Line Dance Party in New Bern - Aug 20

BC Beach is hosting a line dance party at the Rivertowne Ballroom in New Bern on Aug 20 from 7-10pm. Come join BC and have a great time!

Rivertowne Ballroom
305 Pollock Street
New Bern, NC


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Kickit's Top Ten dance lists

I thought these lists were interesting to look at, so here they are:

Most Known
1. Come Dance With Me by Jo Thompson
   
2. Tush Push by Jim Ferrazzano & Kenneth Engel
   
3. Cruisin' by Neil Hale
   
4. Electric Slide by Unknown
   
5. Wave On Wave by Alan G. Birchall
   
6. Watermelon Crawl by Sue Lipscomb
   
7. Chill Factor by Daniel Whittaker & Hayley Westhead
   
8. Bosa Nova by Phil Dennington
   
9. Dizzy by Jo Thompson
   
10. Waltz Across Texas by Lois & John Nielson

Most Danced
1. Something In The Water by Niels B. Poulsen
   
2. I'm No Good by Rachael McEnaney
   
3. (TIE) Blue Night Cha by Kim Ray
   
4. (TIE) Country As Can Be by Suzanne Wilson
   
5. (tie) Alabama Slammin by Rachael McEnaney
   
6. (tie) Inspiration by Robbie McGowan Hickie
   
7. (TIE) Broken Stones by Dee Musk
   
8. (TIE) Burlesque by Norman Gifford
   
9. (TIE) Calypso Mexico by Ria Vos
   
10. (TIE) Chica Boom Boom by Vikki Morris
    
11. (TIE) Come Dance With Me by Jo Thompson
    
12. (TIE) Country Walkin' by Teree Desarro
    
13. (TIE) Cruisin' by Neil Hale
    
14. (TIE) Jailhouse Creole by Double Trouble
    
15. (TIE) Little Red Book by Dee Musk
    
16. (TIE) Louisiana Swing by Kate Sala & Robbie McGowan Hickie
    
17. (TIE) Love Letter Waltz by Frank Trace
    
18. (TIE) Shake It For Me by Larry Bass
    
19. (TIE) Tush Push by Jim Ferrazzano & Kenneth Engel

Favorite
1. Bosa Nova by Phil Dennington
   
2. 2 Chill Factor by Daniel Whittaker & Hayley Westhead
   
3. 3 Come Dance With Me by Jo Thompson
   
4. 4 Zjozzys Funk by Petra Van de Velde
   
5. (TIE) Dizzy by Jo Thompson
   
6. (TIE) Toes by Rachael McEnaney
   
7. (tie) Bomshel Stomp by Jamie Marshall & Karen Hedges
   
8. (tie) Rio by Diana Lowery
   
9. (TIE) Caught In The Act by Ann Wood
   
10. (TIE) Islands In The Stream by Karen Jones

Most Taught
1. Something In The Water by Niels B. Poulsen
   
2. I'm No Good by Rachael McEnaney
   
3. Shake It For Me by Larry Bass
   
4. Alabama Slammin by Rachael McEnaney
   
5. Country Girl Shake by Michele Adlam & Maria Hennings Hunt
   
6. (TIE)6 (tie) Calypso Mexico by Ria Vos
   
7. (TIE) Inspiration by Robbie McGowan Hickie
   
8. (tie) Blue Night Cha by Kim Ray
   
9. (tie) Love Letter Waltz by Frank Trace
   
10. (tie) Love, JoAnn by Marie Sørensen

Free DJ software for your PC or Mac!

Many instructors stick to their iPod/iPhone/iPads to DJ, or if they use a PC they usually use either iTunes or the default media player to play music in their classes.

Well, Virtual DJ Home is now available for FREE! Virtual DJ is a very nice piece of software that will give you lots more control over what is played and how it is played. Kudos to the company for offering this program for free.

You can read more about the program and its features (and download it!) here.

Entire Kickit step sheet collection on iPad

Who would have thought you could take the entire step sheet collection on Kickit and put it on an iPad? 50,000+ line dances, ready to go! It's neat to be able to have all of the step sheets in one place and in a searchable condition. It's also great to have the Youtube videos of the dances I'm currently teaching or have taught recently ready to go so I can review faster and show the students the dance whenever they want to see it. My iPad 2 is truly a useful tool!

If you have an iPad and want to know how I did this, email me!

Havelock playlist - Aug 17

From Nan

Here is the playlist for Wed. Aug. 17. 2011. Look forward to seeing everyone then. $2 each. Request list for next week will be on front table. Take care.


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Videos and music

When you find a dance you like, chances are you now go to Youtube.com to see if a video of it has been posted. Usually you'll find a video of the dance and in the video the music that goes with the dance will be played.

It's times like these that sites like Keepvid become quite useful.

World Line Dance Newsletter Weekly Survey Top 10 - Aug 14

From Carol Craven's newsletter:

38 I'm No Good/Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
38 Talkin To The Moon/Joey Warren/Intermediate Phrased
35 Rolling in the Deep/Maggie Gallangher/intermediate
29 Bittersweet Memory/Ria Vos/Intermediate
26 Lady Luck/Niels Poulsen/Inttermediate/Advanced
24 Alabama Slammin’/Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
22 Somewhere With You/Wills & Schrank/Int
20 Burlesque/Norman Gifford/Intermediate
19 A little Bit Of Lovin;/GYTAL/Beginner
19 Still Got the Blues/Poulsen/int-adv.