Line Dance Marathon information

From Jean Garr:

Hi Line Dancers!

Attached is the 2012 jg Line Dance Marathon flyer. If you could pass out or send to your fellow dancers that would be great. (For some reason every attachment zips!! UGH!). If the Winzip causes a problem, Registration and Information forms will be on the website www.jgpresentsmarathon.com early next week. You’ll also be able to book your hotel room online from the website.

I know this is a bit later than usual and I hope you’re having a great 2012 so far.

With the help of Scott Blevins, and the input of many from the dance community, I’m changing the entire format of the Marathon. This is the beginning of a new era for The Marathon, and I’m very excited, and a little scared. ;-)

Some of the changes are:

• There will not be any paid workshops.
  
• There will be four workshop rooms and all workshops will be included in the weekend pass.
  
• The dance previews will be Thursday and Friday evenings.
  
• There will be two ballrooms for evening dancing. The Imperial ballroom - (focusing on today’s popular dances and requests) and the Empire ballroom - (focusing on beginner and improver dances taught throughout the weekend and requests)

We’re still going to have a theme for the weekend and encourage people to join in the fun by dressing up for the Saturday evening show and dance, but we’ll be dropping the parade but still have a costume contest.

With your participation, I know we can make sure that the Marathon continues to be a successful and popular event for many years to come.

Look for to seeing many of you again.

Jean

New Bern line dance party - Feb 18

A LINE DANCE PARTY will be held on Saturday February 18th from 7PM to 10PM at the Rivertowne Ballroom in New Bern. A pot-luck dinner will come before the party and start at 6PM. Cost is $7. Requests will be taken and all are welcome.

Note from me... the Rivertowne Ballroom is a great place to go and learn ballroom dancing as well as line dancing.


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World Line Dance Newsletter top dances - 1/22

From Carol Craven's World Line Dance Newsletter:

AND THE WINNER IS
DRINKING WINE
BY FRANK TRACE, GERARD MURPHY AND MICHAEL BARR
WITH 35 VOTES
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VOTE!!

35 - Drinkin’ Wine - Frank Trace, Gerard Murphy, Michael Barr/Intermediate
27 - Rock Your Body - Sittrip-Intermediate
26 - Rolling In the Deep - Maggie Gallagher/Intermediate
23 - Without You - Will Craig/Intermediate-Advance
22 - Alabama Slammin’ - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
21 - Bittersweet Memory - Vos/Intermediate
20 - Shake It For Me - Larry Bass/Intermediate
19 - Cabbalero - Ira Weisburd/Intermediate
18 - Domino - Rachael McEnaney
18 - Lady Luck - Niels Poulson
18 - Freak A Little More - Scott Bevins-Intermediate
18 - Quarter After One - Levi J. Hubbard; Intermediate
18 - Something in the Water - Niels Poulsen/High Beginner
16 - Hi-A-Ma-Cha - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
16 - I'm No Good - Rachel McEnaney/Intermediate
16 - Mr. Mysterious - Rachel McEneaney/Intermediate
16 - Take You Home - Willis/Intermediate
15 - Blue Night Cha - Kim Ray/Intermediate
14 - La Luna - Peter Metelnick, Alison Biggs/Intermediate

Havelock line dance playlist - Jan. 25

From Nan:

Hope to see everyone there. We will not dance on Wed. Feb. 1. Take care.


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Sam Hollyman, the kid that WOWed Michael Buble

This is video that was taken from another angle (and lasts longer too) of when Michael Buble brought Sam the teen singer up on stage and was wowed by him.

Mixed Up Little Hip Chick

And now for a break from line dancing... this is the video for the song Mixed Up Little Hip Chick by the Kings of Pleasure. I just bought their latest CD and have been jamming to it!

More new dances - Double U Double D and Slipaway Cha

Two more dances worth checking out are Double U Double D and Slipaway Cha.

Double U Double D is a new improver level dance choreographed by Rita Vos. It goes to the song What Would Dolly Do, sung by Kristin Chenoweth. The song has a high energy feel to it, and the dance works well. Give it a try!




Mr. Showcase himself, John Robinson, has released a new dance called Slipaway Cha, done to the song Slip Away off of Scooter Lee's new album (Big Bang Boogie). It's a nice relaxing cha dance that you'll enjoy. The dance is a good one for beginners that have a little dancing under their belts. Btw, Scooter's new album is a good one to get. Scooter's a sweetheart!

World Line Dance Newsletter top dances - 1/15

AND THE WINNER IS
DRINKIN’ WINE
by Frank Trace, Gerard Murphy and Michael Barr
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND THANKS, EVERYONE -- A LOT OF EVERYONES -- WHO TOOK THE TIME TO VOTE THIS WEEK.

53 - Drinkin’ Wine - Frank Trace, Gerard Murphy, Michael Barr/Intermediate
41 - Rolling In the Deep - Maggie Gallagher/Intermediate
33 - Bittersweet Memory - Vos/Intermediate
32 - Alabama Slammin’ - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
30 - Rock Your Body - Sittrop/Intermediate
30 - Something in the Water - Niels Poulsen; Beginner
27 - Take You Home - Junior Willis/Intermediate
27 - Without You - Will Craig/Intermediate-Advance
26 - Shake It For Me - Larry Bass/Intermediate
25 - Blue Night Cha - Kim Ray/Intermediate
25 - Burlesque - Norman Gifford/Intermediate
25 - La Luna - Peter Metelnick, Alison Biggs/Intermediate
24 - Mr. Mysterious - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate

Havelock line dance playlist - Jan. 18

From Nan:

Attached is playlist for Wed. Jan 18, 2012 Havelock. Hope everyone is ready to get back to dancing! $3 each. Look forward to seeing all on Wed. If you get a chance look at Jump in da Line; recommended by Jax ladies and it looks like a lot of fun. See you Wed! Take care.



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New dances to check out

Below are a couple of new dances that have caught my eye.

First up is Sebastiaan Holtland's El Loco Mambo. It's a 32 count beg/int level dance. I really like the song that it's choreographed to (Mambo Loco by Orchestra Bagutti).




And now for the dance Everybody Come & Dance by Irene Tang. Irene's dance has a funky feel to it which goes well with the music.

Most Popular Line Dances in 2011

1-2-3-4 (Dec'10) choreographed by Niels Poulsen was the most popular line dance in 2011 by popular choice, followed by Caballero (A Spanish Gentleman) (Jun'11) which was introduced in July and choreographed by Ira Weisburd. Rock The House (Mar'11) choreographed by Dan Morrison took third placing. Swan, Wo Wen Tian (Chinese), Calypso Mexico, Burlesque, Innocent, On The Floor & Chachanela occupied the rest of the Top 10 spots, respectively.

The rest of the article can be read at line dancing webnode.