My 2-a-day plan is not working like I'd like! I'm NEVER going to get through these dances!
Have been "reteaching" myself AK Freak - that's coming along. Spent some time on Alcazar, All Of Me, Bittersweet Memory, Blurred Lines, and Boys Will Be Boys, If I include AK Freak, that's 6 - fits with the 2-a-day program... I really have to work harder on this!
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Thursday, October 1
Am missing Deb's Thursday night class tonight. And feeling jealous of everyone who is up in Chicago for the Windy City Event this weekend.
Spent some time today going through all my stepsheets and pulled the ones that I want to at a minimum give a "once-over" and at a maximum "relearn" before Tampa. I figure I've got about a month. I've got about 65 dances that I want to go through - that's about two a day. Yikes! I'm hoping some of them will be on the open dance list at Rachael's and maybe some will show up on Thursday nights at Deb's class. In any event, must get busy refreshing my feet on some of these "older" dances that I KNOW will be played in Tampa!
DONE
AK Freak
All Of Me
Bittersweet Memory
Blurred Lines
Boys Will Be Boys
Celebrate
Chandelier
Cheesecake
Chicago Bonfire
Clap Happy
Coming Unplugged
Counting Stars
Don't
Fault Line
50 Ways
Fireball
Get It Bae
17 of 65
At Rachael's Workshop
Jesse James
No Man's Land
10/22
His Only Need
I Hope You Find It
Have Fun Go Mad
Hurt Me Carefully
I Got It Easy
Intrigue
Knockin' On Wood
Madness
27 of 65 (not quite half yet! 2 Weeks to go! 38 left... need to do more than 2 a day!)
Spent some time today going through all my stepsheets and pulled the ones that I want to at a minimum give a "once-over" and at a maximum "relearn" before Tampa. I figure I've got about a month. I've got about 65 dances that I want to go through - that's about two a day. Yikes! I'm hoping some of them will be on the open dance list at Rachael's and maybe some will show up on Thursday nights at Deb's class. In any event, must get busy refreshing my feet on some of these "older" dances that I KNOW will be played in Tampa!
DONE
AK Freak
All Of Me
Bittersweet Memory
Blurred Lines
Boys Will Be Boys
Celebrate
Chandelier
Cheesecake
Chicago Bonfire
Clap Happy
Coming Unplugged
Counting Stars
Don't
Fault Line
50 Ways
Fireball
Get It Bae
17 of 65
At Rachael's Workshop
Jesse James
No Man's Land
10/22
His Only Need
I Hope You Find It
Have Fun Go Mad
Hurt Me Carefully
I Got It Easy
Intrigue
Knockin' On Wood
Madness
27 of 65 (not quite half yet! 2 Weeks to go! 38 left... need to do more than 2 a day!)
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Saturday, September 12
I've had a thought running through my head - ever since someone took the World Linedance Newsletter Survey and broke it down into the "newer" dances and harder vs. easier. And, after a lengthy discussion with one of my friends about dances taught and dances that show up at events.
The survey is a valuable tool, but it's not the only tool. There are a number of dances that show up at events that are nowhere to be found on the survey. Especially in the beginner room. And while I don't want to teach in my classes based on what's happening at events, I do want to make sure that some dances that show up at events are taught so that those students who travel to the events, will have some dances they can do while they're there.
So, I need to figure out how to take the playlists from these events and combine them with the survey (both the WLD and the modified one) and come up with my own chart of dances that are not only popular but are also being danced at events. I'm hoping it will help to guide what I teach since there are just way too many dances out there!
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Thursday, September 3
I, personally, had a great dance day today! I spent quite a bit of my morning working on/reviewing a number of dances for Friday's class as well as teaching myself two dances to teach to this afternoon's class.
I am really, really, really liking this new dance of Jo Thompson Szymanski's - "Never Been To Spain". Learned a beginner dance "Never Been" to teach this afternoon so we have a floorsplit for the next social.
Also learned a new one, "Have Fun", also to teach this afternoon, also as a floor split for "Fun."
Plus reviewed/refreshed my memory on I'm Ready, And Get It On, Marilyn Monroe, Mr. Put It
Down, WTF, Twisted Sister, Dear Future Husband, Turn The Beat Around, Your Loving Arms, Hard Work, and Won't You Stay.
Plus once-overs on all the new ones: Riversoul, Suffer, Can't Feel My Face, Darling Hold My Hand, Eternal Secret, and The Avener.
Whew!
I am really, really, really liking this new dance of Jo Thompson Szymanski's - "Never Been To Spain". Learned a beginner dance "Never Been" to teach this afternoon so we have a floorsplit for the next social.
Also learned a new one, "Have Fun", also to teach this afternoon, also as a floor split for "Fun."
Plus reviewed/refreshed my memory on I'm Ready, And Get It On, Marilyn Monroe, Mr. Put It
Down, WTF, Twisted Sister, Dear Future Husband, Turn The Beat Around, Your Loving Arms, Hard Work, and Won't You Stay.
Plus once-overs on all the new ones: Riversoul, Suffer, Can't Feel My Face, Darling Hold My Hand, Eternal Secret, and The Avener.
Whew!
Monday, August 31, 2015
Monday, August 31
Another great dance day!
Intensive reviews on Suffer, Ain't No Angel, and Eternal Secret. Walk-thru reviews on several other dances and "just danced" Beautiful In My Eyes and The Avener.
Looking ahead to learning Never Been To Spain and working on Somewhere In My Car and Mr. Put It Down. New teaches coming to the M/F class (and a floor-split dance "Never Been" for Thursday's class, too!) very soon.
Intensive reviews on Suffer, Ain't No Angel, and Eternal Secret. Walk-thru reviews on several other dances and "just danced" Beautiful In My Eyes and The Avener.
Looking ahead to learning Never Been To Spain and working on Somewhere In My Car and Mr. Put It Down. New teaches coming to the M/F class (and a floor-split dance "Never Been" for Thursday's class, too!) very soon.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Sunday, August 30
Worked on a few dances this morning before practice in preparation for tomorrow's class. Will be reviewing Suffer and Eternal Secret tomorrow, along with an indepth review of Ain't No Angel.
Also pulled out Rachael's dance "Somewhere In My Car" that she taught a few years ago at Cowboy's in Davie, FL. Since that song has been on the radio with some frequency this summer, I thought maybe it was time to revisit that dance and see where it goes. I don't think I'll teach it tomorrow - but soon. And I may even try it with Thursday's class. We'll see.
Hopefully this week will provide a full week of dance opportunities - there've been too many missed classes over the past couple weeks. It's time to get down to the business of dancing!
Also pulled out Rachael's dance "Somewhere In My Car" that she taught a few years ago at Cowboy's in Davie, FL. Since that song has been on the radio with some frequency this summer, I thought maybe it was time to revisit that dance and see where it goes. I don't think I'll teach it tomorrow - but soon. And I may even try it with Thursday's class. We'll see.
Hopefully this week will provide a full week of dance opportunities - there've been too many missed classes over the past couple weeks. It's time to get down to the business of dancing!
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Saturday, August 15
I guess now that I'm home from my travels, it's time to kick up the blog again!
Received an email from Bettye the other day with all the dances she's doing up in Virginia. Nice to see that what she's been doing coincides nicely with a lot of what we're doing down here. Always makes it just a little bit easier for those who are returning after being gone all summer if they already know some of the dances that are being done in our area. Bettye - can't wait for your return!!!
This is from Bettye's email:
Received an email from Bettye the other day with all the dances she's doing up in Virginia. Nice to see that what she's been doing coincides nicely with a lot of what we're doing down here. Always makes it just a little bit easier for those who are returning after being gone all summer if they already know some of the dances that are being done in our area. Bettye - can't wait for your return!!!
This is from Bettye's email:
This is what we are dancing up here in Virginia:
Class #1
Darlin' Hold My Hand (64/2) - Neville Fitzgerald & Julie Harris
Living To Love You (32/4) - Maria Maag
Eternal Secret (32/2) - Ria Vos
Run Away With You (64/4) - Neville Fitzgerald & Julie Harris
Ain't No Angel (32/2) - Malene Jakobsen (Denmark) & Debbie McLaughlin
Slam Goes The Door (32/4) - Neville Fitzgerald & Julie Harris
Goodbye Cha (64/4) - Neville Fitzgerald & Julie Harris
Black Magic - Alison & Peter
Girl Crush (32/2) - Alison Johnstone & Rachael McEnaney
Mr Put It Down - Rachael McEnaney-White
Class #2
Shades of Passion (72/4) - Rob Fowler
Twisted Sister (32/4) - Guyton Mundy
Homegrown - Rachael McEnaney
Do You Wanna Dance (8/14) - Marie Sørensen
Down To The River (64/2) - Klara Wallman
Write Your Name (32/4) - Julia Wetzel
Down To The Wire (32/4) - Julia Wetzel
All I Can Say (64/2) - Rachael McEnaney & Simon Ward
I think these are planned for future:
I'm Yours Completely - Sue Ann Ehmann
I Love It - Ria Vos
Foot Play - Daniel Whittaker
Do What You Do - Rachael McEnaney-White
Mami Chula - Julia Wetzel
Your Place Or Mine - Ria Vos, Winson, Hickie
Gold - Bailey, Whitehouse
Witness - Fred Whitehouse and Darren Bailey
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