26/03/2024 Numbers down a little this week with about half a dozen missing due to various reasons. I’m sure they’ll do their homework on what they missed though -well, at least they’ll take a quick look at the two new dances I taught to see if they like them!
First up was SIN CITY LIGHTS (Karl-Harry Winson). I loved the original version of this (Blinding Lights by Canadian singer The Weeknd when it was a massive pop hit in 2020). And I really like this ‘countrified’ version by Tebey too. I think this improver level dance fits well and there’s enough in it to keep most intermediates happy. Certainly seemed to be a hit with mine anyway.
I also taught BREATHE (Simon Ward) to the Faith Hill track of the same name. I’m a bit late getting round to this one although it had been in my plans to cover for a while, so a few had already had at least one go at it elsewhere. Possibly because of this, it turned out to be a slightly easier teach than I was expecting. By taking just one of the turns out for the non-turners, everyone stuck with it and seemed to have it sorted by the time we danced it again at the end of the night. Feels quite a classy dance with just one simple restart and an arm lifting ending.
Class as normal next Tuesday 2nd April.
We also danced: Five Leaf Clover, Here We Go, Everyone Needs A Hero, To Be Blunt, Don’t Think Twice, Marakaibo, To Know Me, 11.45, What A Song Can Do, Memory Lane, Going All The Way, Thumder In My Heart, Straight Line, It’s Magic, Impossible Love, Life With You, My Five Boys, I Showed You The Door, Men On A Mission, Get Moving and Two Hearts On A Highway.
19/03/2024 MY FIVE BOYS (Maggie Gallagher) After learning this one ready to teach soon after last week’s class, I started to have a few doubts over the weekend how well it would be received. Fortunately I resisted the temptation to find something else instead as it ended up being a big hit with the class. An easier teach than last week’s dance despite this being 80 counts – the fact it’s a one-wall dance certainly helped. We also had a bit of a laugh when I tried to demonstrate the difference between and English and an Irish toe points!
We also danced: Nothing But You, Ghosted, Devil In A Dress, Feet Don’t Fail Me Now, Impossible Love, Houdini, If You Believe, On The Edge, To Know Me, It’s Magic, Straight Line, Wreckage, Silverado, Men On A Mission, Life With You, I Got Music, Without The Memories, I Showed You The Door, Get Moving, In Walked You, Best Friends, 2 Hearts On A Highway, Diamonds In A Whiskey Glass and 11.45.
12/03/2024 IT’S MAGIC (Ria Vos) For a 32 count dance this one proved a bit tricky. Needed some practice to get used to where you are heading for on a few of the turns and where you have to keep your weight. Added to this there’s not always a lot of thinking time! Not everyone liked it but a fair number did (including those who like more of a challenge) and it should be a bit easier next week.
We also danced: Islands In The Stream, We’re Good To Go, Shivers, Glass Of Wine, On The Edge, 2 Lane Highway, 2 Hearts On A Highway, Men On A Mission, In Walked You, Going All The Way, Life With You, What A Song Can Do, What’s The Point, The Card You Gamble, Get Moving, I Showed You The Door, Straight Line, 11.45, Memory Lane, Marakaibo and Right Time, Wrong Girl.