A Year Has Passed We Have Dances A Lots

A Year Has Passed We Have Dances A Lots

It has been a year since we started the blog and face book page ( same name ) and I will show you how I keep track of the dances we have done over the last year, they are some dances we learn before the blog started but we have had walk-through's at some point this year I was amazed and I keep the records, I think this is why it can be hard the retain the dances in your head or that you need to go to YouTube and just have a look at the dance again. I could copy and paste a long list into the blog but that would be long winded  so I have made 6 screen grab  pictures from A to Z there are areas which are blank that's because we haven't had a dance that starts with that letter.

As you can see they is a lot that we have done and each week or may be every two weeks we have one or two more to a always growing list. Other dances we did was Mona Lisa , and Boat To Liverpool see video below, and one we haven't done for a while Sunny In Seattle

Not A new Dance  but one I hadn't heard of.

The dance is Amazing Faith By Rob Fowler I honestly don't know what to make to the  dance but here is is.

   

How Do You Learn a Dance

 

How Do You Learn a Dance

How do you learn a dance it is interesting how different people learn a  new dance and how some people are just naturally good at teaching other people to do a dance, I do look at the dance script but I will follow the walk-through on YouTube. But even they are the dances that seem hard to do even with walk-though's on YouTube. But when you go to class and Margaret  ( our Instructor ) does her walks-though, to the same dance that you have been struggling with and Margaret's way is  much easier than the one on YouTube that is a great skill to have. At a personal level I have taught friends dances, and I have to say  it's not easy, so the likes of Margaret and Helen and all the other Instructors I for one take my hat off to you all.

New Dances This Week

The first dance The Boat To Liverpool this is the one that so many of us have had the problem with the heel cross, heel hook, heel flick , scuff, hitch cross, I like this dance and once we can do it  I think it will be fine.



Dance Script

The other dance this called Mona Lisa I like this dance but again the are some moves that you need to work at because to me I find it trick in the step kickball step kickball then heel and heel, I can do it but I have to work at it.

Dance Script



When you go to get the Dance Script be sure to get the right one I have marked the correct one see picture below.

When Are You A Dancer?

When Are You A  Dancer?

This question was mentioned this week what makes a dancer?

Someone said this week that your not a dancer unless you can dance to live bands as well as the song that are attached to a particular dance. by that they meant reconise the beats per minute in the song so you can pick a dance to do to the song when the band is playing live.

I personally not agree with this you can be a really good dancer, know all the dances, know what you can and can't dance to within the club or Social night out. if you don't or maybe can't get to hear live bands play it doesn't make you any less of a dancer. Music is music weather live or on disc, it's what you do when the music is playing that counts.

Are Some Dances Just Crazy?

Our club are doing a dance called Backwards this is the dance that the line dance troop did on Britain's Got Talent, on Copperknob  the dance is listed as the fastest dance in the world, there's not much to the dance it is just the speed of the dance,the members can do the dance but it is a struggle and to me dancing should be enjoyable not a battle to get all the steps in as fast as you can, the other thing people might not have thought of is you could get injured trying to do the steps.

Wednesday Afternoon Dance Class

On Wednesday we did a lot of the old dances we haven't done for sometime, and it's only when you do the dance you remember how much you liked the dance, this could be because the are so many dance coming out every week that we get a dance overload. Here are some of the dance we did.

We will start with a new dance we first did on Monday two week ago. And with the Bank Holiday I forgot to put it on the blog. It's calledCame Out Like A Rose .

And many more all the dance sheet can can be obtained from www.copperknob.co.uk
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Were Are Back From Holiday Blues

Were Are Back From Holiday Blues

Hello we are back after the break I have missed my line dancing learning new dances and we have a new dance coming later in this blog. But first the members had a discussion on our  face-book page   ( Country Roots Line Dance Club) the subject was about people going to event like Welshpool, or  the local Social night out, and not being able to to the dance that is currently on the dance floor, I think at this point I need to sum up the overall theme of the discussion if people like to line dance then they should go to a line dance club and learn the dances properly.

Everyone starts off as a beginner which in class there isn't any problem with, and as they learn more dances they build their own bank of dances. So when they go to an event they can dance without interfering with others and get more enjoyment themselves. The other point that was made was when a line dance Teacher go to a line dance meeting they are not teaching they are there to have fun so when someone blunders onto the dance floor thinking these looks easy and then can't keep up and blunders off again is frustrating.  Because  line dancing is like anything else in life we train hard to do these dances and while they might look simple most of them are the opposite.

The other question is what do you do? Well the short answer is nothing but bit your tongue, if you get a chance to speak with them try persuading them the benefits of going to a proper club. So the next time the person is at the same meeting as you, they might have learned a few dances and don't get in your way, is called looking a the bigger picture, we need people to come to line dance clubs to keep them alive and healthy.

In  doing my research for this blog I have discovered  Wolvestock has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales  

Which proves the point about keeping the clubs alive. Now to happier new the new dance.

The dance is called "Came Cut Like A Rose"

    Dance Sheet

I am not sure about this dance, is it a perfect beginner dance because there is so much that is repeated and you can easy start to dream as we disscued on Face book Country Roots Line Dance Club if a dance does excite you very much then you start to think of other things and then go wrong.

We Mainly had a night of going over new and old dances, some of which are link here.

Blue Berry Chill
A Little Bit Gypsy
Blue Blue Day
Come As you are
And many others

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

A Revision Night

We Had A Revision Night

The first thing I have to say on our blog is a big thank to Gaynor Hulse, (See Right) because Gaynor bravely agreed to take the class for one night. And she was very good, the night was a one of the times when we revisited some of the older dances and some slightly newer dances as well. Gaynor did some teaching she walked though two dances the first was High Cotton ( see link below) and the other one was Margaret Gough's own dance Drunk At The Time  ( see link below). The night when well we did some very very old dances, but like me I came into Line Dancing long after these dances were first written, I just follow the others and learn a dance I didn't know before.

Margaret Gough's New Dance

I can report that Margaret's newly released dance Drunk At The Time  is doing really well I have sent the dance to all the mayor line dance site Copperkob had it as one of the dances on the side of the page as one of the best new dances. Line Dance Newsletter is a big international organization and that had publish the dance as well so we just keep promoting the dance where we can.

Drunk At The Time
Dance Sheet

High Cotton

Dance Sheet

So Many Dances Lost?

So Many Dances Lost?

I have been unwell for about a month or may be six weeks, I couldn't go to dance class, I thought that's OK I can catch up when I come back. Let me tell if anyone has 4 weeks off from line dancing they will struggle to catch up with the dances they have missed.

Most of all Ria Vos

Eighteen Lonely months Rep Ghazali- Meaney

Loving you in Mexico wil Bos

North of Heaven Benny Ray

Love is Alive Gaye Teather

I will have my work cut out over the next few weeks trying to learn these dances and new ones that come out each week.We have had this discussion before on this blog I know, but this highlights just how crazy the line dance seen really is, links to the dances will be lower down the page.

What is all this about are the choreographers so brain dead they can't find another title this sort of thing drives me mad what is wrong with giving it a slightly different name?

Talking of new dance's 

Margaret Gough the owner and our instructor for the club has created her own dance called         Drunk At The Time  it's a nice country western song to go with it, The Last Cowboy by Toby Keith.

now we need to promote it I want all our members to download it from Yippe. when it goes live I will tell you, and as more and more website look at this dance it could do really well. Please see first link YouTube below.

                                                             

                                                                                

Drunk At The Time

Drunk at the Time

Count: 64      Wall: 4       Level:  High Beginner

Choreographer:  Margaret Gough

Music: Last Living Cowboy by Toby Keith,   CD: Drinks After Work, (bpm: 95) (March 2014)
http://www.countryrootslinedance.co.uk/  : Face Book Country Roots Line Dance Club

Modified Rumba Box Making a Circular ¼ Turn Left  X 2
1&2        Step Left to side, Step Right beside left, Step Left diagonally forward starting to turn Left     

3&4        Right step to side completing 1/4 turn left, Step Left beside Right Step back on Right (9.00)

5&6        Step left to side, Step Right beside left, Step Left diagonally forward starting to turn Left

7&8        Right step to side completing 1/4 turn left, Step Left beside Right, Step back on Right, (6.00)

Walk back Lt, Walk back Rt, Coaster, Walk Fwd Rt Walk Fwd Lt, Step Lock Step.

1-2          Walk back on Left, Walk back on Right

3&4        Step back on Left, Step Right next to Left, Step forward on Left

5-6          Walk Forward Right, Walk Forward Left

7&8        Step Forward on Right, Lock Left behind right, Step Forward on Right (6.00)

Forward Rock, ½ Shuffle Turn, Jazz Box Cross

1-2          Rock Forward on Left, recover Onto Right

3&4        ½ Shuffle Turn Left Stepping Left, Right, Left   (12.00)

5-8          Cross Right over Left, Step Back on Left, Step Right to Right side, Cross Left over Right

Side Rock, Behind, Side Cross, Side Rock, Behind, ¼ Turn, Step Forward

1-2          Rock Right to Right side, Recover onto Left

3&4        Step Right behind Left, step Left to Left side, cross Right over Left

5-6          Rock Left to Left Side, Recover onto Right

7&8        Step Left Behind right, Step Right1/4 turn Right, Step Forward on Left   (3.00)

Touch Forward, Step Back, Coaster Step, Step Lock Step, ½ Pivot Turn, Step

1-2          Touch Right Toe Forward, step Back on Right

3&4        Step back on Left, Step Right next to Left, Step forward on Left

5&6        Step Forward on Right, Lock Left behind right, Step Forward on Right

7&8        Step Forward on Left, Pivot ½ Turn Right, Step Forward on Left  (9.00)

Touch Forward, Step Back, Coaster Step, Step Lock Step, ¼ Pivot Turn, Cross

1-2          Touch Right Toe Forward, step Back on Right

3&4        Step back on Left, Step Right next to Left, Step forward on Left

5&6        Step Forward on Right, Lock Left behind right, Step Forward on Right

7&8        Step Forward on Left, Pivot1/4 Turn Right, Cross Left over Right (12.00)

Side Strut, Cross Strut. Right Scissor Step, Side Strut, Cross Strut. Left Scissor Step

1&2&     Step Right Toe to Right Side, Lower Right Heel, Cross Left Toe over Right, Lower Left Heel

3&4        Step Right to Right side. Step Left beside Right. Cross Right over Left (12.00)

5&6&     Step Left Toe to Left Side, Lower Left Heel  Cross Right Toe over Left Lower Right Heel

7&8        Step Left to Left side. Step Right beside Left. Cross Left over Right Hold (12.00)

Rock Step, ½ Right Shuffle Turn X2, ¼ Right Sailor Turn

1-2          Rock Forward onto right Foot, Recover onto Left

2&4        Shuffle ½ Turn to Right Stepping Right, Left, Right (6.00)

5&6        Shuffle ½ Turn to Right Stepping Left, Right, Left (12.00)

7&8        Step Right Behind Left ,¼ Turn Right on Left Foot,  Step Right Foot Next to Left (3.00)

START AGAIN

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Love is Alive
Dance Sheet

North Of Heaven
Dance Sheet

Loving you In Mexico
Dance Sheet

Eighteen Lonely Months
Dance Sheet

Most Of All
Dance Sheet