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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