World Line Dance top dances - 11/20

From Carol Craven's World Line Dance Newsletter:

AND THE WINNER IS
ROLLING IN THE DEEP BY MAGGIE GALLAGHER
WITH 26 VOTES
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER AND THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VOTE.

26 - Rolling In The Deep - Maggie Gallagher/Intermediate
22 - Bittersweet Memory - Vos/Intermediate
21 - Alabama Slammin’ - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
18 - Rock Your Body - Franciene Sittrop/Int.
18 - Something in the Water - Niels Poulsen/Beginner
15 - Beyond Your Eyes - Peter & Alison/Beg/Int.
14 - Burlesque - Norman Gifford/Intermediate
14 - Freak A Little - Scott Blevins/Intermediate
14 - I'm No Good - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
14 - Not Without Us - Ria Vos/Intermediate
14 - Shake It For Me - Larry Bass/Intermediate
13 - Blue Night Cha - Kim Ray/Intermediate
13 - Mr. Mysterious - Rachel McEnaney/Int
13 - Party Freak - Kate Sala/Intermediate
12 - Cooler Than Me - Frank Trace/Beginner
12 - La Luna - Peter Metelnick & Alison Biggs/int

New dance - Barefoot Blue Jean Night

Today's new dance is one called Barefoot Blue Jean Night and is choreographed by my friend Kathy Verkamp. The dance has a nice feel to it and works well with the country music "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" by Jake Owen. Give it a try and see what you think! Every time I dance it, the dance grows on me a little bit more.

NC Regional Line Dance review

Review by Susan Webb:

A NC Regional Line Dance workshop was held last Saturday, November 12 at Wyse Fork Community Building in Dover, hosted by Diane Hargett.

Diane Hargett and Bonnie Mathews taught dances in the Easy Intermediate session.

• Wild Thang by Sue Ann Ehmann to Wild Thang by Johnny Williams. It is a 32 count, 4 wall dance with no tags or restarts with some fun hips/knees. The first 8 count is the hardest but the rest quite easy.
  
  
• Rude Boy by Junior Willis and Amy Spenser is a 48 count, 4 wall phrased dance to Rude Boy by Rihanna. The phrasing is easy, Part A is 32 counts and B is 16 counts. B is only done on the front and back walls. The dance combines Junior's signature steps with Amy's funky style.
  
  
• Kick Start by Kim Ray is a 48 count 4 wall dance done to Kick Start by JLS. 48 counts are only done 3 times and the last 16 counts are left out the rest of the dance.

Dances taught in the Intermediate/Advanced session were as follows:

• BC Beach taught Walkin' Blues by Jill Babinec and Debi Pancoast, an intermediate 48 count, 2 wall, west coast swing line dance danced to the music Walkin' Blues by Melinda Doolittle. It has some fun pelvis rocks, shorty george's, and a roly poly jazz box along with the more traditional steps.
  
  
• Bonnie Mathews taught Throw the Dice by Joey Warren, an advanced 2 wall funky phrased dance with a tag and a restart. It is danced to the music, Hit Me Up by Danny Fernandes ft. Josh Ramsay. A is easy, B gets "footsy", and the tag takes practice since the count is different from the beginning of the dance which you usually do at that point.
  
  
• Susan Webb taught Hurt Me So by Scott Blevins, a 32 count 4 wall intermediate dance with no tags or restarts danced to the music, Hurt Me So (Lack of Afro mix) by The Diplomats of Solid Sound. The walls are not hard to do after learning the first wall, but the fast tempo of the music makes the dance a little more of a challenge but another great dance by Scott.
  
  
• Renita Vega taught Never Enough by Joey Warren, a 32 count 2 wall very pretty smooth intermediate dance with 2 restarts and 1 tag danced to the music Addicted by Prince Royce.

Thanks to the teachers and the participants for making this a fun workshop and for all the great food everyone brought.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We will not have a regional workshop in December since it is such a busy time for everyone. Have a great holiday season. I look forward to seeing you in January.

(Links to dances and/or videos were added by me to make it easier for the readers of my blog to get the step sheets and/or dance videos.)

World Line Dance top dances - 11/13

From Carol Craven's World Line Dance Newsletter:

AND THE WINNER IS
ROLLING IN THE DEEP BY MAGGIE GALLAGHER
WITH 40 VOTES
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER AND THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VOTE

40 - Rolling In the Deep - Maggie Gallagher/Intermediate
30 - Bittersweet Memory - Vos/Intermediate
27 - Mr. Mysterious - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
23 - La Luna - Peter Metelnick, Alison Biggs/Intermediate
22 - Alabama Slammin’ - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
19 - Something in the Water - Niels Poulsen; Beginner
18 - Beyond Your Eyes - Peter Metelnick and Alison Biggs/Intermediate
18 - Lady Luck - Poulsen/Int.Adv.
17 - Freak A Little More - Scott Blevins/Intermediate
17 - I'm No Good - Rachael McEnenay/Intermediate
17 - Prejudice - Debbie McLaughlin-Advanced
17 - Rock Your Body - Franciene Sittrop/ intermediate
16 - Chicken Walk Jive - Stott/Intermediate

This week's new line dances

These are but a few of the line dances that have come out recently that I like. Each dance is judged (by me) on its own merits and not whether it's on a top ten list somewhere.

First up is Samba del Rio by Alison Johnstone. Alison's dance is a 64 Count, 2 Wall, intermediate level samba rhythm line dance done to the song Brazilian Love Affair by Shakatak. Juliet and her great dancers perform and teach the dance.




Next is a nice little country line dance called Seein' Double. Steve & Denise Bisson choreographed the dance to the song Feelin' Single, Seein' Double by Ann Tayler:




No tags? No restarts? I'm in! Wild Thang, a line dance by Sue Ann Ehmann, is a 32 count easy intermediate dance done to Wild Thang (All Night Long) by Johnny Williams. It's not quite the same "Wild Thing" that you've heard though.




Last (but not least) we have the dance La Llama, choreographed by Maria Maag. Maria's dance is a 64 count intermediate/advanced cha cha line dance, so get your thinking caps ready. The music? La Llama by Chris Ice.




As always, thanks go out to the fine choreographers, dancers, and instructors that make line dancing enjoyable!

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World Line Dance top dances (ending 11/6)

From Carol Craven's World Line Dance Newsletter:

WORLD LINE DANCE NEWSLETTER
SURVEY WEEK ENDING 11/6/11

AND THE WINNER IS
ROLLING IN THE DEEP BY MAGGIE GALLAGHER
WITH 33 VOTES

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER AND THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VOTE.

33 - Rolling In The Deep - Maggie Gallagher/Intermediate
30 - Bittersweet Memory - Vos/Intermediate
21 - Mr. Mysterious - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
18 - Lady Luck - Poulsen/Int.Adv.
17 - Beyond Your Eyes - Peter Metelnick And Alison Biggs/Intermediate
17 - Party Freak - Kate Sala/Intermediate
16 - Alabama Slammin’ - Rachael McEnaney/Intermediate
15 - I'm No Good - Rachel McEnaney/Intermediate
14 - Melon Heart - Niels Poulsen/Intermediate
14 - Something In the Water - Poulsen/Beg.Int.
14 - Talkin’ to the Moon - Joey Warren/intermediate
14 - Wonderland Waltz - Rob Fowler/Intermediate
13 - Blue Night Cha - Kim Ray/Intermediate
13 - Cooler Than Me - Frank Trace/Beginner
13 - Freak A Little More - Scott Blevins/Intermediate
13 - La Luna - Peter Metelnick, Alison Biggs/Intermediate
13 - Make An Appearance - MichelePerron/intermediate
13 - Shake It For Me - Larry Bass/Intermediate
12 - Alligator Walk - Larry Bass/Intermediate