Afternoon Out With Friends

Afternoon Out With Friends

This is the outing with the Wednesday members of Country roots Rhyl we had a meal in The Bells of St Mary's Just outside Prestatyn North Wales. The meal was really nice we had lots of laughs telling jokes not rude as they were out of crackers, I think the picture speak for themselves. 

 

The Other Thing Is The List

 

I was speaking with Margaret our instructor this week and she has asked me to put a list of some of the dances we have done over the last 12 months or so. I was looking through my YouTube folders because I have my YouTube set up into Learn Now, Like, Not Sure, folders. And there were dances I had forgotten we had done, so See the list in the next post straight after this one.If you have any of your own please put them in the comments under the post.
I will try to put links to the dances on our Blog site to the walk-through's but I can't do them all but I will make a very short walk-through video showing how to copy a dance name and paste it into YouTube search box to come up with the dance you need.

A
Amsterdam Moonshine
Another Song
All Night To Get There
B
Bread On The Table
Borderline
Back To Me and You
Blue Heartache
C
Cha Lay Low
D
Dancing With Cupid
Dreams I Dream
Don't Take It So Hard
E
Earth Bound
F
For All Time

H
His Only Need
Half Past Nothin
I
I Got My Baby Back
It Just Takes Time
1929
M
Mexi-Fest
My First Love
Maverockin'
Mirror of My Soul
Messed Up In Memphis
L
Let's Pray
Love I've found in you
Her Life's A Song
O
One For The Road
Old Sunshine
S
Shy Little Bayou Love
Shame On Me
Sunny In Seattle
T
Together we Dance
Tiny Fill In The Blanks
That Girl
This Ole Boy
This Is Me
That's Where I'll Be
The Shoebox
R
Runaway Train
Red Molly
Rockaway (RMH)
W
When I Need You
What A Thrill
Wagon Wheel Rock
Whatcha Reckon

 

   

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
see Country Roots Line Dance Club on FaceBook for video


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

 

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.

Christmas Is Coming

Christmas Is Coming

 

Hello I haven't had much time lately to write a blog as I think in most people's lives other things get in the way of Line dancing and writing Blogs. But be for we start the club as a heart felt message of condolence.

In memory of Mary Jones who passed away on Thursday 14th November.
Mary was a much loved and respected member of Country Roots W D C and will be sadly missed

Funeral to be held on Tuesday 26th Nov, at St Mary's church Rhuddlan 11.15a.m. Later at Colwyn Bay Crematorium 12.30p.m.

Family flowers only, Donations to The cancer Unit Glan Clwyd.

Well we have had some new dances since the last Blog.

The first new dance is called  Ho Fiona Nice little dance see the links to see the dances and dance sheets

                                                                     

 Oh Fiona
Dance Sheet

I like this dance it's a good old fashion fun to do the singer has a lovely Irish tone to his voice links are below.

Nobody's Fool
Dance Sheet

If anyone has a dance or something you want to mention please let me know.





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.

Revision Night Mon 28.10.20.13

Revision Night

Hello to all our members, well  last night was revision night we did some very old dances and the very latest dance as well. There was some reminiscing about some of the older dances, I suppose it's the same for any music from the past you remember where you were when you heard a certain song, so it's the same for a line dancing. You might have been away with friends to an event where you first did that dance this is what gives you great memories.

It always surprises me on review night how many dances you know even if you think you have forgotten them some of the dance comes back to you normally half way through the dance. I have listed the dances we did last night I can't promise to get links to them all but I will try.

  

|Nothing But Tail Lights |  Disappearing Tail Lights |  Inspiration | Ribbon of high way | This is me
Same Thing Happened  To Me | Cheap talk | Games People Play | Blue bayou | Silver Lining |
Shoe box | That's where I'll be | Suds in a bucket | April fool| Oklahoma wind | Sunny in Seattle California Blue | Red molly | Boys Of Summer |
 For dance sheets please see our Labels and search for the dance you are looking for. 

  Musical  Event in Rhyl

I know this isn't Country music but it's nice to advertise local events.

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.