Regional Line Dance Workshop - Stantonsburg NC

When:	July 10, 2010
Where:	Susan's Place Stantonsburg, NC
Cost:	$5.00 for one session only
	$7.00 for both sessions

Beginner/Easy Intermediate Session: 11:00 - 1:00
Intermediate/Advanced Session: 1:00 - 6:00

Please let me know if you are planning to attend the Beginner/Easy Intermediate Session starting at 11:00 by emailing me at the address below. I would like to have an approximate number of people attending so I can plan accordingly. The dances we have planned for the Intermediate/Advanced Session will be harder Intermediate to advanced dances so I would like to have something for everyone who attends. Anyone needing directions, please let me know.

Water and Soft Drinks will be available for $1.00. Please bring snack food to share during the day.

HAPPY DANCING!
dancerlady@embarqmail.com

Line dances request

Here you go Mary :^)

• I C U by Petre, Robinson, and Willis [video] [steps]
  
• Why Don't You Do Right by Max Perry [video] [steps]

Line Dancing Etiqette

Well, I decided to put together a list of dance floor 'rules' for line dancers - a list of line dance etiquette. Most of these should be common sense whether you’re at a class, a club, or a community social.

Before the dance...


• When you’re in a class, or group, and new people come to join, give them a big welcome and see if they have any questions about how to sign in, or where to put their things, or whatever. Make them feel welcome!
  
• Only bring yourself onto the dance floor - no food, drinks, or smokes.
  
• Don't talk while an instructor is teaching.
  
• Please let the beginners dance in the front row. The less experience a dancer has, the closer they should be to the instructor.
  
• Remember - everyone was once a beginner. If you have some experience, please try to be helpful to newcomers.
  
• Don't teach someone a step or a move unless they ask you to.
  
  Once instruction is over...
  
  
• Don’t walk through the dancers to get to the other side of the floor. Walk around the outside edge of the dance floor instead.
  
• If you want to talk to someone, leave the dance floor. Standing there blocks others.
  
• If you have a DJ playing your music, be polite and respectful when you make a request. If they can’t play your song, please don’t be a brat about it.
  
• When dancing near beginners, be mindful and courteous and don't show off. You will only intimidate them.
  
• If you bump into someone on the dance floor, apologize. It doesn't matter whose fault it was.
  
• Don't teach someone the steps right in the middle of the dance floor. Leave the dance floor and find an empty place to teach them.
  
• If you’re the one starting a dance, go to the front of the dancers so the others can fall in behind you.
  
• Don't start a different dance unless there is plenty of room, and you sense it is acceptable.
  
• Once a dance begins, please join from the back or the end of the line - not in the middle (unless invited).
  
• Don't hog the floor. Everyone needs some space.
  
• If the lines are long and you will block the outside edge of the dance floor if you join, start another line instead.
  
• The line of dance (LOD) is always anti-clockwise.
  
• Leave the outside edge of the dance floor open for couples dancers. Dancers dancing around the edge have the right of way. Be careful not to block their progress.
  
• In many venues line dancing is done at the same time and on the same floor as couples dancing. A general rule is that the more a dance moves, the more to the outside it goes. Line dances, swing dancing, and spot dances are for the center ofthe floor. Couples dances that progress forward go around the outside of the dance floor, and the faster the progression, the more to the outside the couple goes.
  
  
• Remember the magic words: Please and Thank You.
  
  
• Keep your head up and keep smiling. Have fun!

Yipee is back up!

No details, and the site isn't functional yet, but it's good to know that Peter Ng's Yipee is back up.

NC Regional Line Dance Workshop review

Well, yesterday's Line Dance Workshop is over. My feet are still recovering today lol. 36 people attended the beginners class and intermediates class, and all had a great time during the classes and the open dancing afterward.

Thanks goes out to BC Beach for her hard work in setting things up and the Rivertowne Ballroom in New Bern for hosting the workshop. Thanks also go out to Rose & Henry Litke, Whit Haner, Rose, BC Beach, Jim Hart, Renita Vega, Susan Webb, and Diane Hargett for teaching.

The dances taught were:

• Say Maybe by Unknown [no video] [steps]
  
• Almost Cha Cha by D.J. Lansaw [video] [steps]
  
• Follow Me by Lescarbeau and Andrews [no video] [steps]
  
• Under the Sun by Sue and Kathy 'Linedance' [video] [steps]
  
• Walking in the Rain by Maggie Gallagher [video] [steps]
  
• Dog-Gone Blues by Szymanski, Burton, and Barr [video] [steps]
  
• Hey Soul Sister by Luna and Ellis Potter [video] [steps]
  
• Murder My Heart by Fitzgerald and Harris [video] [steps]
  
• Kinda Busy by Bennett [video] [steps]

Let's catch up on recent dance teaches in Jacksonville

6/17/2010

We learned

• Summer Rockin' by Malene Jakobsen [video] [steps]

We reviewed:

• Breaking Up is Hard to Do by Maria Tao [video] [steps]

6/10/2010

We learned

• Dirtee Disco by Jo/John Kinser & Mark Furnell [video] [steps]
  
• Breaking Up Is Hard To Do by Maria Tao [video] [steps]

6/3/2010

We learned:

• Do the Cha Cha by Joyce Nicholas [video] [steps]

We reviewed:

• Hello Dolly by Lorraine Kurtela [video] [steps]
  
• Why Don't You Do Right by Max Perry [video] [steps]

Friday night dance Request Party in Kinston

Diane Hargett is having a Friday night dance Request Party in Kinston that is a Kickoff for the Workshop in New Bern Saturday. It will be held at the Wysefork Community Building from 7-10PM. The cost is $5. Diane will have drinks and snacks there for us. Everyone is welcome. Send your requests or questions to hargett1@centurylink.net

REGIONAL LINE DANCE WORKSHOP

When:
Saturday June 26, 2010

Where:
Rivertowne Ballroom (directions)
305 Pollock St.
New Bern, NC 28560
252-637-2003

• Beginner Session: 11:00AM-2:00PM ($5.00)
  Overlaps into the Intermediate session because a high beginner/easy intermediate dance will be taught first in the intermediate session at 1:00.
  
  
• Lunch Break: 12:30-1:00PM
  
  
• Intermediate Session: 1:00-5:00PM ($5.00)
  Yours truly will be teaching Walking in the Rain [video] during the intermediate session.
  
  
• Dinner Break: 5:00 - 6:00PM
  
  
• Reviews/Open Dance: 6:00-Until ($7.00)
  Free to those participating during the paid session during the day.

The ballroom will stay open during dinner break from 6:00-7:00 for those who just want to stay and review/dance during that time. Plenty of restaurants located within walking distance.

Bottled water will be provided for $1. Snacks provided by local dancers.