ISSUE 9 MAY 2016 EDITION
DANCE NEWS AND REVIEWS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH JEFF CAMPS & HAYLEY WHEATLEY LATEST DANCE SCRIPTS & MUCH MORE
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Here at Love2Line we are enjoying the beautiful hot, sunny weather and hope that you are enjoying the same wherever you are. It is very hot at our dance classes but we are not complaining because it seems ages since we were able to dance with all the doors open. We hope you enjoy this month's issue of Love2Line, there is plenty to interest you. This month we have interviews with dance teachers and choreographers Hayley Wheatley and Jeffke Camps. Enjoy our article which investigates the story behind the very popular music 'Can't Stop The Feeling', by Justin Timberlake and peruse some of the dances choreographed to it. We have our regular partner dancers, Alan and Sonia updating us on what is currently happening on the very popular partner line dancing scene. Daniel Whittaker gives us his Club Top 10's which show what dances are popular in different clubs around the country. Why not have a look at our beginner, improver, intermediate and advanced dance scripts and reviews to see which dances you fancy doing. On top of all that, this month we have an article about the beautiful city of Chester including information about a local line dance class in case you are in the area and fancy having a dance. Find out which dance Ellvie has chosen as 'the one that got away'. Sit back, relax and enjoy our Coffee Break Fiction, digest our Fascinating Facts to increase your knowledge and have a giggle at our 'secret diary of a line dancer' who once again finds herself in an embarrassing position. Wow there is so much in our Love2Line magazine. We hope you enjoy it and don't forget, we would love to hear from you.
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LOVE2LINE MEETS JeffKE CAMPS I’m Jeffke Camps, for the ones who don’t speak Dutch, the –ke behind my first name means little. I’m a 22 year old Belgian dancer, instructor, choreographer and event-manager. Next to studying at LAW-school, I teach almost daily all levels in modern line, country, partner & couples in my dance association. I am very grateful to Love2line for asking me to share my profile. Summer 2008, one of my neighbours asked me if I would like to attend one of his dance classes. It was all senior dancers, but I went along to give it a try. From the first moment I was there, I adored every minute of it. I had never danced solo before, although I had attended salsa courses before. I certainly made the most of my new found hobby and attended local Country festivals and several dance classes and I have made so many dance friends.
Love2Line gets to know Jeffke Camps Dance Instructor and Choreographer
After several months I was asked if I would like to become an assistant dance teacher. I was always looking for some great new choreography. I remember, one of the first dances I translated into dutch was Guyton Mundys ‘Angels on the moon’. It was about the same time I started choreographing myself, to country music at first although now I include all genres. In 2009 I passed my instructor courses,and started teaching my own line dance classes and dance association. I was teaching weekly more than 100 dancers.
It wasn't long before I was approached by many other dance clubs to teach workshops in their classes but I was still a young boy and my daddy had to take me to every class because I was too young for a driver’s license. My classes were a little different to other classes in Belgium. Most of the line dance clubs in Belgium predominantly teach what is played by the country bands in Belgium and there are country line dance festivals and live band nights every week, allbeit country-based.
Two of the biggest line dance associations asked me to help out their workshop teams with teaching instructor workshops. This improved my teacher skills a lot. The instructors knew I was choreographing myself and asked me to teach some of my dances.
Modern line dance socials were unheard of in our neighbourhood but I was always busy looking for the greatest new choreography, country and pop and taught new dances weekly. It wasn't long before these dances were being played by those bands.
After I had been teaching for a few years I met some great new friends and started training for championships in partner and couple dancing. I started proam training by the UK Headliners, and so I had to dance ProAm with one of the greatest line dance stars in the world, Siobhan Dunn. I learnt a lot about couple dancing and I started teaching my own students some basic routines in Waltz, Two Step, East coast swing and Polka. I have won multiple awards in all divisions but this wasn't what I wanted to do so I started to focus on the social aspect of line dancing, organising events and teaching workshops for dancers and instructors.
Every year I have my own Country Christmas Night, with workshops and live music and I invite many local country singers and line dance cover bands. This event is well attended by more than 350 dancers.
I like to choreograph to music that inspires me but sometimes someone suggests a piece of music to me. My favourite songs to choreograph to have a nightclub rhythm, waltz or a real good polka.
I have had some amazing opportunities throughout my linedance career and I am very proud to have been asked by a Belgian Country singer to dance on TV in the Finals of the Voice of Belgium. I had 2 days to search for 20 young dancers to dance live on TV, which was a great experience for all of us!
When I first started writing dances I began doing it on my own but now I like co-choreographing with my buddy Daisy Simons, another Belgian instructor and choreographer with some absolutely great dances of her own. I'm very proud of her as some of them are danced all over the world too. One of our latest co-choreographies ‘The Night We Met’ is being danced in many countries. It’s a mainstream intermediate dance to a song by the boysband HomeTown. It has been taught by some other great instructors such as Robbie McGowan Hickie, Audrey Watson, Wil Bos. This is great feedback and of course this made me very happy.
The last two years my dances have been taught worldwide and I am grateful to receive emails from people from lots of different countries telling me they are enjoying my dances. This means a great deal to me.
One of the dances I’m most proud of is One More Try, a waltz to the song ‘I know a guy’ by Chris Young. It was a big hit with a lot of teachers. Juliet Lam told me she liked the choreography and did suggest another song, a non country alternative. This did really well and I received many demo clips online, so I’m really grateful for Juliet's suggestion, she is such a nice person and hope to meet her soon!
Because of all the great feedback, I now get offers to teach more workshops outside Belgium. One of the last events where I was guest choreographer was the Derailed Dance Event. I had the chance to teach here next to Ria Vos, Wil Bos, Dwight Meesen, Vincent Versteegh and my buddy Daisy Simons. It was a great event and I hope to be attending it next year, as a dancer or as a choreographer, I enjoyed both! My next big event is The Costa Brava Event in Spain at the end of May, hosted by Rafel Corbi, his lovely daughter and their great team! I was at the last years event as a dancer and I enjoyed every minute of it. I will be teaching and judging at the event for the first time next to Gary O’Reilly, Adrian Churm, Chris Hodgson, Debbie Ellis, Andrew & Sheila Palmer and Miquel Menendez. I heard Rob Fowler will be attending the event also.
I have been invited to some other great events all over the world in the coming months and years, where I will meet some other great choreographers, something I really look forward to, so I hope to meet some of you in the future. Or maybe at next Crystal Boots Awards, it’s my first time in Blackpool so I’m very excited. Take care, and have fun! Jeffke
WELL I NEVER This is our little spot for you linedancers who have a passion for trivia. Perhaps some of you line dancers are members of pub quizzes, or maybe just like to be able to wow your friends with a fountain of knowledge. Here we have some more fascinating facts for you which we hope will amaze and astound. 1. According to a Polish saying,’ love enters a man through his eyes and a woman through her ears’ - and here’s me thinking that love enters through a man’s stomach!!!!!
2. The Mexican chief Montezuma considered hot chocolate to be a love drug and drank 50 cups a day - well, if that’s what they call Montezuma’s revenge, I’ll have a few cups of that 3. Pediophobia is a fear of dolls. I think I developed this phobia after watching that horror film ‘Annabelle.’
4. The largest commercial jigsaw puzzle went on sale in 2011 and contained 32,256 pieces. Oooh imagine getting to the end of that and finding you have one piece missing!!!!
5. Diamonds have been coveted since at least the 4th century BC. – well that’s true because I have been coveting one for years but my other half hasn’t taken up the hint.
6. In the 16th century, a Turkish woman could divorce her husband if he failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee. perhaps it would have been better for the fella’s to stick to a good old cup of tea. 7. 76% of people eat the ears on chocolate bunnies first. well I don’t know about you, fellow line dancers but the chocolate bunnies don't last long enough with me.
We hope you have enjoyed our fascinating facts and we will bring you more in next month’s edition of Love2Line.
Can't Stop The Feeling by Justin Timberlake It is so important for a choreographer to pick music that dancers are going to enjoy dancing to and connect with. You could have the most brilliantly choreographed dance but if dancers don't like the music it could be dropped like a piece of red hot coal. This summer of 2016 has resulted in a very popular piece of music, 'Can't Stop The Feeling' by Justin Timberlake, hitting the line dance scene. There have been many dances choreographed to this piece of music; in fact there are currently 17 in total, so wherever you go dancing you will no doubt come across one of them. Here at Love2Line we are showing you a selection of dances of different levels which we think are the best ones written to this music. So what is it about this piece of music that has made it so popular? The song, of course, is a 'feel good' song, jaunty and catchy, just right for summer. The fact that Justin Timberlake sings it also will appeal to many of us girls as, let's face it, he is very pleasing to the eye!
However, the fact that it is the soundtrack to Dreamwork’s Animations film, 'Trolls' is helping it no end. Dreamwork’s Animations are well known and were responsible for the very amusing 'Shrek' films. The film is about the retro Troll dolls. I actually still have mine! The Trolls are a happy bunch of optimistic musicians who try to fend off the Bergens who want to eat them. Justin Timberlake is one of the voice overs in the film as well as being an executive producer. The film boasts a star studied cast giving their voices to the characters, including Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel, James Corden, Gwen Stefani and John Cleese, to name but a few. The film will be popular this summer and so I would hazard a guess that 'Can't Stop The Feeling' will be danced to quite a lot during the summer of 2016. I hope so because the music is very enjoyable to listen and to dance to.
Chester is one of the loveliest cities in England. It is a walled city situated by the River Dee, close to the cities of Liverpool and Manchester and not far from the Welsh border. This city has an amazing history. In 79 AD, during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, Chester was founded as a Roman fort and named Deva Victrix. The town grew and eventually became a major civilian settlement. Today you can take the 2 mile walk of the city walls and admire its beauty. Evidence of Roman occupation is visible through the remains of the Roman Amphitheatre where spectators would enjoy a host of bloodthirsty events such as cock fighting and gladitorial combat. Thankfully today, it is host to more peaceful pursuits and Family Saturdays are held throughout the Summer with events for all the family to enjoy. In 689 AD, King Aethelred of Mercia founded a church in Chester which later, of course, became the beautiful cathedral we see today.
The church was strengthened to help protect the city from attacks by the Danes. Later, Chester was one of the last English cities to succumb to the Norman invasion in 1066 which was led by William the Conqueror. Indeed, Chester has seen some very turbulent times. The Cathedral is open to the public and is free to enter. It holds regular musical events and exhibitions. There is the opportunity to scale the Cathedral with the Heights Tour and see behind the scenes. Certainly it is a must to visit this Cathedral to enjoy the wonderful architecture and history. Another piece of Chester's history to visit is the Eastgate Clock which is a prominent landmark in the city. The gateway stands where the entrance to the Roman fort once stood. The present gateway dates from 1768 and in 1899 the famous clock was added to the top of the gateway to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It is said that this is the most photographed clock after Big Ben and is now designated as a Grade 1 listed building
. Chester is also home to the oldest racecorse in England, which is still going strong today. Horse racing in Chester dates back to the early 16th century when it was known as the Roodee. The course is on, what was previously, the site of a huge Roman harbour and has now become a glamorous venue enjoying a thriving horse racing and international polo season each year.
If you fancy a dance near Chester you can join Award Winning Daniel Whittaker on Mondays, for more classes check out his website..
The Labour Club Flatt lane, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, There is certainly plenty to do and see in CH65 8DP this city and no excuse to be bored. Why not visit the city's famous zoo for a family Times: 7:30pm - 10:30pm day out. There are also numerous museums to visit and guided tours, if you Dances you are likely to be dancing: are in a cultural mood. If retail therapy is About Feeling your thing then Chester boasts plenty of Dirty Mind shops to keep you happy. Of course there Aint Misbehavin' is the race course if you fancy a flutter on Better When I'm Dancin the horses. For those who want to chill out Pop that lock then why not have a picnic down by the Ex's & Oh's river or relax on a river cruise. To top the Is it desire day off there are plenty of restaurants in Lay Low Ticket to the blues the city to enjoy a good meal. Always You
Welcome to our Coffee Break fiction spot where the story is inspired by the title of a line dance. This month’s story is inspired by the line dance Secret Love choreographed by Maggie Gallagher. Find out more about the relationship between Alberto and Zelda, sit back with a cup of coffee and enjoy this story with a twist in the tale. Secret Love The atmosphere was extremely tense in the household of Albert and Elsie Smith, also known as the Great Alberto and his lovely assistant Zelda. ‘What do you mean, ‘I’m too old? ’’ Elsie glared at her husband. ‘Come, my dear, let’s face it, you are not exactly in the first flush of youthfulness.’ ‘Well neither are you Albert.’ ‘Ah yes, but I am the Great Alberto whereas you are mearly my assistant.
‘I’ve been your assistant for the past twelve years and do my job well.’ ‘Dear wife, you are billed as my ‘lovely’ assistant and that is where the problem lies.’ Elsie’s cheeks flared an angry red. ‘Are you trying to tell me that I am no longer lovely?’ ‘I think it would be prudent to say that time has not been kind to you Elsie, especially with regard to your figure.’ ‘How dare you. I can still fit into my costume.’ Albert stroked his handlebar moustache. ‘I am afraid that bits of your figure appear to be falling out of your costume. May I also remind you that in last night’s performance of our ‘sawing the lady in half’ act, you struggled to get into the box.’ ‘That’s ridiculous Albert. It is a well known fact that wood expands and contracts in certain weather conditions. The box obviously contracted.’ ‘Alas dear wife, I am afraid that it is you that has expanded.’ Elsie jumped up slamming her fist on the table. ‘I know what you’re up to Albert Smith. You want to get rid of me and put that young chorus girl, Daisy Dawkins in my place.’ ‘I don’t know what you are talking about.’ ‘The whole theatre knows about you and your philandering. Don’t try to play the innocent with me.’ ‘You are overwrought Elsie. I suggest that you go and have a rest before we go over to the theatre. We need to rehearse our new routine before tonight’s performance.’ Elsie stormed out of the room slamming the door behind her.
A few hours later the couple were standing on the stage of the empty Alhambra Theatre looking at a large box. Albert clapped his hands. ‘I still don’t understand why we need to do this new trick Albert, it’s just more expense. What’s wrong with our usual routine?’ ‘My dear, we must move with the times. A gentleman in America named Mr. Houdini is breaking new ground with trickery and we must keep up with him. Now let us get on with rehearsing. I need you to go over the routine. You do have a habit of forgetting.’ Elsie scowled at him. ‘Then perhaps it would be better if you showed me again Albert.’ He sighed. ‘All right, if you insist. Now listen and watch carefully. I open the door and show the audience that the box is empty. You step inside and I shut the door.’ Albert stepped inside the box, with a flourish, closing the door behind him. In a muffled voice he carried on. ’It is your job to quickly open the false door at the back and squeeze yourself in.’
Albert’s voice trailed off followed by a muffled shout and a thud. ‘Albert? Albert? Are you there? She opened the door and peeped in. It was empty. For what seemed like an eternity, Elsie leant against the box, her heart beating fast. Deep in thought, mind racing, she jumped as a small blonde girl ran onto the stage. ‘We’ve done it Elsie, it’s worked, he’s dead.’ ‘Are you sure he’s dead Daisy, he might just be unconscious. Did you check?’ ‘Oh yes, his neck’s well and truly broken. You are so clever to think of putting the box over the trap door. I’m not sorry he’s gone, the dirty old letch. Got what he deserved.’ Elsie smiled. ‘Finally, I am free of him. After all this time Daisy, my love, at last we can finally be together.’ The two women embraced.
SECRET DIARY OF A LINE DANCER
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No doubt, due to the local elections at the beginning of May, some of you line dancers may have had your classes cancelled because of the voting. Seeing the local politicians canvassing around the area brought back memories of a particularly embarrassing episode that happened to me. Some years ago, I was at my kitchen sink washing some pans when somebody walked passed the window and began knocking on the back door. I recognised the person as one of our local councillors who was one of the candidates eager to be voted in at the local elections. This particular lady was renowned for her 'gift of the gab' and I knew that if I opened the door to her then I could pretty much say goodbye to the rest of the day.
My only chance of avoiding a lengthy political lecture was to dive down and sit on the kitchen floor and wait until she had gone. Like all politicians, she was very persistent and I could hear her knocking on the door calling 'Hallo, is there anyone there?'
I sat on the floor for, what seemed like hours and my legs had gone very stiff. As there had been no knocking on the door for a few minutes, I reckoned that it was safe to get up. I rose up from the floor like a flower unfurling to the sun only to find myself face to face with the beaming Escape from the kitchen was smile of our local councillor who was impossible, as the back door was all peering through the kitchen window. glass and she would be able to see me dart out.
My face must have been a sight to behold and my cheeks the colour of a ripe tomato. What else could I do but invite her in. I made some feeble excuse about cleaning the kitchen cupboards and not hearing her knocking on the door. I certainly paid for my deception. Three hours later after numerous cups of tea and biscuits and an earful of political discourse, I finally shut the door on her.
Did I vote for this person, I hear you ask? Ah well, I am not telling. That was between me and the ballot box.
HAYLEY LOVES2LINE I attended my first ballet class at the age of three and have always loved to dance, but line dancing was something so new and different. I remember watching in awe as dances like ‘Razor Sharp’ and ‘Tropicana Parking Lot’ came out. I became obsessed with wanting to learn as many dances as I could. My mum and I would go line dancing together at every given opportunity. She encouraged me to take all my line dancing medals and even paid for my teaching exams, telling me she felt it was something It was a Friday night in May 1997 when I I should pursue. stepped on to the dance floor for my first line dance. I was a sulky 13 year old who, My mum’s classes were continuing to build of course, had some place better to be! but her day job as a teacher meant she Yet here I was again, being dragged couldn’t take on all the classes she was along to my mother’s dance class for asked to. Our local leisure centre became another darned week. But this week was desperate for a line dance teacher. When different... I’d forgotten to bring a book, my mother couldn’t take on the job, she I had no homework to hand and the made the suggestion that her daughter was friends that I often sneaked into the other fully qualified and could easily lead the class. room to play pool with hadn’t turned up. I was sixteen at the time, at college and So, somehow I was persuaded onto the hesitant to say yes, but I decided why not? dance floor for a walk through of “Elvira”. From that moment on, I’ve never My reluctance was nothing in comparison to that of dancers whom were waiting for looked back. The grumpy teenager who thought line me to teach them that first day. They later dancing wasn’t for her is a world apart admitted that their jaws had indeed dropped from the young adult I became. One who to the floor when a “shy little girl” came in went on to spend every weekend she to teach them. But it wasn’t long before they could at a line dancing social or opened their hearts and minds to me. They competition. That girl was chalk and became wonderful friends that attend my cheese compared to the adult I became. classes today. One who when running her own dance school and asked which dance form was I continued to take all the line dance medals her favourite, would proudly answer that I could until the only certificate left to “Linedancing!” The same girl was hardly attain was one in choreography. My first recognisable to the person I am today. dance was choreographed to the track One who’s made line dancing her full time “Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbsion. career.
I created this dance for my UKA choreography examination. The examiner told me that she thought I was the youngest person to take the exam at the time and said I showed a “very unique talent”. She passed me with a distinction and told me to keep choreographing. I did and in 2001 a dance called “Cupid’s Arrow” was my first to be printed in a national magazine. ventually, as the years passed, I did stop choreographing. Life got in the way. I moved abroad, worked as a professional dancer, got married and had three beautiful children. I went on to open my own dance school “Dance First Academy”. But as the years passed, I never lost my love of line dance and I continued to teach classes (in whatever part of the world I was living) and tried to social dance when I could. When my daughter Ella was five, we were watching a TV show and a song called “The Last Waltz” by Englebert Humperdink came on. Ella listened to the song and told me she thought it was beautiful and her new favourite. “Make a line dance to it Mum.” She said, “It would be great for a linedance”.
To Ella’s insisting, I agreed to write a little waltz to the track. I put the dance online. In 2011, this was my first piece of choreography in nearly a decade. I was overwhelmed by how “Ella’s Waltz” became such an immediate success. Video after video popped up online and people were emailing me from all four corners of the world to tell me how much they were enjoying my dance. While attending socials and festivals, organisers would ask me if I would be willing to teach the dance while I was there. At the time I was used to choreographing routines with my dance school but suddenly I had fallen back into choreographing line dances in a big way! I couldn’t even hear a tune on the radio without it forming steps to a new line dance in my head. I was also being asked to return to the events I had taught my waltz at. I was requested to teach more of my new dances at more workshops. Three years on I found that I had so much going on with line dance that I was finding little time for much else. I made the difficult decision to leave my dance school and take on more line dance classes and workshops. A decision that, although scary at the time, has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. I now, each day, get to do something I am passionate about. Line dancing remains the dance form I truly love the most! With line dance, we are able to exercise our bodies and our minds, yet be free to make each dance our own. I have made so many great friends through line dance and I have made so many happy memories. My biggest plans remain the same... to dance and to enjoy every single step!
Dance Reviews Corazon Diamante
Dance Like Your Daddy
48 2 Wall Intermediate
48 Count 2 Wall Intermediate
Music: "Duele El Corazon" by Iglesias feat. Winsin
Music, Dance Like Yo Daddy " by Meghan Trainor
Choreographed by: Roy Veronk, Maggie Gallagher & Gary O'Reilly (April 2016) Choreographer:Julia Wetzel (USA)
What do you get when you have some great music and some beautiful dance steps. The answer is this dance 'Corazon Diamante', This 2 wall, 48 count. intermediate level dance is a joint choreographed dance by Roy Verdonk, Maggie Gallagher and Gary O'Reilly. I particularly like the diamond steps in sections 4 and 6. The kick, together, side rock, kick, together in section 6 is tricky but is a lovely piece of choreography and looks good when everyone does it together.
This is a quirky little dance that went down well in our class. It is a 2 wall, 48 count, intermediate level dance but it is achievable for many dancers. Choreographed by Julia Wetzel it has some lovely steps. The vine with hip and shoulder roll and jazz box with hip and shoulder roll is such a great piece of choreography and gave our class loads of laughs as we watched everyone doing, or trying to dothem.
Of course the music, Duele El Corazon sung by Enrique Iglesias, is the icing on the cake. This dance is very popular in our class and it certainly deserves to do well.
The music is great, 'Dance Like Yo Daddy' by Meghan Trainor and I think we will be seeing a lot of this dance in the Summer of 2016
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So Just Dance 64 Count 2 Wall Intermediate Music Can't stop the feeling, Justin Timberlake
Solo Amor 48 Count Easy Intermedaite 2 wall Music: Solo Quiero Amarte" by Vela
Choreographer: Teresa & Vera
There have been plenty of dances choreographed to this music but for those dancers who like something a little more challenging, then this dance is for you. A 2 wall, 64 count intermediate level dance choreographed by Teresa and Vera has some lovely touches. The first section is very interesting, with a right lock 1/2 heel hold and right lock, 1/4 heel hook step. Challenging at first but it fits in so well with the music. I like the last section with the ball cross 1/4 left, step side, step left hold, ball step tap back. Really enjoyable to dance. The music is very popular and looks like it will be one of those summer songs that you will keep hearing, 'Can't Stop The Feeling' by Justin Timberlake. This dance is already very popular in our class and I know that other classes are also doing it. Give it a try, I'm sure you will enjoy it
Choreographers: Rob Fowler (ES/UK), Vivienne Scott (CA), JP Madge (CH), Fred Buckley
This dance is proving to be a winner. A 4 wall, 48 count easy intermediate level dance choreographed by Rob Fowler, Vivienne Scott, J P Madge and Fred Buckley it is popular with different levels of dancers. Although it has two parts, A and B, they are not difficult and even less confident dancers are happy with this. There is one tag on the front wall where you repeat Part B but once you get to know the music it is easy to pick up on. There are some great steps, I particularly like the touch hold and touch and touch and also Part B with the out, out, side, hip bump. The music is great to dance to, a nice Latin piece of music, 'Solo Quiero Amarte' by Vela. This dance is already starting to take off and should do very well.
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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PAULS CHARITY SOCIAL
A social was held at Lydiate Parish Hall hosted by Paul O'Connor. All proceeds were kindly donated to a local charity in Southport called Sensory Touch. They are a multi sensory centre for children and adults with learning difficulties, they benefit in different ways , some like to relax while others let off steam. They also offer group sessions and also find it popular with mums and babies who love it because they can chat while babies enjoy the lighting or crawl around in safety. The centres various rooms can also be hired for birthday parties and specific occasions offering safe yet stimulating surroundings.
Sensory Touch Southport relies solely on donations and room hire and along with normal running expenses often equipment needs repairing or replacing and the generosity of the public is most appreciated. Sensory Touch offers a much needed service to people in need and those service users become accustomed to their routines, and can become very upset if their routines are broken. Unfortunately due to a break in and other unfortunate events we are at risk of closure and money raised from Pauls social will definitely help. Thank you for your support.
Paul's Playlist Making history. Flashlight. Stand by you. Poetry in motion. Extreme love. Die a happy man. Girls like. Have fun go mad. Slam goes the door. Is it over. The queen. Deeply completely. Wakey wakey. Into the arena. Carry you home. Morocco. The bite. From the ground up. Cake by the ocean. Somebody like you. Second hand heart. Just dance. Aint misbehavin. Now or never. Anybody ever told you. Mirror mirror. Feel. Corazon diamonte. Save the day. About feelings. Titanic. Sugar honey I T. Tangled up. Dirty mind. Someday and forever. I got it easy. Take me to church. Young and stupid. Pretend. Feel good. Dance like your daddy.
Rock this factor. How i want ya. Solo amor. Go to work. SXE. The waiting game. Diva. Off the chain. Better when im dancing. Electruc reel/vertical expression. Anybody ever told you. Aint no way. AM to PM.
DANIEL'S DANCE CLUB TOP 10's
I have a small selection of Instructors / DJ's across the UK who have kindly given me their time to let me know what's hot on the dance floor in their area and what TWO dances they would recommend YOU to learn. If you have your own club and want to submit your results for the WHOLE of April then please submit to me by the last Friday of the month. You can submit your club Top 10 dances each month by visiting my website here. http://www.dancefeveruk.com/
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 other night, whilst driving home from a dance class I had the radio on as usual. A song came on and I said to my better half, 'We used to do a dance to this didn't we? ' Both of us agreed that it was a cracking little dance, so there and then I decided it would be this month's 'one that got away.' I bet you are all excited now wondering what on earth it could be. Well I will reveal all. The dance is 'Evergreen' a 2 wall, 40 count, intermediate NC level dance, choreographed by Karen Hunn to the music 'Evergreen' by Will Young. Back in the day we used to dance this such a lot at our class and it was very popular. Even the less confident dancers, who were nervous about trying anything they perceived as difficult, had a go and really enjoyed it. However, it does seem to have disappeared from the linedance scene and I haven't seen it danced anywhere for a good few years.
It's such a shame because it is a lovely dance. The music is easy on the ears and the choreography has some lovely steps. I particularly like the 1/4 turn left with ronde and cross twinkles in section 3. In the last section, the sway left, sway right, side drag touch with the two full turns at the end, for those who love to spin also looks lovely when you watch it being danced. There is only one tag, which is a left 3/4 cross unwind on wall 5. This doesn't really cause problems as you can hear it coming with the music and I think it adds a lovely touch to this dance. The music is slow enough for you to be able to think about the dance without having to chase your tail to catch up and the night club steps do tend to be very popular with line dancers. I do think it is such a shame that this dance seems to have vanished into the mists of time, so you teachers out there, get this one revived and give your dancers a real treat. Until next time, happy dancing. Ellvie
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.Hi there everyone and welcome once again to our Western Partner Dance Section of the Love2Line Magazine. We are very happy to update you on what's hot on the dance floor this month. Looking at the Partner Dance circuit at the moment here is our Top Ten Partner Dances for the Month of May Angels & Alcohol - Carol & George Stayte Biding Time - Jeff & Thelma Angeleno For Two by Chris & Trev Mayflowers - Dave & Leslie Mather How Could I - Ann Williams We’re All Right – Jeff & Thelma Mills Baby I'm Right - Chris & Trev Country In My Heart - Chris & Trev How Could I - Ann Williams Mayflowers - Dave & Leslie Mather
We are just at the moment preparing to work alongside Dan & Kelly Albro at a Line & Partner Festival in Liverpool in June. Theyare visiting the Uk from America hosting partner dance workshops. If you would like any further detials of events please get in touch. We will have a full write up on the event for next month along with any scripts that they have for the dances taught over the weekend event. So that's all for this week folks, keep it Country and keep on dancing . Best Wishes Alan & Sonia
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