SCOOTER LEE 1/8/22

Fun dance day at the Siesta Bay RV Resort in Fort Myers today! 12 of us were there and we had Southwest Floria line dance shirts in all colors all over the place!

Karen (Wednesday) was our newest dancer and spent the majority of the day in the “newbie” section - and DID GREAT!!! She learned some new steps, got to dance some dances she’s already learned, and learned a few more! I got the chance to dance with her and she was AWESOME! Ina was just astounded by the number of people at the event! She did not ever imagine that many people would be there. She did great all day! Randa stayed on the floor and learned CHILL FACTOR! And stayed on the floor to DANCE IT! Such fun! Mary Anne, Annette, and Mary were new to the event - and were on the floor like seasoned pros! Social dances, new dances taught, floor split dances - they were everywhere and having the BEST TIME! Karen, Louise, Kathy, Linda - all Scooter Lee Workshop veterans - could be found throughout the floor always helping and guiding others along. A lot of fun being able to dance some of the classic dances that we don’t get to do very often. 

It was great being able to dance with Jo Thompson Szymanski, Michelle Burton, and Michael Barr. Superstars! Even Scooter was having a good time!

I’m not totally sure about all the dances that were taught, but I know these were for sure:

Empty Pockets - everyone was on the floor together to learn this one

Old School Bop - this was a favorite of the day; the floor was split with something - maybe the Cowboy Charleston?

Peppermint Twist - which I taught on Thursday; floor split with Cowboy Charleston

Cut A Rug - our group did it contra in the back of the room with several others joining us so we had a really long line!

Until The Dawn - Everyone learned together and really liked. The 2nd time it was danced, the floor was split with Rockin’ Cha.

Same Boat - another favorite of the day; newbie’s danced Just A Two Steppin’

Big Bang Boogie - Again, there was a floor split for this one but I’m not sure what it was.

Chill Factor - with Rocket To The Sun as a floor split

Take These Chains - 

The music we danced to for Cut A Rug was a boogie or swing song

The waltz “Love Lifted Me” was taught toward the end of the day

We danced “Dizzy” during open dance and it’s been requested to be danced in class

We danced “Gypsy Queen” in open dance and it’s been requested to be danced in class

We danced to “Uptown Funk” - the newbies danced Swingin’ Thing; the main floor was split a couple ways. The dance everyone wants to learn is “Uptown Funky” by Jill Weiss.

Great day of dance! Smiles everywhere! And pictures galore!  

"NOT TAMPA" 2021

 FLORIDA LINE DANCE CLASS (NOT TAMPA) 2021

I just love having events to go to and am so happy that they are starting to return to my life!!!

Another excellent weekend by Jen Cameron & the JC Dance Productions team!

I didn’t make it down to the ballroom early enough to catch Trevor’s teach of “Let Me Do My Thang” so I’ll have to go learn that one myself (as I heard it was really cute!); however, I did make the survivor photo Thursday night… (usually the ballroom shuts down around 2ish on that first night… could it do that when I make the concerted effort to last until that photo? Oh no! It never shut down until just after 3:00am!!! But - I made it!!!) The playlist was incredible and we got a lot of dancing in!

Friday’s schedule had several offerings that I’d already had (which helped prompt the goal of staying up til the end Thursday night!) - Out Out, Oh So Easy, Cyber Samba, Do My Thing, One Cha, Best Day Ever, Cyber Drop. I took two excellent workshops - “I Don’t Know What You Heard” (Rebecca Lee) taught by Christopher Gonzalez and “SUDA (aka Sweat)” (Philip Sobrielo) taught by Rachael McEnaney-White.

Saturday was a little busier even though I’d already learned Out Like That, Raised Like That, Just Fly, As Good As It Gets, Drink Drank Drunk, Cold Sets In, Latin Fusion, Best Life, Mesmerized, and Stressed. I learned Amy’s “Take You For Granted”, Tim’s “Go Down”, Rachael & Joey’s “Stuck”, John Robinson & Kelly Cavellaro’s “Mississippi Countdown”, and Darren’s “Don’t You Hold Me Down”. Thanks to 7 Arrow Media I was able to watch Saturday night’s show from my room and then headed down for some dancing at 10pm.

Sunday, without having a football game to race home for, I was able to take John’s “Come Waste My Time” and Tim’s “Double Back”… and stay for some MORE DANCING! We did not, however, stay until the last square was removed.

I have to say I was thrilled with the playlist each night - it was so nice to see different dances hit the list each night instead of the same ones EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT! Yes, there was some repetition - and for a lot of those, they were new enough that they should be repeated  - but there was also different ones every night, which really makes it fun!!! Thanks, JP!

The Marriott was decorated in all its Christmas glory, the staff were great, my room was comfortable, the breakfast buffet always one of my favorites. 

Home again - needing to figure out in what order I’ll be teaching all these dances - and preparing for the next big one - Sunshine N Line Florida Dance Masters in February!!!

TOP DANCES OF 2021

BEGINNER CLASSES

Dance Monkey (A. Johnstone)

Senorita La-La-La (J. Wetzel)
Sweet Caroline (D. Bailey)
Toot Toot (L. Burgess)
Where Oh Where (J. Thompson Szymanski)

INTERMEDIATE CLASS
Moses, Roses, Toeses (A. Glass)
Would Have Loved Her (D. Bailey)
Raised Like That (D. Bailey)
Give Me Shivers (J. Wetzel)
Good To Go (S. Blevins)
Midnight Mess Around (A. Nuno)
Out Out (S. McKeever, G. Richard, N. Poulsen)
Southern Dreams (M. Glover)
You You You (D. Bailey)

ADVANCED CLASS
Blood On A Rose (S. Ward & N. Poulsen)
Cold Sets In (G. Richard & J. Stoian)
Give Me Shivers (J. Wetzel)
Out Out (S. McKeever, G. Richard, N. Poulsen)
Thrill Me Cha Cha (T. Johnson & Hayley Wheatley)

Happy New Year to all!