CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S LIFELINE NORTH WALES

LINE DANCE FUNDRAISER - 10TH APRIL - 7.30PM
MASONIC HALL, MELIDEN LL19 8LA How this annual line dance began! Way back in 2003 I asked Margaret if she would help me to raise the money needed to bring two little girls from Belarus here to Prestatyn in North Wales.

When Margaret met the children and learned more of their story she decided that she wanted to do a fund-raising event each year. She thought that an annual line dance for the charity was the ideal answer to achieve her goal of bringing 2 children over for a month every year. The line dancing club, Country Roots, started by Margaret and her late husband Brian were all in favour of helping and so their story began.
Since those first two little girls Margaret and Country Roots have held their annual fundraising dance and also several other sponsored line dances. With all their hard work and dedication they have raised over £13,000, this means that 22 children from Belarus and now Northern Ukraine, have benefited by staying here in North Wales for four weeks each year since 2003.
Come and join us for a great evening there will be” taster” sessions for anyone willing to give it a go
If you do join in they promise not to be too hard on you !!!
And for those of you who might need a bit of Dutch courage there is a bar at the Masonic Hall.

 BEGINNER'S CLASS

The Beginners class learned a new dance at least it was for them call Haunted Heart I know it an old dance for the old hands but for the beginners that have only been dancing for three to four months it's new.

       After a lot of searching I have found a demo of the Butterfly Waltz it's not in English but the steps are there so it really doesn't matter.

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

| Haunted Heart |  Cheap Talk | Fly Like A Dove  | Waltz Across Texas | Shadowlands |Back And Forth | Sea Cruise | Piano Man | Something In The Water | Lonesome Me | Butterfly Waltz |

The Advance Class

The Advance class have been learning two new dances this week the first is lovely the music is to die for and the dance just flows. it's called Heavenly Cha the other one is called There's The Door! and you will need to write the whole thing as it is here.This dance is OK but I don't like the music so that puts me off a bit see what you think.

           

 There's The Door!| Heavenly Cha | Hard Work | Mile Shy Of Paradise |  Morning Sun And Memories | Rock & Roll King | Slat & Lime | New Shade Of Blue | Modern Romance | One More Day |Till It's Gone | Eternal Secret  | Homegrown |

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Country Root feedback

Please can you give me your feedback and give me any dance you like any Events you want advertising thank you. You can also find us on Face book at Country Roots Line Dance Club and on Twitter @countryrootrhyl

Do We Need More Partner Dances

As the headline says do we need more partner dances in the classroom, I think it would be nice to do more of them. We nearly always dance on our own,the only partner dance we do is the barn dance ,but some years ago I was at Welshpool country festival and people were doing great partner dances. have  a look at these, I think these dances proves that point
.  Tell what you think. either  via countryrootslineance@gmail.com or Country Roots Line Dance on Facebook.  

The Beginner's Class

 The Beginners learned a new dance this week call Weak At The Knees as yet there  isn't a video out  so the link here is to the dance sheet.
 

    

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

|  Cheap Talk | Fly Like A Dove  | Waltz Across Texas | Shadowlands |   |Inspiration |Back And Forth | Sea Cruise | Piano Man | Something In The Water | Lonesome Me |

The Advance Class

The advance class learned a new Homegrown this is a nice dance with a nice beat to it

         

 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 |Till It's Gone | Eternal Secret | | Homegrown |







Blog Archives  
This is a short video showing you how to use the archives it is well worth a look.

Country Root feedback

Please can you give me your feedback and give me any dance you like any Events you want advertising thank you. You can also find us on Face book at Country Roots Line Dance Club and on Twitter @countryrootrhyl

International Presence

International Presence 

This is just a quick word about about our blog it is viewed  from so many countries around the world it have surprised even me, I have just welcomed the Nashville Line Dance Group onto our facebook page. This tell me the our presence on Goggle is high and ranks us in the first 3 pages. And when you consider there are millions of pages on Goggle that's not bad.  And the fact that the site is linked to Twitter and Facebook  as well can only help Well that my bragging over. Now to the dances.

The Beginner's Class

 The Beginners learned a new dance Lonesome Swing it's a nice little dance not hard by Gary Lafferty. See links below.
 

    

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

|  Cheap Talk | Fly Like A Dove  | Waltz Across Texas | Shadowlands |   |Inspiration |Back And Forth | Sea Cruise | Piano Man | Something In The Water | Lonesome Me |

The Advance Class

 

The was a new dance called Eternal Secret this is not the easiest dance in the world and the restart is a nightmare to do I do know if it will take off but I will embed the video. 

 

      
 

 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 |Till It's Gone | Eternal Secret |

Country Root feedback

Please can you give me your feedback and give me any dance you like any Events you want advertising thank you. You can also find us on Face book at Country Roots Line Dance Club and on Twitter @countryrootrhyl

Monday Night Dances

Monday Night Dances

Starting with the Beginners

The beginners have been doing a new  dance well new to them, dance is called Fly Like A Dove, the other dances they did was Something In The Water  they also did Waltz Across Texas as I have said before an old dance to some one that has been dancing for years, but it is a new dance for beginners.

 

  

I have put two Waltz Across Texas because the first one gives you a long walk-through and the other one in a good demo.

Cheap Talk | Fly Like A Dove  | Waltz Across Texas | Shadowlands |   |Inspiration |Back And Forth | Sea Cruise | Piano Man | Something In The Water |

The Advance Class

The Advance Class did a nice little dance Till It's Gone along with the others we have recently learned.Choreographer Pat Stott & Tina Argyle 64 Count Improver Level .

      
 

 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 |Till It's Gone |

Country Root feedback Please can you give me your feedback and give me any dance you like any Events you want advertising thank you. You can also find us on Face book at Country Roots Line Dance Club and on Twitter @countryrootrhyl

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 |

Please can you give me your feedback and give me any dance you like any Events you want advertising thank you. You can also find us on Face book at Country Roots Line Dance Club and on Twitter @countryrootrhyl

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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