Country Roots: One More Day

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Sunday, 14 June 2015

Yippee More New Dances

Hi everyone this is a short introduction this week as they are new dances some we did last week. and some old dances I haven't heard of. So we start with the improver's doing Island in the stream. and revisit Waltz Across Texas.

The Improver's Class

The Advance Class

We did a new dance called Tuxedo This is a nice dance proper country music and I have one video of the dance we also I will give you a link to Be Strong because I can't embed the code it has been disabled. BeStrong The rest of the dances should be OK. Nimby this is an old dance I'm not sure of the age maybe someone could tell me. OK the rest of the dance

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Thursday, 14 May 2015

Social Night At Country Roots

Hello fellow members Country Roots will hold a social night on the 27th of June. This will be held at the our community centre. This should be a really good night, the starting time is 7.00pm till 10.30pm. Due to the Bank Holidays and the centre being closed it has been a quite time. How ever that changed on Monday Night. The beginners when over Buffalo Tails with is very directional but they're get better. we also walked through some of the recent they have learnt such as Places Vertical Expression

Since starting the beginners class they have improved really well ,soon we will have to call them Improver's not beginners The Advance class were taught two new dances the first was called Truck Stop, the second was called Love Me Hate Me and we also walked through Girl Crush. So it was a busy night all round really.

The Beginners Class

The Advance Class

The music to the two new dances are really nice, the dances will come like all new dances, it takes a while to really know the steps. Some of the other dance we did were Skip The Line I like the beat in this dance it really strong and keeps you in time. Another were Over Getting Over but still by a long way me favourite dance a the moment is One More Day it was a bit tricky to learn, but once you know the steps it's a beautiful dance.

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Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Back To Work

Hello Country Roots are back. we have had a break over Easter but now we were back to work. I think everyone was a bit ring rusty. but by the end of the night we all have our dancing heads in gear. The beginners learnt a new dance ( well I say new) Vertical Expression but to them I was new. And doing the research for this blog there are lots of versions

There isn't a walk through so I have slowed down version of the dance with the steps in writing above. I will embed the video to help the beginner's

The Advance Class did a new dance called South Australia it went down like a lead balloon the song is by Nathan Carter the song gets quicker and quicker to the point you can't move your feet quickly enough. I don't know if it will catch on , time will tell. see video below.

The beginners Class

After a lot of searching I have found a demo of the Butterfly Waltz it's not in English but the steps are there so it really doesn't matter.

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

Advance Class

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Thursday, 26 March 2015

Welcome to Country Roots Revision Night

In our club this week we have a revision night these nights are important because they help you consolidate the dances we are taught as there are so many new dances coming out each week that it's good to go over them. there might have been a dance you miss in class thought holidays, or illness, maybe there's one dance you just get so another walk-though really helps.

The problems of running a Line dance website

With an ever increasing amount of dances being released each week naming the dances is becoming a real problem have a look at the picture and you will see what I mean.

Last week Margaret Gough revisited this dance it's an old dances I haven't done this dance before and I real like this dance. I looked the dance up to put it on the blog page and this is what I found on Copperknob I think Choreographers should think more about the names of the dances they make because once a dance is named it out they for ever.

The Beginners Class

I can see a big chance in the beginner's that started when the class was formed some of them stay until the half time in the Intermediate class which is great, every club needs new members coming through at every level other wise the club will die out as the original members are not there any more. Here are some of the dances the beginners did this week

After a lot of searching I have found a demo of the Butterfly Waltz it's not in English but the steps are there so it really doesn't matter.

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

The Advance Class

The Advance class are doing some great dances at the moment in that section of the night. Dances like One More Day it has been hard work to get the timing but we have now, it it's just a wonderful dance. when you do the dance and you do it well, you feel good within yourself,other dances are Hard Work and Eternal Secret , Don't Close Your Eyes. all these are really nice dances Home Grown is also nice but for some reason people are struggling a bit with is dance but that is what dancing is all about learning new dances, that's the reason we go out on cold winter nights because we love dancing. Here are some of the dances we did.

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Tuesday, 17 March 2015

A Great Night Out

A social was held at the Labour Club Llandudno Junction North Wales. This social night is held on the third Saturday of each month this was the first time I had gone to the dance night, a I had a great night. They had a mixture recorded music and a live band called Kentucky Rain were great they were playing a mix of old and new songs and everybody knew the dances to the songs. Here are just a few of the pictures I took, there will be more on the Country Roots face book page.

Kentucky Rain

Members Dancing

Partner Dancing

More Members on the dance floor

Winning the Raffle

The Beginners Class

The beginner's learned a new dance this week called Memphis Love it's a nice beginner/improver dance you either walk in the dance or you can do a full turn the choice is up to the dancer.There is a demo of the dance but no walk-through. the other dance they revisited was Tush Push

After a lot of searching I have found a demo of the Butterfly Waltz it's not in English but the steps are there so it really doesn't matter.

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

The Advance Class

We did a nice little Rock & Roll I just happen to like dance that are set to rock and roll and this isn't that hard to learn. The other dance we have been doing but I forgot to put it but better late than never it;s called Walk With Me I would say it easy but once you have learned it you will like it.

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Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Review Night

This week we had a review night for both beginners and advances dance alike. Mainly because the are so many new dances coming out every week, that we need a review night now and again. It give you the opportunity to relearn the dances that you are struggling with. It also help to relearn dances and maybe learn dances that you miss the first time around.

This this really helpful for the beginners as they can struggle to learn a dance but maybe don't like to ask.

Partner Dancing

In our Wednesday class we did a Partner Dance the one we did was Corn Don't Grow.

now I had never done a partner dance so it was interesting, and much harder than I could of imagine even thou we knew part of the dance because it is the same steps as the single dance. The problems start when you need to add in turns, and just dancing with someone else is hard. without a doubt partner dancing is a skill all of it own even thou I struggled I loved it and can't wait to do it again.

The Beginners Class

After a lot of searching I have found a demo of the Butterfly Waltz it's not in English but the steps are there so it really doesn't matter.

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

The Advance Class

There was many more but I can't list all the dances there would to many

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Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Do We Need More Partner Dances

As the headline says do we need more partner dances in the classroom, I think it would be nice to do more of them. We nearly always dance on our own,the only partner dance we do is the barn dance ,but some years ago I was at Welshpool country festival and people were doing great partner dances. have a look at these, I think these dances proves that point
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The Beginner's Class

The Beginners learned a new dance this week call Weak At The Knees as yet there isn't a video out so the link here is to the dance sheet.

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

The Advance Class

The advance class learned a new Homegrown this is a nice dance with a nice beat to it

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Tuesday, 17 February 2015

International Presence

This is just a quick word about about our blog it is viewed from so many countries around the world it have surprised even me, I have just welcomed the Nashville Line Dance Group onto our facebook page. This tell me the our presence on Goggle is high and ranks us in the first 3 pages. And when you consider there are millions of pages on Goggle that's not bad. And the fact that the site is linked to Twitter and Facebook as well can only help Well that my bragging over. Now to the dances.

The Beginner's Class

The Beginners learned a new dance Lonesome Swing it's a nice little dance not hard by Gary Lafferty. See links below.

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

The Advance Class

The was a new dance called Eternal Secret this is not the easiest dance in the world and the restart is a nightmare to do I do know if it will take off but I will embed the video.

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