The Treadmill Of Dances

The Treadmill Of Dances

To all members  I must say sorry for the late post. having said that I have had a busy week.
The heading of this blog called The Treadmill of Dances because the continuation of dances that come out and the dance is poorly thought-out  doesn't flow and they always have lots of tags and restarts. If the dances needs to have 3 or 4 restarts the song it's meant for line dancing. and it doesn't mater weather  is pop music or country, I'm sure if you look through Copperkob you could find lots of examples of poor dances .

However we have some new dances we did last Monday night. It is a good example of what I was talking about this dance is called Waikiki  which has a 16 count tag on a 64 count dances it is 25% of the dance that's madness. see the links below.

Waikiki
Dance Sheet 

Carters Rock
Dance Sheet

Marmite Dances

Marmite Dances

Hands up how many of us have dances dance's that you don't really like, I called them Marmite Dances. but still we do them why? I don't know may  be you think it will grow on you , and sometimes it does. And sometimes the dance never grows on you and you just go through the motions for three minutes and then move on.

I think this latest Marmite dance is Fly High by  Maggie Gallagher I truely don't know if I like this or not? the dance does flow naturally like That's where I'll Be   or A little Bit Gypsy for instance, but there is something I think I  like if I dance it enough times I Country Roots other people are not sure either, but time will tell.

                                                                   

Fly High Maggie Gallagher
Fly High with Music
Dance Sheet

Other dances included Ribbon of Highway, This Is Me,  Dixie Road,Through The Eyes Of A Child

There is a dance I have set links to this one slipped by me so here it is

One Shot
Dance Sheet

                                                                    

The Problems of Writing a blog ?

The Problems of Writing a blog?

I used the headline for this blog because I have source the internet for the latest dances we are doing and I must say I like most them ,which help when you like the music the dance stays in your head easier. but back to why I used that headline, I when on Copperknob looking for the dances sheet for Come As You Are and the picture tells its on story

Why have so many dances with the same name as the Webmaster for  Country Roots it's important to publish the correct dance sheet for the dance we do so when they are 5 dances with the same name it just make my task a little bit harder.

 

 This week we have some lovely dances so I'll start at the top Blue Blue Day an easy dance with a happy tune 

Blue Blue Day
Dance Sheet

Come As You are  I love this music the base is strong the beat goes really nicely to the dance this dance could be around for a while.

Come As You Are
Dance Sheet

The dance Hard To Be A Hippie is just a run of the mill Beginner/ Improver dance personally I think this will disappear soon and only remembered rarely but just for you here it is.

 

It's Hard to be A Hippie
Dance Sheet

Other dances we did included Blueberry chill, Silver lining , A Little Bit Gypsy, Joy Ride and many others

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Well Country Roots is back after the Christmas break it seems along time since we have the party and last dance session. The new year starts off  another round of new dances to learn, and old ones to remember,that's not always easy. We came back on Monday the 6 of January and as usual the music starts your mind is complete blank, but as you get into the dance so your linedance memory is switched on again.
As well as doing the old standards we have learned two new dances this week ,the first is called Joyride I love the song I could listen to stuff like this all day long. The dances does flow and when you are confident with the steps I think the dance will be really nice. ( see link below for dance)

The  other dance is called Wingman, I won't lie to you this dance is a bit quirky the tempo is strange and there are some odd steps but once have got the tempo in your head its not bad, this will be one of those dances you either love or hate I don't think there is a halfway will this dance.

Joyride
Dance Sheet

Wingman
Dance Sheet

The Blog Goes On

The Blog Must Go On?

Hello all my fellow members unfortunately I was not in class last night I was unwell but I have all the inside gossip, and what the new dance is called, the one the class did last night.

It was nice to welcome Mavis back; she has not been well for some time, it was good to see her dancing again.
The class did some revision work going over some of the recent dances such as Oh Fiona, Nobody’s Fool and  Silver Lining, see Links at the bottom of this page,
I have yet see the new dance it's called "The Song" the music is by Gary Barlow. see links below.

Margaret  Gough, the instructor and owner has sent me all the information in an email this is so the blog keeps the continuity for the members who live either else where in the UK and in Europe.

 Oh Fiona   

 Dance Sheet       

No Body's Fool
Dance Sheet

Silver Lining
Dance Sheet

The Song
Please see our FaceBook page Country Roots Linedance Club for the Video due to some legal restrictions by You Tube.

Monday Night We Worked Hard

Monday Night We Worked Hard

This is the Blog for Monday 4th Nov 2013. Well it was a cold night out there, the coldest night of the year around here this year. the turn out was good for a cold night and some members are away on holiday. We also had some new dances please see the link lower down this blog. 

I would like to talk about us humans for a bit we are still animal by nature and like to cuddle up to the fire when the weather turns cold. as I have just mentioned it we all came out on a cold night but I nearly stayed in ( I begin the website administrator) but I went and I enjoyed the night, it proved to me that we would all like to stay in doors when it's cold and hibernate, but if you push yourself you will find that you had a great time, I found the same when I did sports didn't fancy training but like it when I got there basically we are all a bit lazy on a cold night.

 Still Dreaming
Dance Sheet

Blueberry Chill
Dance Sheet

We was going to look at another dance but didn't have time to learn it, I think it worth look at it. I love the music so that helps because the dance  looks tricky but as yet I haven't dance it so Margaret will disagree I'm sure. Tell me what you think via comments on the website  or face book.

2 Good 4 Goodbye
Dance Sheet

 Other dance we did were  That's Where I'll Be,Shoebox,  Silver Lining,  Long Time Gone, and many more click labels to find links.

When Is Line Dancing Not Line Dancing?

When Is Line Dancing Not Line Dancing?

The blog head line does raise a good question? What is true Line Dancing, and does pop music really lend it's self to line Dancing. Well that will always be a matter for the individual, personally I don't think in general let's say top 40 chart music doesn't, if you listen to the music and watch the videos a lot of the dances are struggling to make the dance steps firstly fit, secondly flow, I say this because it is so important for a dance to flow through to the end of the dance. I don't have and dis-like for pop music I like all genre's and there are a few good pop songs that fit well to line dancing Olly Mur, is a good example of a pop song as opposed to a whole genre of music.

When it comes to line dancing it was made for the songs, and weather you like that individual song it would fit a dance, and flow through the whole song. This can be back up because when you go to a live band event you can dance many of the well know dances and do them to many different country songs, and in my own experience you can't easily do this with pop songs because mainly the dance is design to fit that one song, and even then they are having to put up to three or four restarts in a dance to fit that one song. We did a dance called The Boys Of Summer,(see link below) and in a way it proves my point, you are dancing the dance in the second half of the dance without any tempo to listen to, musical phrasing when away and you were left to count the eight beats sections that isn't line dancing. You can write you views in the comments or go to FaceBook country roots line dance club.

Boys of Summer

Boys Of Summer Dance Sheet

The Boys of Summer is a dance where the Phasing goes out and you find yourself having to count the beats for about a minute because you will go out in your timing.It might Grow on you as a dance only time will tell.

Sliver Lining
Silver Lining Dance  Sheet
The dance Silver Lining in a nice dance with just one tricky part which you will need to work at but will come with practice, the rest of the dance is fine and the music is nice.

Monday blog 21.10.2013

Winter Is Coming Soon

Well winter is coming the cold night will be on us soon, having said that last night in the dance hall was very hot, so by the end of the evening people were feeling quite drained. The session well well going over recent dances some of them are tricky and members still need a bit of help. We did learn one new dance called Silver Linings please see links below. these links are different to the normal links and computer problems so bear with me.

You Tube Silver Lining
Cooperknob Dance Sheet

 

Other dance we did last night were Shoebox, Driven, My first, That's Where I'll be, Same Thing Happen To Me,  and many more.

The March Of The New Dances Goes On

The March Of The New Dances Goes On

Well Monday night brought some new dances they were OK Margaret Gough was going to teach these a few weeks ago but other dances got in the way, one is a nice little dance the other is nice, love the song  the timing is a bit tricky, as a lot of new dances are.

Shoebox
Dance Sheet

Same Thing Happened To Me
Dance Sheet

The photo from all the recent events and away trips will be put up in the gallery I will try to do it after this post, also I will update the new dances page with all the recent dance we has practiced lately, which isn't as easy as it sounds because of the speed new dances are being released. we learn them and newer dances come out, and so when you run a web-blog you can get swapped.

Copy And Paste in FaceBook

I have made a short video on how to copy and paste any picture on a facebook page

Copy and Paste on FaceBook

 

Weekend Away

Weekend Away

Some members enjoying a weekend away on a Country Music Special organized by Alf And Josie Roberts, at the Royal Celtic Hotel Caernarfon. Artists included ;
Donna Wylde Texas Tornados, Black Stone River, Darren Knight, Richard Palmer and Tony Stanton’s Country Disco
It was nice to meet up with old friends.... a Great Weekend... Thanks Alf PLEASE TAG YOURSELF OR FRIENDS YOU KNOW THANK YOU.

IF ANY MEMBER SEES THEIR PHOTO AND DOES WANT IT ON FACE BOOK SEND A POST TO ME AND I CAN SORT THINGS OUT.

We Have Been Doing Some New Dances

Games People Play
Dance Sheet

                         

When Dances Grow On You

When Dances Grow On You

It is strange about dances some of them you like straight away, others you think I don't know. But after a while they grow on you like ivy up a wall. when you know the step and you get comfortable with the dance your view some how changes. We are doing some dances like that now, Driven by Robbie Fowler ( see link blow) I thought I personally would never do it properly but I love that dance now the more time I do it the more it grows on me.

Driven

Dance Sheet

We are also doing a dance called No Man's Land (see link below) I can do the dance in a fashion but it's hard, the timing and the turns are tricky, but when mastered will make you feel good. That's what  dancing in any format is all about making you feel happy, and if you struggle to learn a dance you fell great when you have do so.

No Man's Land

Dances Sheet

Wednesday Dance Session

Wednesday Dance Session

On Wednesday we tried out the new dances it when quiet well as always there are some timing issues to sort out but on the whole it was OK. As I sit here writing this blog I like Dream Lover as a dance and the music it is from my teenage years. below are links to all the new dances

Dream Lover.... You Tube
Dance Sheet ....Copperknob

No Man's Land

Dance Sheet Copperknob

This is Me

Dance Sheet Copperknob

We have a night out on Friday at the Constitutional Club Ferns Ave it should be a good night out .