Thursday, 3 October 2013

When Dances Grow On You


When Dances Grow On You

It is strange about dances some of them you like straight away, others you think I don't know. But after a while they grow on you like ivy up a wall. when you know the step and you get comfortable with the dance your view some how changes. We are doing some dances like that now, Driven by Robbie Fowler ( see link blow) I thought I personally would never do it properly but I love that dance now the more time I do it the more it grows on me.

We are also doing a dance called No Man's Land (see link below) I can do the dance in a fashion but it's hard, the timing and the turns are tricky, but when mastered will make you feel good. That's what  dancing in any format is all about making you feel happy, and if you struggle to learn a dance you fell great when you have do so.

Monday Night Lessons


Monday Night Lessons

 Welcome to Country Roots Blog, where do I start. Well some night you get an easy nights when you know most of the dances, nice no stress. And then there are the nights where there are new dances. 
And some that aren't  too bad, and some were absolutely horrible.the dances that were OK are.
Dream Lover  fairly straight forward should soon get the hang of that. and This Is Me   again no real surprises nice dance.




No Man's Land is a  lovely  dance  hard to master, the timing is tricky there are some odd turns, along with restarts and tags, having say all that when we get to grips with the dance and we will, because the class has had many tricky through the years and this is just another one.



Well I personally do no what to make of the dance Driven see links below it's quick quirky but I like it, 84 counts seems a lot  but some of the beats are doubled up so you use up a lot of the count quickly. again the bridges are odd but you will get around that I personally like Robbie's dances. 

Sunday, 29 September 2013

Friday Night Out


Friday Night Out

Margaret Gough held a night of line dancing at the Constitutional Club in  Prestatyn  North Wales,
it was good to get the members together outside of the normal room  class setting. When ever I go to the events and I'm facing a different way to start the dance it confusing because we get uses to starting from the same wall. Here are some pictures of  members that the event and  some of the dances we did. Other dances were the older like this and that, Fool the Devil, Memories Are Made of This. and many more.





Long Time Go  Amsterdam moonlight  My First Love Let's Pray 






 Margaret DJ Mix  Members some from Miriam Evens  Members from Country Roots Club  Everyone having a good time  Members from Country Roots Club





 Members from Country Roots Club  Members from Country Roots Club  Raffle Time  Picking a winner Raffle winner

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Wednesday Dance Session


Wednesday Dance Session

On Wednesday we tried out the new dances it when quiet well as always there are some timing issues to sort out but on the whole it was OK. As I sit here writing this blog I like Dream Lover as a dance and the music it is from my teenage years. below are links to all the new dances





We have a night out on Friday at the Constitutional Club Ferns Ave it should be a good night out .

 

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

New Dances Coming Up?

New Dances Coming Up?

Hello for the last few weeks the blog had been put on hold as we were doing revision of the recent dances we have learnt, as this wouldn't make for an interesting blog week after week I decided to wait until there was something to report. As we welcome home Margaret, we can look forward to learning some more dances, these are the two Margaret will teach in the near future.





Dream Lover...You Tube 
Dream Lover...Dance Sheet 


Last Saturday evening some members went to Alf Robert’s social night at Connha’s  Quay Civic Hall..
It was good to see Jim Ryder and his son James again ...as good as ever.. played  some nice country songs lovely to sit and listen to. Also on the bill was  a Dee D James, who comes from Margaret neck of the  woods .(The Black Country) She entertained  the dancers with popular dances  like Mexi Fest  and Wagon wheel Rock also  some old favourites such as Ribbon of
Highway and Blue Rose Is. A good night was had by all...




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