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

Our Last Night Before Christmas Plus the quizz

This Was Our Last Night Before Christmas

We had our last night of dancing until after the holidays.The pictures show what a good time we had. We had a lucky dip approach to the dances where  every dance had a number and people picked a number out of a hat, and the dances ranged for new dances to 20 years ago.
These pictures include the members from Monday night, and the members from the Thursday morning class.

I was clearing out some of my old dance sheets

I recently moved so as you do you have a sort out, and I found a folder in it were dance sheets and I got to wondering how many dances  wound you remember? I looked at this and I couldn't remember quiet a few. So see how you do remember if you can't remember the dance look it up?

| A Lot Of River | Better Than Nada | Better Than This | D-D Dancin | Daybreak | Carbo San Lucas | 

| 1234 | Boobi With An I | Mexico Came Here | Jesse James | Just Dance Away | Lost In Mexico | Irish Stew | Islands In The Stream | I Do | In good Shape | I'll Have What She's Having ! | Hands Up | 

| Forgive And Forget | Feel Right | Feels Like Summer | Moonlight Kiss | Louisiana Swing | Psychabilly Boogie | Try Again | Two Dollars In The Jukebox  | Take Back | This Ain't No Cha Cha | 

| The Grass Between My Toes |  Upside Down | Why Don't We Just Dance | Whole Again | 

These links are connected to either the YouTube Dance|  Where I can't get the dance because it was very  popular dance I have a link to the YouTube music when I can't get the music I linked it to Copperknob for the dance sheet. See how many dance you can remember before you link the link     

Are the dances becoming more tricky

Are The Dances Getting Harder

 

I think the answer to that is probably not, just different, I have see older dances from ten,or twenty years ago that look quite tricky, the reason is you have always had beginners, intermediates  and advance dances, even though a dance is old if you haven't done that dance then is a new dance to you.

The new dances coming out now are different because you could take the dances and do them on stage in some musical, because the way they are writing and Choreography of the dance is made more for stage and screen rather  than the classrooms up and down the country.

 Having said all that if we want to go on line-dancing we don't have a choice, we either move with the time or stay with Tush Push. I personally think you need to be very selective in the dances we do as a club, and the are some really good Country songs with good dances out there, we just have to look for them. We have a similar discussion a while ago that stirred lots of arguments both sides of the divide. Anyway as always let me know your thoughts which ever  side your on. 

The First new dance is The Song I love the music by Gary Barlow, the dance is OK lots of turns and diffrent steps but like nearly dances we will get the steps right and then the dance will be easier to do.

 

The Song Dance Sheet
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This one this nice lovely song  again lots of turns and timing is tricky but it's worth it when we get it !

Too Good For Goodbye
Dance Sheet

We did another dance on Wednesday I personally am not sure so many turns and restarts it really make the head spin but I think it could be worth it in the end.

We're Gonner Be Alright
Dance Sheet