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Welcome to the Christmas issue of Love2Line. We would like to thank our readers for all their support throughout 2017 and we hope to spread the joy and happiness of all things line dancing throughout 2018. This year we have watched our line dance family grow and see the launch of the Love2Line Radio show every Wednesday at 12 on Move Radio. We hope that you invite us to share your 2018 and we wish everyone good health, happiness and prosperity. So grab a mince pie and some Christmas cheer and sit back and enjoy this issue and don't forget to share with your friends. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Love Suzi & Ellvie
You can contact us with your stories, ideas and club news on love2line@hotmail.com
FASCINATING FACTS If you are interested in trivia, you might be in a pub quiz team or just generally have an interest in learning new things then take a look at these facts. Who knows, you might be able to stun your family and friends with your knowledge!
1) 11lbs of rhubarb leaves would contain a fatal dose of oxalic acid (There you go, I always knew that rhubarb was the devil's food)
2) The human eye can distinguish as many as 10 million colours. Some women have a genetic mutation that allows them to see millions more. (Ah now that is why us women never take men with us when choosing clothes because they have no colour sense)
3) The heaviest chocolate bar in the world was 13ft long and weighed 6 tons (That's my Christmas present sorted but it wouldn’t take me long to get through that )
4) If you want to know what the capital smells like, the Shoreditch Air company will sell you a jar of London air for £19.99! (anyone interested in buying some lovely Lancashire Love2Line air – going cheap?)
5) Type the phrase ‘do a barrel roll’ into Google and the page will do a barrel roll! (and yes I have just tried it and it does work) 6) A wasps nest is called a vespiary (and should be kept away from unless you fancy being stung)
7) A pistoriophile loves baking and baked goods. (Mary Berry is obviously one then) Hope you enjoyed these fascinating facts. Don't forget, there will be more in the next issue of Love2Line Ellvie
Rob Fowler tells Love2Line how he and Jean developed Legends in Line & Country. I'd had the idea of Legends for quite some time, it was a combination of ideas that all came together all at once. I witnessed on many occasions dance floors filling up when classic dances were played and realised that these dances may never have won an award but they had filled floors for many years. The choreographer may never have been recognised as a legend or major contributor to the development of line dance but the dance was being enjoyed across the globe. Legends was a way of recognising and acknowledging these dances and choreographers. Initially we chose people who we felt were pioneers of line dance but at the same time promoting the new breed of choreographers now paving the way. Over the last 2 years we have witnessed event directors and DJ's playing these classic dances which is exactly what the idea was, to promote a more balanced dance floor. At legends we are about embracing the past and pushing forward into the future and this year is no different, we want to acknowledge clubs and instructors who have been running over 21 years. For people who haven't danced the classics the first time round they needn't worry they can still come and enjoy the event. We publish the dances of legend 10 months before the event so people have plenty of chance to learn them. This year we are also including a catch up workshop on the Friday. This way they will be able to dance at least 1 in 3 dances, the other 2 will be requests from new and favourites so there will be something for everyone. We also have a country room and show case the best of the past and future dance artistes whilst bringing special artists that you normally wouldn't see.
Rob & Jean with Collin Raye at Legends in Line
TUNE IN NOW
LOVE2LINE MEETS INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHER JEAN-PIERRE MADGE
INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHER JEAN-PIERRE MADGE
I was born in Geneva, Switzerland and since this day I have never left my city. I came across line dancing in 1998. I was around 6 or 7 and it was at a bar owned by friends of my parents called The Sport Palace. It was a country-style bar with jukeboxes and a pool table. A Canadian couple started a class at the bar. I was young , so for me the only reason to come with my parents to this class was to play pool with my dad during the break . But time after time the lessons were long so sometimes I tried to join my parents when they were dancing. It was easy for me to copy the steps and after a while I started liking it more and more and started taking the lessons. I remember my favourite dances where "After Midnight" and "Jambalaya", it was good fun ! I haven't really done many different styles of dancing besides line. I did try hip hop for about a year but I stopped because I didn't like my teacher very much woops! That year I also started competing in line dance following the advice of my teacher Wendy DiSilvestro. I ended up 2nd place 2 years running.
I never thought that I would have the opportunity to teach all over the world because of my choreography and whilst I don't have any formal qualifications I had very good teachers so I tried to copy them, to make it funny. We all need that to have a good time. My first teach was very exciting ! It was after attending my first event in the UK. They asked me if I was could teach them "Pump it" by MIL. Fortunately they were all patient with me so it took some time but we did it !
When i first started choreographing I was around 15 years old (I think you can still watch the videos on Youtube ! it's embarrassing. I look like a baby haha) I originally wrote my dances just for me and my parents at home but they convinced me to ask Wendy if I could teach them at her class and she said 'yes' My first dance was a small 32 counts funky dance called "Girls around the world" but the one I am most proud of is definitely "How you Burlesque" ! I love this music
Here's a demo of the great dance.
Music is my greatest inspiration for my choreography. When you listen to a song and you want to share what you feel at that moment, it means you have to do something with it. I like watching people dancing, it could be during the socials or via Youtube, Linedance or Hip Hop, Salsa or whatever, every type of dance inspires me a lot and sometimes I try to introduce some new steps in my dances.
I've had so many fun times through line dance and some embarrassing moments. I was at Newline, in Newcastle and I was teaching "One Minute" for the first time and as you know, sometimes my English is not very good, so when i tried to explain the moment when you bend your knees before moving the hips to the right and left, I said " I want you to go down" but I didn't know it had a second meaning ! Everybody start laughing so hard and few of them were blushing and I was on the stage with the mic with no idea what was happening ! A friend came after my teach to explain it to me. Haha that was embarrassing ! I am so grateful that I am visiting new places, new people and new cultures all because of line dance. It's a dream come true. It started when I was invited to teach in the UK, and then had the opportunity to travel to Canada, to teach in Toronto with one of the line dance icons Rob Fowler. I've also been to Estonia too. I love this country. If you have the chance to visit the old town of Tallinn you won't be disappointed. Recently I went to Norway for the first time in my life and it was fantastic. Now I have few events planned in France and I can't wait to travel and meet more people. This world is beautiful !
When I was younger, i didn't like my English lessons at school, but when I traveled to UK and I couldn't talk to Rachael, Paul, Rob and Perdo I was really frustrated. Since this day, I tried to practice my English as often as I could, without any teacher, and now I can have a normal conversation with someone. Thank you line dance world! Next time you see me come and say Hi.
If I wasn't a line dancer and choreographer I would definitely be playing tennis. I have been playing Tennis for 11 years. Its a sport that I really like and as you know, the best player in the world is Federrer, a hero for our little country! Thank you Suzi hope my English was Ok haha!
GARY SAMMS CHRISTMAS SOCIAL It was one hectic week leading up to my Christmas Party. To start with, I heard that Glenn was unable to attend as he had suffered a heart attack and I would like to personally wish him a speedy recovery and that we are all thinking of him. In light of this, I was very fortunate to be able to call upon the fabulous voice that is Kenny Junior. If you have never seen Kenny before, I highly recommend you attend an event he is playing at. Along came Friday and to say I was excited and nervous was an understatement because the dreaded SNOW hit the UK and unfortunately Ed Lawton was snowed in and was also unable to attend. I contacted my lovely friend Teresa Lawrence, who I roped into doing a quick fun teach as well as myself. Friday night arrived and I had my helpers at hand to get the hall decorated and making sure all the tables were set. Finally we were ready to welcome our guests for the evening. Over 80 wonderful people came along to enjoy a great night of dancing, with some traveling as far as Ireland to be with us.
With 2 great sets from Kenny, who kept the floor full all night. He played a great variety of songs. I quickly gave a teach of Katchi - Rob Fowler just to get the fun started and Teresa followed with a classic partner dance of Oops I Slipped - Mark & Jan Caley and the floor was in hysterics. Everyone enjoyed the night and I would like to thank everyone for joining me and especially all those that helped with the event, The spirit of Christmas is very much alive. So from mine to yours, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
In the midst of modern line, nuline and newline classes there are still some classes who enjoy Golden oldie dances and they are as popular now as the day they were written. We like to continue to appreciate dances which where once popular or were never a big hit but deserve to be appreciated. On the Love2Line radio show we have a section called Total Recall Here are some of the dances that have been highlighted on the Love2Line show on Move Radio. To catch up on missed shows click here
Side by side - Pat Stott The World - Maggie Gallagher Thunder in my heart - Tina Argyle Feed the fetish - Scott Blevins Hot Potato - John Robinson Alive & Kickin - Daniel Whittaker The Trail - Judy McDonald Single White Female - Anita Ludlow Crying game - Steve Sunter Crazy Foot Mambo - Paul McAdam All day long - Gary Lafferty Wave on Wave - Alan Birchall Black & gold - Teresa & Vera Blue Finger Lou - Max Perry Disconnected - Robbie McGowan Hickie Burlesque - Norman Gilford Sun Goes Down - Teresa & Vera Telepathy - Chris Hodgson Whole Again - Sue Johnstone Suds in a bucket Luke Craig/Yvone Anderson Razer Sharp - Steve Sunter Jamaica Mistaka - Peter Metelnicj & Chris Hodgson Summertime love - Kate Sala Miller Magic - Andrew Palmer , Simon J, Sheila Cox We no speak Americano - Pim Van Grootel Imelda's way - Adrian Churm Bayou City Twister - Alfred Watkins Biker Chick - Suzanne Wilson
Chilly Cha cha - A T Kinson Radio Romp - Elissa Portelli Deck 51 -Malcolm White & Ed Lawton Stop It - Rob Fowler Synchopated Rhythm - Rob & Michelle Fowler Easy come easy go - Debbie O'hara Derailed - Peter Metelnick Evergreen - Karen Hunn Feel the magic - Gary Lafferty High test love - Max Perry A Little bit gypsy - Nev & Julie Black heart - Kate Sala Eternal Secret - Ria Vos This & That - Gary Lafferty So Easily - Kim Ray
INTERNATIONAL DJ DANCE CHART World DJ Play List I’ve been dancing for quite a few years now and always used to check Linedancer Magazine’s charts to check which dances were popular. However, over the last few years I’ve noticed that there was a discrepancy in what appeared on the chart and what was danced on the floor. Of course there’s a simple explanation, the Linedancer chart is based on what dances individuals like, not necessarily what they actually dance socially. I’ve had the idea of a Play List chart for some time now, but knew it would be labour intensive to produce. My wife, Maureen, cannot dance anymore due to major back problems so she does the majority of the data input. We compile all the data on an Excel spreadsheet, using a different sheet for each county that participates. The totals are added up on the “World” sheet.
At present, we have a list of just over 2,700 dance titles. After publishing the chart I realised that it would always be dominated by the most popular dances and people would soon loose interest. So I added some extras that I thought would maintain people’s interest By keeping a record of the number of plays from the preceding weeks, it would show which dances were climbing the chart, probably the most useful feature. New entries – there are obviously a lot more dances in existence which are not shown on the chart. So anything we have to add is shown each week by country where it was danced. Choreographer’s Own Dances – this caused a lot of controversy when I decided to launch the chart. I wasn’t going to include any of the choreographers dances played at their own event. My reasoning – suppose “Joe Bloggs” has written a dance and plays it every time at his weekly socials. The dance would appear on the chart almost 50 times making it appear popular, but if nobody else is dancing it, then it is an unwelcome aberration on the chart.
So choreographer’s own dances appear on a separate list, but if they haven’t appeared in the main chart they also appear in the “New Entries”
Top 20, 09-Dec-17
The more people that participate, the more accurate the chart becomes. Anyone who hosts a dance social can participate, send your play lists to Growler@btinternet.com N.B. I do need choreographer names, there are so many dances with the same title A complete guide of what I require can be found at my website. www.Grrowler.com
1 - Gypsy Queen (Hazel Pace) - 383
John “Grrowler” Rowell Your dancin’ DJ
6 - Slowly Gently Softly_SGS (Gary O'R) - 253
Dance Title (Choreographer) - Total Plays
2 - Missing (Heather Barton) - 367 3 - Champagne Promise (Tina Argyle) - 308 4 - Lay Low (Darren Bailey) - 277
5 - Take Me To The River (Roy Verdonk & Jonas Dahl - 271
7 - Shady (Darren, Fred & Amy) - 252 World DJ's Social Play List (Plays, Movers & New Entries) W/E 09-Dec-17
8 - Lonely Drum (Darren Mitchell) - 249 9 - Nancy Mulligan (Maggie G & Gary O'R) - 243
115 contributors from 12 countries 28,528 Plays from 473 events View Complete chart here http://www.grrowler.com
10 - Bored (Ria Vos) - 227
11 - The Queen (Guillaume Richard & Friends) - 225 12 - Say It Again (Kate Sala) - 222
World DJ Play List - Biggest Movers 09-Dec-17 Dances with biggest increase since 02-Dec-17 Dance Title (Choreographer) - Total Plays - Increase
13 - Better When I'm Dancin' (Julia Wetzel) - 220
1 - Missing (Heather Barton) - 367 - 13
15 - Human After All (Ria Vos) - 217
2 - Gypsy Queen (Hazel Pace) - 383 - 12 2 - Lonely Drum (Darren Mitchell) - 249 - 12 2 - Slowly Gently Softly_SGS (Gary O'R) - 253 - 12
16 - Tongue Tied Up (T&V) - 216
3 - Champagne Promise (Tina Argyle) - 308 - 11 3 - Perfect (Alison Johnstone & Joshua Talbot) - 161 11
18 - Dig Your Heels (Maddison Glover) - 204 18 - Love Remains (Gary O' R) - 204
14 - Dear Friend (Kate Sala) - 219
17 - Islands In The Stream (Karen Jones) - 205
19 - Pot Of Gold (Liam Hrycan) - 188 4 - Enough Is Enough (Ria Vos) - 36 - 10 4 - Wandering Hearts (Gary O & Maggie G) - 75 - 10 5 - Hurts Like A Cha Cha (Simon, Fred & Daniel Trepat) - 25 - 9 5 - Love Remains (Gary O' R) - 204 - 9 5 - Pot Of Gold (Liam Hrycan) - 188 - 9 5 - Take Me To The River (Roy Verdonk & Jonas Dahlgren) - 271 - 9 5 - Time To Surrender (Simon & Rachael) - 97 - 9
20 - Let It Swing (Jamie Barnfield) - 182 NEW ENTRIES CHOREOGRAPHER'S OWN Love So Soft (Maggie Gallagher) Open Your Eyes (Maggie Gallagher) Promises Promises (Gary Lafferty) Take Me Higher (Suzi Beau)
Earlier in the day they had gone down to the river, swimming and skimming stones until they felt exhausted and flopped down in the long grass gazing up at the cloudless, blue summer sky. Suddenly Bobbi jumped up. ‘I’m bored, what shall we do now?’ ‘What about playing Pooh sticks on the bridge.’ Jane asked hopefully.
COFFEE BREAK FICTION Here is another story for you Love2Line magazine readers. Again in this issue I have written a story that contains the titles of line dances, some old, some new and some a bit more sneaky so watch out. I hope you enjoy the story and trying to find the dances.
‘That’s so childish. It’s a peculiar game anyway, doesn’t have any purpose. I want to do something exciting.’ Ronnie sat up. ‘I know, why don’t we go down to the Sea Salt Sally chip shop. I could murder a bag of chips.’ Bobbi punched her twin playfully. ‘You’re always thinking of your stomach. I want to have fun.’
Davy sighed. It was hard work coping with his younger siblings. He hadn’t really DANGEROUS GAMES wanted to come out with them this afternoon and had intended to go into It was a hot afternoon in late August, town hoping to see Sarah Watkins who 1967. The papers had called it the was in his class. Fat chance of that now, ‘Summer of Love’, but the four just wishful thinking on his part, children sitting by the river were not interested in that, they were more concerned with enjoying themselves. Suddenly Bobbi jumped up clapping her hands making everyone jump. ‘I’ve got Davy was the eldest at 15 followed by it, a great idea. Let’s sneak out tonight the 13-year-old twins Ronnie and and go up to Greystone Manor.’ Roberta. Roberta hated her name and insisted in being called Bobbi with ‘What? No way! It’s haunted. I’ve heard an I and woe betide anyone who that all kinds of black magic and stuff forgot. The youngest was 10-year-old went on there.’ Jane shuddered. Jane who was forever being teased ‘Oh you’re such a baby Jane. Anyway it’s by her older siblings. up to you, I’m going whether you come or not. What about you guys?’
‘I’m up for it, as long as I have my tea first. Hey brother, are you coming?’ Ronnie nudged Davy. ‘Oh okay, I might as well, if only to keep an eye on you lot. I hope you realise that we are playing with fire if mum and dad find out.’ ‘Well if you are all going then I’m coming too. I’m not being left behind.’ Jane cried. Bobbi jumped up and down excitedly. ‘That’s settled then, as soon as it starts to go dark, we’ll go.’ At 9.30 pm that evening, the four children climbed out of Davy’s bedroom window and shinned down the old oak tree that made a useful escape route. ‘I can’t wait for some action up there. Have you got the torch Davy?’ Bobbi whispered as they crept past the lounge window where their parents were watching television. ‘Yes everything we need is in my knapsack. Come on let’s get going.’ By the time they reached Greystone Manor the sky had darkened and a full moon hung in the sky. Jane gasped as the huge, dark building loomed in front of them. The four children stood in awe gazing at the impressive sight; everything was deathly quiet, nothing but the sound of silence. Jane broke the silence. ‘I don’t like this. Let’s go back.’ She cried. Bobbi pushed her. ‘Oh for goodness sake you’re such a crybaby. I knew we should have left you behind.’ Davy started to walk towards the door. ‘We’re here now, might as well go in and have a look round.’
They all walked up to the huge wooden front door. Ronnie pushed the door expecting it to be locked but to their surprise it swung open making a loud, slow creaking noise. Jane gasped in fright. Slowly they made their way into the large hallway, their feet crunching on fallen dried leaves and shards of glass. ‘Put the light on Davy, I’m scared of the dark.’ Jane stammered. He shone the torch around and they gazed at the decaying building that must have been really grand a century ago. ‘Wow, I bet we see a ghost here. ’ Bobbi said rubbing her hands in glee. Suddenly Jane let out a huge scream. ‘Oh, oh spiders, quick someone, kill the spiders.’ Bobbi stepped forward and grinning lifted the spiders off Jane and put them on a window ledge. ‘Honestly Jane, open your eyes, they’ve gone. Come on let’s start ghost hunting. We’ll find a place to settle and wait.’ Just then a noise made the children look towards the staircase. Bobbi grabbed the torch. ‘Quick turn the light off, if it’s a ghost we don’t want to scare it off.’ ‘Stop it.’ Jane cried. ‘This isn’t fun.’ Just then a figure appeared at the top of the sweeping staircase. As the moon came out from behind a cloud the figure was caught in the moonlight. A lady in red, blonde hair glowing eerily in the soft light.
The children ran out of the house down the drive and flopped out of breath on to the grass.
‘It’s all right for you Alf, you’re not the one who did the robbery, you made me do it.’
‘Oh my gosh.’ spluttered Ronnie. ‘That was a ghost, an actual ghost.’
‘Because you are a stunner. No-one would ever believe when you walk into a post office you are going to rob it, whereas me with my broken nose I look like a wrong’un from the start.’
Bobbi stood up, hands on hips looking very cross. ‘No it wasn’t. We should have stayed. That lady had a flashlight. I somehow don’t think ghosts have any use for them.’
‘I hate wearing that black wig. It makes me look like a hippy.’
‘Trust me, you’re drop dead ‘She’s right.’ Agreed Davy. ‘That was a human. I wonder what she is doing here. gorgeous Brenda. Look at all this lovely cash. Soon as it gets light we’ll load it all It’s very suspicious.’ up in the car and go. Spain here we come.’ Bobbi started to walk back to the house. ‘I’m going to find out.’ ‘Are you sure you hid the car well Alf? ’ Davy grabbed hold of her arm. ‘You’re not going alone, I’m coming with ‘Yes doll, it’s round the back. No-one you. Ronnie you stay here with Jane. If we’re not out in 10 minutes then get help. will see us.’ ’ Bobbi and Davy looked at each other Davy and Bobbi crept silently up the then turned and ran quietly down the staircase. They could hear distant stairs and outside to tell the others what murmuring coming from one of the rooms. they had seen and heard. Bobbi pointed to one of the rooms where ‘So they are robbers? Ronnie said. the door was slightly ajar and could tell the talking was coming from there. They crept ‘What shall we do.’? up slowly and listened. Davy chewed his finger. ‘First we need to find their car and let the tyres Inside the room a couple were down. We don’t want them to get away. arguing. ‘What’s the matter with you Brenda, you’re jumpy and it’s making me Then we need to let the police know.’ nervous.’ Bobbi frowned. ‘Okay, the plan is that Davy and I will go and let the tyres down ‘I thought I heard something and wait here whilst Ronnie and Jane go downstairs Alf. Thought we’d been and get the police.’ found out.’ ‘For goodness sake relax. Like I told you we need to lay low overnight until things die down. We’ll wait until the dawn comes then shoot out of here.’
‘What if they come out and find you. ’? Jane cried.
‘Then we put Plan B into action. We fight them but it won’t come to that because they are waiting until it comes light.’ Much later on it was after midnight and the police were swarming all over the manor. The four children were standing outside feeling dizzy with excitement. Their parents had joined them not really knowing whether to be very angry or proud. The two guilty criminals were led away in handcuffs caught in the act with all the money from the post office robbery in their possession. The police sergeant came over.
‘Well now, it’s not every day that youngsters can claim to save the day but you certainly have. However, it’s not a wise thing to go sneaking out of your house at night without letting your parents know. Still everything has turned out well and I wouldn’t be surprised if a little reward comes your way.’
The four children jumped up and down with excitement. What a day, Bobbi certainly got her action and excitement. The next day was hot and sunny again with only a few fluffy white clouds in the sky. The children were again sitting by the river. Bobbie jumped up, ‘Hey why don’t we have another exciting adventure again today?’ Jane, Ronnie and Davy leapt up and began to run towards the bridge. ‘Where are you going?’ shouted Bobbi. Ronnie looked back over his shoulder. ‘We’ve had enough adventures thank you sis, we’re going to play Pooh sticks with Jane, it’s safer.’ Ellvie Wood
REVIEW Here is a recent dance choreographed by Robbie that we featured recently on the Love2Line Radio show. The track is an upbeat rock n roll track by TT Grace and it was an instant hit at my classes. Improver level easy enough to pick up but equally enjoyed by intermediate dancers. Just one easy restart. This dance deserves to do well, I hope it's not overlooked
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DO YOUR BIT FOR THE LDF The Line Dance Foundation (LDF) was founded in 2007 by Linedancer Magazine. It is a Registered Charity which offers financial support to people who have earned their living or part of their living through line dance and, for whatever reason, find themselves in difficulties. The Foundation asks social dancers and professionals alike to help raise funds but also to be the eyes and ears of the charity and to make nominations for grants. More information can be found on the Foundation website at www. linedancefoundation.com If every Line dance club could hold just one fund-raising event a year the Foundation would be able to help more people more effectively.
Here are our Hot picks and recommended dances for the month. This month we have split the scripts into levels to make it easy for you to choose a dance.
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DIARY OF A LINE DANCER Diary Of A Line dancer As I am writing this diary Christmas is literally days away. I wonder if any of you are going to a pantomime this year? My first trip to a pantomime was a bit of a disaster. I was about 6 years old and taken to see a local production of Aladdin. First of all I was sitting next to the piano, which was so loud it made me jump. Then I took fright at the baddie with his long droopy moustache and one of the cast picked me out of the crowd, which in the end resulted in me having a crying fit. Not a good first pantomime experience. You would think then that I would have had a phobia and never go to one again but no, that’s not the case. In fact I have actually performed in many a pantomime production myself. The hospital that I worked in had a fantastic drama group and apart from putting plays on during the year, we always had a Christmas panto. It was such fun and rehearsals were a laugh. There was no room for being shy as men and women had to get changed in the same room which caused a lot of hilarity. One of the cast had the smelliest feet ever and we joked that we were going to send his socks to the army so that they could drop them on the enemy!
As the cast and backstage crew were made up of all walks of hospital staff we had doctors, nurses, secretaries, lab technicians etc. We also were lucky to have the Chief Engineer on board who happened to have a fetish for pyrotechnics. This meant we had amazing effects. However, in one pantomime the pyrotechnics got out of hand and set the curtains alight. All the cast and backstage crew ran around with fire extinguishers but the audience thought it was part of the performance and were in absolute stitches. We got the fire out but were a bit disheartened that the biggest laugh was caused by a pyrotechnic failure. Obviously though, it was the children who made the panto’s. In one production, I played a rather wimpy, hapless Princess called Rosemary. In one scene the wicked witch came up behind me and I was obviously supposed to wander around looking helpless. There were two little boys in the front row who I noticed had become very involved with the panto and when the witch came up behind me they were shouting and screaming at me to look round. Of course this wasn’t in the script so I just carried on looking pretty and gormless. However, these two little Knights in shining armour didn’t want to see the Princess come to any harm so they both leapt on the stage and began clobbering the poor witch. Later on the producer came to the dressing room and suggested that in future we cut that scene a bit short so that no child would get the chance to jump on the stage.
I went to another production where a friend of mine was playing a leading role and in a similar situation to mine was on the stage with the baddie creeping up behind her. A little girl was getting into quite a state shouting and jumping up and pointing that there was someone behind her. Like me, my friend carried on until the baddie grabbed her. At that point the little girl stood up and shouted in a loud voice, ‘You silly b***er, I told you he was behind you.’ Ah children, don’t you just love them. So yes, I did get over my panto phobia and thoroughly enjoyed my time performing in them. The only trouble is that as I could sing and dance I was always chosen to play the Princess. I would have liked the chance to be a baddie. Who knows, in the future I might just do that but I hope I don’t make any child cry!! I hope you have a lovely Christmas and that you get a chance to go and see a pantomime. Ellvie
The One That Got Away Ellvie’s Escapees - Teacher & Dancer for over 20 years, she shares her passion for line dancing and finds hidden gems long since forgotten or never discovered.
The One That Got Away
The one that got away is from the year 2010. A great dance to a fantastic piece of music that sadly I have not seen around for a long time. I will keep you in suspense no longer. It is 'Nightshift', a 64 count, 4 wall, intermediate level dance, choreographed by Kath Dickens to the music 'Nightshift' by Dr Victor.
Firstly, the music is great, the beat is catchy and makes you want to dance. Even for those non-dancers, this music will get their feet tapping. The choreography fits really well to the music and the beat.
Sections 2 and 3 are my favourite with the back drag and walk, walk in Section 2 and the quarter touch turns in Section 3 which give you the chance to do a little bit of hip movement and put some attitude in. There are just two restarts on Walls 3 and 6 but the music almost tells you where they are so they aren't a problem. This is definitely a dance that should be taken out of hiding. So all you teachers why not give this dance another go and dancers mention it to your teacher. Get it out there on the dance floor and enjoy. Ellvie
Answers to Coffee Break Fiction Story I hope you enjoyed the coffee break fiction and had fun trying to find out how many line dances were mentioned. Well here are the answers.
Dangerous Games - Karl Harry Winson Summer of Love - Michelle Risley Bobbi With An I - Rachael McEnaney White Down To The River – Klara Wallman Bored - Ria Vos Peculiar Game - Fred Whitehouse, Georgina Dixon Sea Salt Sally - Kate Sala Have Fun - Rob Fowler Wishful Thinking - Jim O’Neill Greystone - Rob Fowler, Ed Lawton Black Magic - Alison and Peter Baby Jane - Gaye Teather It’s Up To You - Kim Ray Hey Brother - Gudrun Schneider, Martina Ecke Playing With Fire – Craig Bennet Escape - Bill Larson Action - Darren Bailey Sound Of Silence - Guyton Mundy Crybaby - Gary O’Reilly, Helen O’Malley Shards Of Glass - Karl-Harry Winson
Light On – Debbie McLaughlin Scared Of The Dark - Daniel Whittaker and also one written by Maggie G Ghost – Neville and Julie Kill The Spiders – Gaye Teather Open Your Eyes – Maggie Gallagher Stop It - Rob Fowler Caught In The Moonlight - Rachael McEnaney White Lady In Red – Simon Ward Flashlight – Neville and Julie Lay Low - Darren Bailey Until The Dawn - Gary Lafferty Drop Dead Gorgeous – Neville and Julie Plan B - Kate Sala, Rob Fowler After Midnight – Judy McDonald Dizzy - Jo Thompson Caught In The Act - Ann Wood Save The Day - Karl-Harry Winson I hope you enjoyed the story. How many line dance titles did you get. There were 37 in all some a little bit more sneaky than others and the title is one as well. Hope you had fun trying to find the dances. Don’t forget there will be another story in the next issue of Love2Line magazine Ellvie
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