and a few of his people demoed a couple of his recently taught dances – Daniel Whittaker’s Guitars On Fire (love the triple clap!) and Gary Lafferty’s Gleehab.
At Maggie G’s social in Coventry (Friday 14 May) we saw her new work in progress dance, Wakira – choreographed for her trip to South Africa. Only 32 counts and a great African sounding beaty track.
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Headlines (not line dance related)
Saw these unintentionally funny, but genuine, newspaper headlines in the Sunday Express this weekend.
Passengers hit by cancelled trains. - Debate about hanging suspended. - Iraqi head seeks arms. - Man denies he commited suicide. - Plane too close to the ground, crash probe told. - Prisoners escape after execution. - Man is fatally murdered. - Four battered in fish and chip shop. - Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers. - Suicide bomber strikes again. - Red tape holds up new bridges. - British union finds dwarfs in short supply. - Jury suspects foul play in death of man shot, burned and buried in shallow grave.
(Well they made me laugh!)
