Back To Basic

Back To Basic

On Monday evenings some of the more advanced dancers go to class early to help the beginners   learn the dances, but this helps us as well. Because we all think we know the dances we have been doing for years. But when you go back to doing the walk-through with the beginners sometimes you realise that you have changed your version on that dance over the years. So helping the beginners is like going back  to school ,because we get a refresh in doing the dance correctly.

The Beginners Class

The beginners had two new dances this week The first is called Cheap Talk Choreographer: 

Gaye Teather (UK) Aug 2012 this is one of those dances toe heel toe kick coastal step. on both sides which is a step up in their dancing which there all copied well. the other is Fly Like A Dove

Choreographer: Tina Argyle (Aug 2014 See Links below.

  

Cheap Talk | Fly Like A Dove  | The Ham Jams | Shadowlands |   |Inspiration |Back And Forth | Sea Cruise | Piano Man | 

The Advance Class

The class learned two new dances on Monday,the first was called Modern Romance

Choreographer: Kate Sala (Jan 2015) The dance is OK there is just an odd middle section which everyone struggle with. I will put the dance up along with the dance sheet and you make your own minds up. The other Dance called One More Day  Choreographer:  Julia Wetzel - Jan, 2015I love the music to this dance, but you need to count your way through the dance because the timing is tricky.

    
 

 Eighteen Lonely Months | Hard Work | Mile Shy Of Paradise |  Morning Sun And Memories | Rock & Roll King | Slat & Lime | New Shade Of Blue | Modern Romance | One More Day |

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I Have A Question?

I Have A Question?

The question is how many dances can you do without having a walk-through it's more than you think it is. I found this out the last time Country Roots Rhyl had a social night. We did dances for 2 year maybe longer and if at the time you like the dance it does stay in the memory banks. Even if it takes 2 walls to sort your feet out. I returned to Line Dancing 6 years ago and I couldn't tell you how many I could do be until I heard the music and then work out the step. of our social night I only sit out a few time so that was pretty good, But Dance Instructors they have a skill to remember dances from 10, or 20 years ago, which is really amazing.

The Beginners Class

The Beginners Class is the same as last week to make sure they understands the new dances they are doing. 

        

Cowboy Charleston | How Long | Butterfly Waltz | Cowboy Strut | Western Barn Dance | Baby Kisses | Piano Man | Ribbon Of Highway 

Advance Class

The Advance Class have also been doing the same dances as last week mainly because we have had a lot of new dances and we just need some more practice We have got one new dance called New Shade Of Blue By Yvonne Anderson nice dance it flows really nicely.

 

  
 

 Eighteen Lonely Months | Hard Work | Mile Shy Of Paradise |  Morning Sun And Memories | Rock & Roll King | Slat & Lime | New Shade Of Blue |

Please don't forget you have more dance look in the index on the right hand side

Starting From Scratch

Starting From Scratch

We had three new beginners started on Monday night and it just reinforces the fact that when you start out learning how to line dance you will find it really hard people that have line dance for a long time take in for granted that the steps are the same they're just in a different order so when you get the step in the right order you have the dance beat. When you are an absolute beginner you have to learn the steps and then the dance. much much harder and we all tend to forget this when a beginner start in class.  This is why I and other members of class do our best to point the right way show them step show them not to take big steps which is and common thing when learning, but evenully they do improve and three months in they will be much better.

Beginners Class

Because we had some new beginners in class we went back to basics Cowboy Charleston  Elvira , Ribbon of highway and alike so here are just a few of the dance  Charleston The dance you see here the music may be different but the step are the same.

        

Cowboy Charleston | How Long | Waltz Mexican Wind | Cowboy Strut | Western Barn Dance | Baby Kisses | Piano Man | Ribbon Of Highway

Advances Class

We did a new dance on Monday night Rock & Roll King. Nice dance lovely rock and roll music we also had another go at Hard Work with a better result this time I think the more we did it the better it will be.

   

 Eighteen Lonely Months | Hard Work | Mile Shy Of Paradise |  Morning Sun And Memories | Rock & Roll King |









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How To Navigate This Blog

How To Navigate This Blog

Welcome to this blog, I have have a few members saying they aren't sure how to find the dances. But all the dance are there, and I will show you where to get them.

This window can be found on the right hand side of the blog page as you as see the dates are the first indicator then the month,

when you click on the month you will see a number this is the amount of pages that has been written  in that month, as you can see there are 2 pages in December click on anyone and there will be dances on that page.

  when you click on a title of the page in will open on that page this one says Welcome to another Country Roots Blog.

The other way to find a dance is to scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the name of the dance or link that you need.I hope this helps people find what they need I will also make a video showing you have it works in more depth soon.

The Beginners Class

These are the dance the beginners did the week. The first dance we did was Mexican Wind I will set up the link to the dance sheet but there isn't a video of a singles dance click here for dance sheet.

Here are the videos I could get.

   
 
The Dance sheets to these dances.  |Something In the Water | Baby Kisses | Shadowlands | Lambtarra Rumba | Ham Jam's | Stroll Along Cha Cha |   Dance Sheet for Simple Waltz Click Here.

Advanced Class

The advanced class had some new dances this week We Only Live Once nice dance love the music the steps are a bit strange in parts but is OK. Another dance was Once in a lifetime nice easy sort of dance. the last new dance was called Hard Work and it lived up to is name. Is really was hard Work  this only 32 counts but so many turns one way then the other, but we will get there in the end. See videos below, along with some of the other dances we did on Monday night.

     

| Hard Work | We Only Live Once | Once In A Lifetime | That's Just Me | This Is Me | Morning Sun And Memories |









If you don't see a dance you want please follow the steps that I have set out at the start of this blog. Because every dance we have done is on this website you just need to navigate to it. If you are struggling just facebook me and I will help.

Happy New Year Were Are Back.

Happy New Year Were Are Back.

Well another year has started and there are lots of new dances to learn when you have a two week break if makes you realise how much you miss line dancing when the club is closed for the Christmas holidays. But as I say we are back. And there is some exciting news Country Roots W.D.C to give it the full title will 20 years old in September so we are going to have a party with live music, I will make a power Point prestation from all the pictures that the members has amassed over the twenty year. and as the band is playing the pictures will be scrolling all night long.

Sad Loss

One of our members Rita Hulley lost her husband Peter after an Illness you can see the time of the service on the Country Roots Line Dance face book page.

The Beginners Class

Well the beginner started of nice and easy just going over some of the dances they started with. and then some of the harder dance they had learned at the end of 2014 dances like Shadowlands, and Sea Cruise, and Back and Forth. But last night they learned another dance called Baby Kiss this is something different because this dance has Chesterton's toe heel stomps back hitches the lot all in one dance and if you are a beginner the dance will be very challenging see links to the dances below. 

      
Baby Kiss | Shadowlands | Back and Forth | Cowboy strut | How long |Lamtarra Rumba |
You can see many more dances by go to the top of this page and clicking on the right hand side under the dates and months of previous blogs when a blog is created it stay on the website for ever.

The Experienced Class Members

As with the beginners this week was all about remembering the dances from last year and we did really well over all. We also learned two new dances Once In A Lifetime is a nice dance it has a nice flow to it once you learn the step. the other dance is an old dance called Patient Heart it's about 12 years old and really quick, I like the music to this dance but the is a part where you have to kick-ball change and turn at the same time well I did struggle with that but I wasn't a lone.

The first Patient Heart  is music       This is a walk-through not in English but works.

      
 Patient Heart | Once in a lifetime | They Call Me The Breeze | Morning Sun Memories | Mile Shy Of Paradise

Just Be Careful

This picture shows just how difficult running a website is and how easy you can make a mistake look how many dances here have the same name the choreographer could name the dance anything why the same as all the rest.

Well once again I hope you find the blog interesting please go to country Roots Line Dance Club on facebook and leave feedback or it gets lonely in cyber-land on my own.

 

Well It's Christmas Again.

Well It's Christmas Again.

Well as I say that time of the year is here again and it's time to look back at all the dances we have done this year. On Monday night Margaret Gough did a revision night going back to the start of the year.

 

January 2014

Joyride | wingman |Dixie Road

 February

Lover’s Hideaway Alison Biggs| End of the rainbow| Baby Kisses | Fall in Love |
one shot| Blue Blue day | Bread on the table |Joyride | That’s where I’ll Be | silver Lining |
Blueberry Chill | A Little Bit Gypsy |

March

Eighteen lonely months  | North of Heaven | Love is a Live  Gaye Teather | Drunk at the time  Margaret Gough | Loving You In Mexico | Most Of You  Ria Vos |

April
Came out Like A rose | Come As You Are | Waikiki | Carters Rock | High Cotton |

May
( Reviewed  Amazing Faith) | Mona Lisa | ( Reviewed Sunny in Seattle ) | Boat to Liverpool | Backward ( from Britain has Talent really quick ) | Anything goes | Forget all your yesterdays | (reviewed Suds in a bucket) |
June ( Beginners) One step forward two steps back | Elvira | Cowboy Twist | Ribbon of highway |
Take me away | (Reviewed Holding back the Ocean) | This is me | No Man’s Land | When | Ball and Chain |

July

Mile Shy of Paradise | No hony tonk | Slat & Lime | Together forever |Piano Man | Gonna B Good | ( Reviewed Dangerous Curves) |

August
Makita | Waltz Till you Love Me |

September

Sea Cruise | Fading Lights | Crazy Lady |MR Mom | What become of the brokenhearted |

October
Down by the river | They call me the Breeze | Places I’ve Never Been| Shadowlands |

November
Morning Sun and Memories | Thats just Me | Champagne | Young Blood |Woman Trouble |

December is the same as November
there's too many to put links to but which was your favourite dance of this year mine was Come As You Are. I loved the Tempo  and the way the flowed. Let me know your  dance of 2014? 

All Classes have now stopped for the year But we open January 5th Starting with the Beginners at 6 PM.
Have a happy Christmas  and New Year

Quite Time Of Year

Quite Time  Of Year

This is  a quite time of year for us we done do any new dance  just learn the dances we have done.

There is end of year Social Night where we just done all the dances old and new. 

to help the Beginners we will do the basic dances along with the latest advance dances and everything in between. 

The Beginners Class

We will show the dances the beginners have been doing this week.

   

     
| Black Coffee | Cowgirl Twist | Cowboy Charleston | Invitation Stroll |

 
Lamtarra Rumba | Piano Man | Ribbon Of Highway | Stroll Along Cha Cha |

The Advances Class

Here are the dances they did this week. As again this is just going over the latest dances we have been doing over the last few week.

    
| Come As You Are| High Cotton | Joyride | Mile Shy of Paradise |

  
| Place I've Been | That's Just Me | They Call Me The Breeze |


| Morning Sun And Memories | Champagne |