14/10/24 New dance this week was A RATTLESNAKE KISS (Maddison Glover). After introducing one from a couple of years ago last time, it was time to do something more current and this one has been top of the download charts recently  Took a couple of goes for everyone to get the hang of it but hopefully it is one that will be enjoyed over the coming months.

A Rattlesnake Kiss step sheet

Also danced: Scotia Samba, Gypsy Queen, Broken Soul, Something In The Water, Cross My heart, Take A Breather and Heaven’s Jukebox.

07/10/24 No new dance this week.

We just danced: My New Life, Jealous Of The Sun, Things, Heaven’s Jukebox, Blue Night Cha, Impossible Love, Hold Me Now and Neon Hearts.

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14/10/24 New dance this week was WE CAN WAIT (Maggie Gallagher & Gary O’Reilly). Thought I’d go with something slightly easier this week for this established beginner class. Turned out to be a bit trickier than I’d expected as this dance is made up of many bits from other dances we had just danced. So it was more about remembering the correct sequence rather than learning any new footwork today. I think they liked it!

We Can’t Wait step sheet

Also danced: Rocket To The Sun, Dancing Queen, Glass Of Wine, Waltz Across Texas, Lucky Lips, A Bar Song and Electric Slide.

07/10/24 No new dance this week but I think I might drop a new one in next week.

We just danced: Ah Si (to Cher’s Believe), Made In Mexico, We’re Good To Go, Stand By Me, A Bar Song, Magic Moon, Go Cat Go and Homecoming.

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08/10/24  AM I OKAY (Alison & Peter Metelnick) Currently struggling a little to find upbeat mainstream intermediate dances. Seem to be plenty of rolling count, nightclub and waltzes around plus a glut of improver dances. Had to search a bit further for this one, outside the current charts. It received a bit of a mixed response but the majority were back up for it again when I played it at the end of the night.

Am I Okay step sheet

We also danced: Tiger Hips, Wishful Thimkin, Thunder In My Heart, Give Me Your Tempo, Space In My Heart, Breathe, Listen To My Heart, Liquor Talking, Beautiful Scars x2, Dark Side Of The Moon, Love Somebody, Tailgate 88, Die With A Smile, Hands In The Mud, 2 Hearts On A Highway, Eyes Like Diamonds, Heartbreak Disco, Full Throttle, Road To Hana, I Showed You The Door, Dance Before You Leave Me, and Poison On Your Lips.

01/10/24 BEAUTIFUL SCARS (Gary O’Reilly) Thanks to all who travelled to class after a couple of very wet days. It was good to have a couple of younger people come along to try out the class. This week’s new one was a 72 count waltz. To be honest, I wasn’t sure how much I liked the track the first time I listened to it, but I did like the dance. After practising it over the weekend and teaching it last night, the music has certainly grown on me. Think it went down pretty well with the class. We danced it three times although on the second, I manged to lose track of which wall we we were up to, and so ruined the last restart and ending -sorry!

Beautiful Scars step sheet

We also danced: Pot Of Gold, Two Lane Highway, The Joker And The Queen, Country Touch, Drop It Down, A Story Told, Poison On Your Lips, Straight Line, Die With A Smile (twice), Eyes Like Diamonds, Till You Can’t/Take It, Men On A Mission, Full Throttle, Do It With Passion, Heartbreak Disco, Road To Hana, If I Don’t, Hearts On Fire, Love Somebody, Before You Leave Me, and One On One.

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Today I took a class in Mapperley, Nottingham while the regular instructor was away on holiday.

I recapped a recently taught dance MISS THANG (Darren Bailey) and went over an oldie THE WAY (Gerard Murphy) . A big thank you to all who came out dancing on a very warm day.

We also danced:  Love Me A Little Bit Longer, Backroad Nation, Neon Hearts, To Be Blunt, Tippin It Up, In Walked You, Good Rockin’ Daddy, Memory Lane, 5 Leaf Clover, Shouting To The Monsters, Playboys, Some Kind Of Wonderful, Thunder In My Heart, Pot of Gold, Sundown Waltz, Long Live Country Music, Soul Shake and Remember These Words.

The class is open as normal tonight  although as I don’t feel fully fit yet, I may be taking things a little easier!

AGE UK CLASSES IN MAY AND JUNE 2024

Sorry there will be no classes on the following Mondays…

MAY 6th, 13th and 27th  

JUNE 3rd and 10th

On Monday 20th May, there will be an intermediate class as normal from 12.00 to 1.00pm but no class for the beginners.

Instead, I will be doing a class for the beginners on FRIDAY 17th and 24th May starting at 11.40pm.

All classes will be back to normal from Monday 17th June.

I’ll be handing out some slips at the remaining classes in April that you can take home to show when the classes will be on in May and June.