Diane & Sandy held the 2nd Joey/Gary Show this past weekend (or, as they are now known, the Goey/Jerry show!!!) and it was fantastic! Great playlist for Friday night at the Women’s Club in Castleberry and the day-long workshop on Saturday from 10-5. (Even “blossoming” Rachael came to say “hi” to everyone!)
Gary taught three dances: Vanotek Cha (which we already knew - great dance!); Beautiful Flames (with Maggie G) and Cross Your Mind (developed right there on-site for the last teach of the day). Joey taught two dances: Filthy and Right Here (both from the Xperience and it was wonderful to get re-teaches on them!).
We had a respectable number of attendees from SW Florida - Valerie, Nancy, Carol, Joe, Robi, Vicki, Kathy, Annie, and me.
First teach right out of the gate today at the Sunday class in Estero: Cross Your Mind. Will teach it tomorrow as well. Will need a step sheet for Beautiful Flames... and the stepsheets for Joey’s Filthy and Right Here were just posted so I can finally take a good look at those as well.
Another great weekend of dance!!!
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Classics Workshop 4/14/18
Betsy held another great classics workshop on the 14th! She taught Street Soul, Whatever Happens, Drive Me Wild, and Crazy Foot Mambo.
Street Soul is from Masters In Line (aka Rachael McEnaney-White and Paul McAdam).
I had never heard of Whatever Happens - and it’s a GREAT dance!
Drive Me Wild (Scott Blevins) we had learned from Cody at the March Madness workshop and have been dancing it regulalry since... so I got to sit and regroup during that teach.
Crazy Foot Mambo (Paul McAdam) is an easy, fun little dance!
Betsy also taught Scott & Megan Wheeler’s newest dance “Do It Like This” which is a funky, fast 64-count awesome dance!
Street Soul is from Masters In Line (aka Rachael McEnaney-White and Paul McAdam).
I had never heard of Whatever Happens - and it’s a GREAT dance!
Drive Me Wild (Scott Blevins) we had learned from Cody at the March Madness workshop and have been dancing it regulalry since... so I got to sit and regroup during that teach.
Crazy Foot Mambo (Paul McAdam) is an easy, fun little dance!
Betsy also taught Scott & Megan Wheeler’s newest dance “Do It Like This” which is a funky, fast 64-count awesome dance!
Monday, March 26, 2018
March Workshops!
This has just been a crazy stretch of dancing!
It all started in January with Betsy’s classics workshop which was followed by the Hillsborough County event followed by the Xperience in New Orleans followed by the Scott Blevins weekend followed by the Rachael workshop followed by our own March Madness workshop with Cody Flowers! There have been so many new dances introduced lately - it’s nearly impossible to keep track of them all!!!
We went to Orando for Rachael’s workshop the weekend of March 9. Rachael taught several new dances including Maddison’s Whiskey Bridges and her own If It Don’t Matter; her classic Don’t Miss A Thing, two dances from the Xperience - Come Alive and Watch The Tempo, her own See You Strut, and a waltz by Rachael and Brenna Stith - I Hate Love Songs. All just awesome dances!
On March 24, Valerie Reed hosted the March Madness workshop in Englewood with Cody Flowers. Cody taught his own dance, Vows, a cute new improver dance by Roy Verdonk, Jef Camps, & Pim Van Grootel - Do The Walk, and a classic Scott Blevins Drive Me Wild.
Debbie Carpenter and I team taught Neville & Julie’s Til I’m Done - a cha cha we learned at the Xperience in February.
It all started in January with Betsy’s classics workshop which was followed by the Hillsborough County event followed by the Xperience in New Orleans followed by the Scott Blevins weekend followed by the Rachael workshop followed by our own March Madness workshop with Cody Flowers! There have been so many new dances introduced lately - it’s nearly impossible to keep track of them all!!!
We went to Orando for Rachael’s workshop the weekend of March 9. Rachael taught several new dances including Maddison’s Whiskey Bridges and her own If It Don’t Matter; her classic Don’t Miss A Thing, two dances from the Xperience - Come Alive and Watch The Tempo, her own See You Strut, and a waltz by Rachael and Brenna Stith - I Hate Love Songs. All just awesome dances!
On March 24, Valerie Reed hosted the March Madness workshop in Englewood with Cody Flowers. Cody taught his own dance, Vows, a cute new improver dance by Roy Verdonk, Jef Camps, & Pim Van Grootel - Do The Walk, and a classic Scott Blevins Drive Me Wild.
Debbie Carpenter and I team taught Neville & Julie’s Til I’m Done - a cha cha we learned at the Xperience in February.
Sunday, February 25, 2018
5th Annual Scott Blevins Workshop 2/23-24/18
Another great workshop in Deerfield Beach this weekend! Friday night social, Saturday workshop, Saturday night social! We had three carloads of people there! It was Robi’s first overnight - so fun to see the awe and amazement (just like a kid at Christmas!).
Scott taught 3 new dances and 1 classic.
Gypsy in the Night (music Roots)
I Won’t Let You down (music same name) with Deb Rushton
Lil lMama (music same name) with Jo Thompson Szymanski
Classic: Coochie Bang Bang
All 3 dances were great! All will probably be taught - WHEN is the question as this weekend came right on the heels of the Xperience which came right on the heels of Tampa (Hiillsborough Celebration) which all come right before Rachael... followed by our own workshop with Cody Flowers!!! OMG OMG OMG!!!
Scott taught 3 new dances and 1 classic.
Gypsy in the Night (music Roots)
I Won’t Let You down (music same name) with Deb Rushton
Lil lMama (music same name) with Jo Thompson Szymanski
Classic: Coochie Bang Bang
All 3 dances were great! All will probably be taught - WHEN is the question as this weekend came right on the heels of the Xperience which came right on the heels of Tampa (Hiillsborough Celebration) which all come right before Rachael... followed by our own workshop with Cody Flowers!!! OMG OMG OMG!!!
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Hillsborough County Line Dance Celebration
This year’s Celebration was held on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Northdale Rec Center in North Tampa. (And for next year, I need to remember that the drive takes just under 3 hours! For a 9:30 start, we don’t need to leave before 6:30am!
Lots of people in attendance - lots of great dancing! We had six of us (Cheri didn’t come along as she was still battling a cold) - Colette (who did all the driving!), Robi, Karen, Kathy, Terry, and I. Jutta and Marie were there as well - along with plenty of dancers that we know from all over Florida.
The classes I took were:
Sheri teaching Ria Vos’ “Tearing Us Apart” (a winnner for everyone who atttended!), Marilyn teaching Gary Lafferty’s “A Thousand Stars”, Andrew & Sheila Palmer’s “Sleepy Eyes”, and Maggie Gallagher’s “Tightrope”. A Thousand Stars and Sleepy Eyes will work well for Thursday. Tightrope is an awesome waltz! I peeked in on Lynda Licht’s teach of “Perfect” to make sure I was doing it right - only to break her concentration and had to help her out of a counting jam... and then attended Lynda’s teach on Jo Thompson Szymanski & Maddison Glover’s dance “Pull You Through” (which Deb had taught on Thursday so it wasn’t brand new...) - another good dance. Everything I took will work well in one class or another! It just may be a bit before anyone sees them.... we leave for New Orleans on the heels of this - and there will be plenty more coming out of there! Woofda!
Lots of people in attendance - lots of great dancing! We had six of us (Cheri didn’t come along as she was still battling a cold) - Colette (who did all the driving!), Robi, Karen, Kathy, Terry, and I. Jutta and Marie were there as well - along with plenty of dancers that we know from all over Florida.
The classes I took were:
Sheri teaching Ria Vos’ “Tearing Us Apart” (a winnner for everyone who atttended!), Marilyn teaching Gary Lafferty’s “A Thousand Stars”, Andrew & Sheila Palmer’s “Sleepy Eyes”, and Maggie Gallagher’s “Tightrope”. A Thousand Stars and Sleepy Eyes will work well for Thursday. Tightrope is an awesome waltz! I peeked in on Lynda Licht’s teach of “Perfect” to make sure I was doing it right - only to break her concentration and had to help her out of a counting jam... and then attended Lynda’s teach on Jo Thompson Szymanski & Maddison Glover’s dance “Pull You Through” (which Deb had taught on Thursday so it wasn’t brand new...) - another good dance. Everything I took will work well in one class or another! It just may be a bit before anyone sees them.... we leave for New Orleans on the heels of this - and there will be plenty more coming out of there! Woofda!
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Thursday Dance Class Analysis
I finally got around to analyzing our dancing for the last year (or so).
From 8/22/16-1/25/18 (16 months) we have 5 dances we danced at least 15 times or more. 158 dances were taught/reviewed/danced; 64 new dances taught (which came out to about 1 new dance/week).
Most danced - Blessed (20)
High On Loving You (19)
Why Baby Why (18)
American Kids (16)
Love Junk (15)
Friday At The Dance, Homegrown, and Lit (14)
1159 and Lonely Green Eyes (13)
Made In The Shade and Oops Baby (12)
Keep It Groovin’, Lonely Drum, Never Ever Go Away, and No Mercy (11)
Most Requested Dance For Socials -
American Kids and High On Loving You (each at 9)
Homegrown (8)
Never Ever Go Away (7)
Askin’ Questions, The Bomp, 1159, Lay Low, Night Train, Telepathy, This Is Me, Under The Sun, and Why Baby Why (5)
From 8/22/16-1/25/18 (16 months) we have 5 dances we danced at least 15 times or more. 158 dances were taught/reviewed/danced; 64 new dances taught (which came out to about 1 new dance/week).
Most danced - Blessed (20)
High On Loving You (19)
Why Baby Why (18)
American Kids (16)
Love Junk (15)
Friday At The Dance, Homegrown, and Lit (14)
1159 and Lonely Green Eyes (13)
Made In The Shade and Oops Baby (12)
Keep It Groovin’, Lonely Drum, Never Ever Go Away, and No Mercy (11)
Most Requested Dance For Socials -
American Kids and High On Loving You (each at 9)
Homegrown (8)
Never Ever Go Away (7)
Askin’ Questions, The Bomp, 1159, Lay Low, Night Train, Telepathy, This Is Me, Under The Sun, and Why Baby Why (5)
Monday, January 29, 2018
Classics Workshop
Another great day of dancing in Deerfield Beach on Saturday (1/27/18)! 4 classics were taught (Betsy taught Hands Up, Jesse James, and Smooth Criminal, Candee taught Freak A Little More). All great teaches!
Also, quick reviews of the last workshop’s teaches and open dancing included 3 of the 4 taught at the first workshop!
Looking forward to the next one!
Also, quick reviews of the last workshop’s teaches and open dancing included 3 of the 4 taught at the first workshop!
Looking forward to the next one!
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