Yesterday I posted the Crystal Boot Award Nominations for the Absolute Beginner and Beginner Level Dances so it seems only right that today I post the harder level dances, namely the Improver, Intermediate and Advanced Level Dances.

If like me, you are struggling to decide which dances you'd like to vote for, then hopefully this will help!

Improver Dances

5 Times You

5 Times You was choreographed by Niels Poulsen to You You You by Lukas Graham in August 2025. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Niels' YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - 5 Times You

All The Small Things

All The Small Things was choreographed by Maggie Gallagher to a track of the same name by Tyler Rich in March 2025. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Maggie's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - All The Small Things

Azizam

Azizam was choreographed by Simon Ward, Jean-Pierre Madge & Amy Glass Bailey to a track of the same name by Ed Sheeran in April 2025. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Yves Sanchez's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Azizam

Follow Til the End

Follow Til The End was choreographed by Maggie Gallagher to Follow by Maria Sur in August 2025. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Maggie's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Follow Til The End

Heel, Toe Rodeo

Heel Toe Rodeo was choreographed by Gary O'Reilly to Cowboy Up by Kaylee Bell in November 2024. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Gary's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Heel Toe Rodeo

Love Me to Heaven

Love Me To Heaven was choreographed by Gregory Danvoie & Guillaume Richard to  Love Me To Heaven by The Jonas Brothers in March 2025. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Gregory's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Love Me To Heaven

Real Men Cry

Real Men Cry was choreographed by Maddison Glover to  Cry by Lee Brice in February 2025. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Maddison's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Real Men Cry

Slow Motion

Slow Motion was choreographed by Grace David, Roy Verdonk, & Jeffke Camps to a track of the same name by Marshmellow & The Jonas Brothers in April 2025. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Jeffke's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Slow Motion

Tell Me

Tell Me was choreographed by Gary O'Reilly to Grandpa (Tell Me 'bout The Good Old Days)  by Kalsey Kulyk in October 2025. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Gary's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Tell Me

Trailblazer

Trailblazer was choreographed by Vikki Morris to Trailblazer by Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson in May 2025. It's a 64 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Vikki's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Trailblazer

Intermediate Dances

Beautiful Stranger

Beautiful Stranger was choreographed by Gary O'Reilly to a track of the same name by Toby Keith in May 2025. It's a 32 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Kelly G Line Dance's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Beautiful Stranger

Electric Vibe

Electric Vibe was choreographed by Jamie Barnfield & Karl-Harry Winson to Make A Move by 2341 Studios [AI], in January 2025. It's a 64 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Karl's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Electric Vibe

Foolish Feelings

Foolish Feelings was choreographed by Fred Whitehouse & Niels Poulsen to Stop by Nolan Sotillo in February 2025. It's a 72 count, 1 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Niels' YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Foolish Feelings

God Damned Beautiful

God Damned Beautiful was choreographed by Debbie Rushton to a track of the same name by The Scarlet Opera in February 2025. It's a 16 count, 4 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from AmandaJW's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - God Damned Beautiful

Go to Hawaii

Go To Hawaii was choreographed by Maddison Glover to Hawaii on Me by Chris Janson in May 2025. It's a 32 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Maddison's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Go To Hawaii

Head Over Feet

Head Over Feet was choreographed by Maddison Glover to Maybe by Guy Sebastian,  in April 2025. It's a 64 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Maddison's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Head Over Feet

I Believe

I Believe was choreographed by Simon Ward to Believe by Brooks & Dunn with Jellyroll in February 2025. It's a 32 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Simon's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - I Believe

Million Dollar Smile

Million Dollar Smile was choreographed by Simon Ward to Something About The Way You Look Tonight by Elton John in July 2025. It's a 32 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Simon's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Million Dollar Smile

No Remorse

No Remorse was choreographed by Simon Ward & Niels Poulsen to Not Your Man by Teddy Swims in March 2025. It's a 64 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Simon's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - No Remorse

No Time To Talk

No Time To Talk was choreographed by Karl-Harry Winson to a track by the same name by the Jonas Brothers. It's a 32 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Karl's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - No Time To Talk

Take Me To The Beach

Take Me To The Beach was choreographed by Debbie Rushton, Gregory Danvoie, Mike Liadouze & Guillaume Richard, to a track of the same name by Imagine Dragons feat. Baker Boy, in December 2024. It's a 32 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Gregory's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Take Me To The Beach

Advanced Dances

Feel Good Friday

Feel Good Friday was choreographed by Simon Ward to Healing Hands by Elton John, in May 2025. It's an 88 count, 1wall phrased line dance. The video listed above was taken from Simon's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Feel Good Friday

Feel The Spark

Feel the Spark was choreographed by Shane McKeever, to Lighter by Kyle Alessandro, in June 2025. It's a 80 count, 2 wall phrased line dance. The video listed above was taken from AmandaJW's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Feel The Spark

Hush Hush

Hush Hush was choreographed by Gary O'Reilly, Maggie Gallagher, Shane McKeever & Fred Whitehouse, to a track of the same name by Meira Omar in June 2025. It's a 96 count, 1 wall phrased line dance. The video listed above was taken from Jessie Chan's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Hush Hush

I come in pieces

I come in pieces was choreographed by Fred Whitehouse & Debbie Rushton, to a track of the same name by Alison Porter in August 2025. It's a 78 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Amanda JW's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - I Come In Pieces

If It Ain't You

If It Ain't You was choreographed by Debbie Monahan-Mabbs & Lorraine Monahan-Mabbs, to If It Ain't Got You by Dalton Dover, in December 2024. It's a 96 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Pauline Chan'sYouTube channel.

Stepsheet - If It Ain't You

Loved You Better

Loved You Better was choreographed by Guillaume Richard & Rhoda Lai, to a track of the same name by The Jonas Brothers & Dean Lewis, in October 2025. It's a 32 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Amanda JW's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Loved You Better

Mercy On My Grave

Mercy On My Grave was choreographed by Tim Johnson, to a track of the same name by Aventhis in August 2025. It's a 60 count, 1 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Amanda JW's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Mercy On My Grave

Our Kingdom

Our Kingdom was choreographed by Darren Bailey, to a track of the same name by Valley of Wolves in May 2025. It's an 88 count, 1 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Amanda JW's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Our Kingdom

Tequila To Forget

Tequila to Forget was choreographed by Rachael McEnaney-White, to a track of the same name by Iommi, Perfect Pitch & Teddy Bee, in May 2025. It's a 64 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Rachael's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Tequila to Forget

Unmade Memories

Unmade Memories was choreographed by Niels Poulsen to Memories We'll Never Made by Michael Minelli, in August 2025. It's a 32 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Niels' YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Unmade Memories

Walk This Walk

Walk This Walk was choreographed by Niels Poulsen, to She Got It by Teddy Swims ft. Coco Jones & GloRilla, in June 2025. It's a 72 count, 2 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Niels' YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Walk This Walk

What Makes a King

What Makes a King was choreographed by Jeffke Camps, Gregory Danvoie & Jose Miguel Belloque Vane, to a track of the same name by Marcel Kapteijn in October 2024. It's a 48 count, 1 wall line dance. The video listed above was taken from Gregory's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - What Makes a King

That's it for the Improver, Intermediate and Advanced Dance Nominations - don't forget to head over to the CBA website to cast your votes!

This blog has been far too quiet for many years, and since my return to line dancing this year and with the full immersion of myself back into the line dance community, I've decided that now is the time to start creating content for this blog again. So if it's been a while - welcome back, and if you are new here - welcome to the blog.

One of my earliest posts was a breakdown of all the Crystal Boot Award nominations, which turned out to be a pretty popular post - so it seems apt that following the recent announcement of this year's nominees, my first blog post should be a showcase of this year's dance nominations.

There are quite a few dance categories - too many to share in one post in fact, so in today's post, I will be sharing the CBA nominations for each of the main difficulties of line dance - along with videos (by the choreographer where possible) so you can watch performances of the dances to remind you and to help you decide which dances you would like to vote for. You'll also find a link to the stepsheet for each dance on Line Dancer Web - should you wish to check out the steps!

Already know which dance you want to vote for? If so follow this link to Vote Now

Crystal Boot Award Dance Nominations - Absolute Beginner and Beginner Levels

Absolute Beginner

Azizam

Azizam was choreographed by Andrew Hayes to a track of the same name by Ed Sheeran in April 2025. It's a 32 count, 4 wall line dance with no restarts / tags. The video listed above was taken from Andrew's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Azizam

Hoedown

Hoedown was choreographed by Gary O'Reilly from Ireland to a track of the same name by Ink in June 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Gary's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Hoedown

I Sold My Soul

I Sold My Soul was choreographed by Glynn Rodgers to Suit and Tie by Cooper Alan, in January 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Glynn's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - I Sold My Soul

Life Lesson

Life Lesson was choreographed by Hayley Wheatley & Sophie Stephens to Life by ConKi, in April 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Sophie's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Life Lesson

Loved by You

Loved by You was choreographed by Lee Hamilton & Heather Barton to a track of the same name by Cleez, in March 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Sophie's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Loved by You

Love Me To Heaven EZ

Love Me to Heaven EZ was choreographed by Alexis Strong to a track of the same name by The Jonas Brothers, in March 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Alexis' YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Love Me to Heaven

Shirts and Skirts

Shirts and Skirts was choreographed by Jamie Barnfield to Man! I Feel Like a Woman (Real Hypha Remix) by Shania Twain, in October 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Jamie's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Shirts and Skirts

Tango

Tango was choreographed by Maggie Gallagher to a track of the same name by Damiano David, in August 2025. It's a 16 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Maggie's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Tango

The Man With the Hat

The Man With The Hat was choreographed by Gary O'Reilly to Me Auld Skilara Hat by Ciaran Rosney, in February 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Gary's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Tango

Wings To Fly

Wings to Fly was choreographed by Rhoda Lai & Hayley Wheatley to The Power of Love x I'm Alive by Laback & Laura Furmanova, in June 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Rhoda's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Wings to Fly

Beginner 

Bigger Houses (WDM25)

Bigger Houses (WDM25) was choreographed by Helen Parkyn to a track of the same name by Dan & Shay, in August 2025. It's a 16 count 2 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Helen's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Bigger Houses

Cut Loose Get Loud

Cut Loose Get Loud was choreographed by Jamie Barnfield to Country is coming to town by The Wolfe Brothers & Lee Kernaghan, in March 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Jamie's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Cut Loose Get Loud

Fallin' in Love

Fallin' in Love was choreographed by Gary O'Reilly & Maggie Gallagher to a track of the same name by Post Malone, in January 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Gary's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Fallin' in Love

Fast Cars and Superstars

Fast Cars and Superstars was choreographed by Jamie Barnfield & Michelle Risley to a track of the same name by Christian Marchi, in August 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Jamie's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Fast Cars and Superstars

For The Reggae

For the Reggae was choreographed by Alexis Strong & Sophie Stevens to Lip Up Fatty by Bad Manners, in March 2025. It's a 48 count 2 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Sophie's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - For The Reggae

Heart in Two

Heart in Two was choreographed by Michelle Risley, Gary Lafferty & Karl-Harry Winson to Don't break this heart by Jack Jersey, in July 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Michelle's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Heart in Two

House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo was choreographed by Emma Weissensteiner to a track of the same name by Andy Williams, in April 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video demo above is by Maggie Stevenson (no YouTube channel available for Emma).

Stepsheet - House of Bamboo

Moonbeam Icecream

Moonbeam Icecream was choreographed by Rhoda Lai & Suzi Beau to Mystical Magical by Benson Boone, in September 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Rhoda's YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Moonbeam Icecream 

Sweet Jamaica

Sweet Jamaica was choreographed by Alexis Strong to a track of the same name by the Dualers, in January 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video listed above was taken from Alexis' YouTube channel.

Stepsheet - Sweet Jamaica

To Your Heart

To Your Heart was choreographed by Peter Fox to Take Me To Your Heaven by Charlotte Nilsson, in July 2025. It's a 32 count 4 wall dance. The video demo above is by Misuk La (no YouTube channel available for Peter).

Stepsheet - To Your Heart

Well that's it for Part One - The Absolute Beginner and Beginner Level Line Dance Nominations for the 2025 CBA's.

I'll be uploading the Improver, Intermediate and Advanced dances next so watch this space!

 Yes you heard that right!

I'm back and I have my own class now! I'm going to be starting a new line dance class in Evesham at the beautiful exercise studio at TDMS (High School) on Friday 5th September at 7pm.

The plan is to start with an absolute beginner / beginner class, and then depending on ability and interest I'm going to add an improver class in the following hour.

Its going to be So. Much. Fun.

Hope you can join us.

Here's the details - please share with your friends. To book visit https://forms.gle/8zJAyc1o2m6jqqt27

Last Saturday, 4th March, I found myself making my now fairly regularly pilgrimage to Woodstock where this time we were joined by the fantastic Gary O'Reilly as the guest choreographer for the evening. We had a great time and learnt some of Gary's latest dances as well as dancing some of his recent hits and the classic ones too.

As always here is the full line up of dances taught with the video footage I took on the day and a link to the script for your easy viewing pleasure.

Paddy's Choir

Gary's first teach was his dance Paddy's Choir. It's a 32 count, 4 wall beginner dance which he choreographed with Maggie Gallagher to a very irish tune (perfect for St Patrick's day) called Place in the choir by Patrick Feeney. The dance is fairly quick paced and reminds me of an Irish jig and the music itself is in the very typical Irish folk music style that us line dancers know and love. At 32 counts the dance is quite short and is quite easy to pick up, there are a few tags consisting of runs but you can hear them in the music - during the chorus when the lyrics state 'All gods creatures have a place in the choir....' you know a tag is coming and its a very straightforward one too. All in all a fun little dance which at todays date is currently 58th in the beginners chart and very likely to be in the top 10 of that chart soon I think.

To view the script on Linedancer Magazine's website please click here

I've uploaded the video now to youtube and you can view it below.

Light it up

Before I tell you anything about this dance I just wanted to let you know that this was my favourite of the five we did and I absolutely loved it. Out of all the dances we did this is the one that I'm really hoping to do again, I loved dancing it - it's a great song (one you can sing to) and a fun one you can dance and put your own stamp on. It's a 64 count, 4 wall intermediate line dance choreographed to "Light it up" by Marcus & Martinus featuring Samantha J. The music is a latino style eurobeat track perfect for the summer with steps that go really well, I particularly like the syncopated steps throughout and the flick which you can see below. I think this will be one of the dances of the summer. Unfortunately I can't find the script yet anywhere but as soon as it's available I will add the link below :-)

In the meantime here is the video for your viewing pleasure:

Nancy Mulligan

It seems you can't go anywhere now without hearing an Ed Sheeran record whether that be on the television, on the radio or on the internet, so I wasn't surprised to hear that Gary had choreographed a dance to one of the tracks on the new album. Nancy Mulligan was choreographed with Maggie Gallagher, it is a 32 count, 4 wall improver dance to Ed's song of the same name. It's a fantastic dance, I particularly love the stomp, toe heel together sequence and also the scuff hitch cross - all of which kind of remind me of Riverdance. There is one restart in the dance but it's on the first wall so you get it out of the way nice and early and you can hear it in the music too. This dance is already doing very well as the most viewed dance on Copperknob and with a current position of 26 in the Linedancer Magazine improver chart, I have a strong feeling that this dance will soon be up in the top ten.

To view the script please click here

You can view my video on Youtube below

Love Remains

Gary also taught 'Love Remains' which I understand he first taught at this year's Crystal Boot Awards but it was my first experience of seeing this dance. It's very different from the first three dances that Gary taught, it's a much slower track for one and a completely different syle of dance too. It's a 48 count, 2 wall intermediate dance to 'Love Remains' by Hillary Scott and The Scott Family. The track is a very beautiful country track which you can enjoy listening and watching as you will see below. It is one you have to think about though when you're dancing and there are a couple of tags. It is very popular at the moment though and is currently number 3 in the Linedancer Magazine intermediate charts and at joint 6th in the Linedancer top 50 charts.

To view the script click here

To watch the video I've uploaded to Youtube please see below

Love on the weekend

Our last teach was 'Love on the weekend', a 64 count, 4 wall, improver line dance to a nice country track (exact details to come soon). The dance was choreographed to a track of the same name by John Mayer. It's a lovely dance with a really nice flow to it, the dance goes really well to the music and again it was a bit different to the other dances we did that day so we really did do a mix of everything. I could also imagine seeing this dance being danced to a live band or act.

To view the script please click here

In the meantime please take a look at the video below:

A belated post that I've been meaning to write for a while. What follows is Richard Palmer's playlist from Friday 30th December 2016 when he performed at Shootin' Stars Line Dance Social at Quedgeley Community Centre.

As always I cannot guarantee that this is a complete list. I write all the dances down but if I've been up dancing continuously through a few songs and I sometimes miss a few when I come back to write them down.

Set 1

Gypsy Queen

This is me

Lay low

Ticket to the blues

Big blue tree

Your loving arms

Jai du boogie

Closer

A little love trip

Take a breather

Mr Mom (all day long)

Some girls

Memphis Love

Set 2

Real deal

Corn don't grow

About feelings

Ribbon of highway

Locklin's bar

So just dance dance dance

Boat to Liverpool

Lamtarra Rhumba

Barn Dance

Tempted

The Bomp

Black Coffee

Thanks for reading! To view all photo's taken on the night please take a look at my facebook page (link on the sidebar to the right)

Just over a month ago I went to a Maggie G Workshop in Oxford but with a very busy couple of weeks (I got engaged!) I have neglected this blog a bit and have only now got round to doing my full write up. So apologies for that.

I'm also going to Legends in Line in Blackpool tonight and I am so excited to see Maggie and all the other legends at the weekend, especially as my ankle's much better now so I can pretty much dance normally again now. So with a great weekend ahead I thought now would be a very good time to write up the last workshop.

This time, Maggie taught 3 dances which were as follows:

Falling for you:

The first dance Maggie taught was 'Falling for you' a 64 count, 2 wall advanced dance choreographed to 'Still falling for you' by Ellie Goulding (and from the Bridget Jones's Baby soundtrack). This was a great dance and I really enjoyed doing this, it flows lovely to the music and when the beat kicks in you really get going on it. The dance has quite a few 'running steps' in, we also see the diamond steps which have been really popular this year and which we also saw in Maggie's Corazon Diamante but they work so well in this dance that I can't imagine doing anything else. The dance does have 2 tags but I found these relatively easy as you can hear them in the music. All in all a great dance which I expect will shortly be climbing the Line Dancer Magazine Charts.

You can view the script on Linedancer Magazine's website by clicking here

You can also view Maggie's video from her Facebook page below.

Boomerang

Maggie's second teach was a 32 count, 4 wall improver dance to 'Boomerang' by Ward Thomas. This is a fun dance to a country track which upon first dancing to I immediately started singing to the very catchy tune (and I guarantee you will too.) The dance is improver level so there is nothing too challenging in it, it also goes fantastically well to the music and I love the way the dance starts with the Stomp and Rock step. There is just the one tag but it is basically just 2 rocking chairs so it is really nothing to worry about.

If you want to view the script on Linedancer Magazine you can click here.

You can also view a video of the dance below.

Where my love goes

Our last teach was 'Where my love goes' to a track of the same name by Lawson (who also were the artists behind another of Maggie's hits 'Roads'). It's a 32 count, 2 wall intermediate line dance and it was my personal favourite out of all the dances taught that day. The track is beautiful, the dance has this lovely flow to it and I particularly enjoy the turns in the dance (they look great too). As with all of Maggie's dances this one also goes fantastically well to the music and the track is a great one to dance too. There are 2 easy restarts and a tag but it's just a sway step so nothing to worry about. As I said this was my favourite dance of the three and the one I'm really hoping I get to do again.

Want to view the script on Linedancer Magazine? Click here.

Or you can view the dance below.

The Sunday workshop was absolutely fantastic and in addition to the above dances we also danced Second Hand Heart which was released here at Woodstock last year. Also with Legends around the corner, we also took the opportunity to dance two of Maggie's classic dances - 'Mony Mony' and 'Na Mara'. I'm really hoping we can do them again this weekend at Legends. It was also really surprising just how many people got up and did them at Woodstock

That's all for today - I hope you enjoyed reading. This blog will be fairly busy over the next few days with updates from Legends in Blackpool and I will let you know what we're learning, what we're dancing and who is there in my next few posts so please stay turned and (wifi permitting) I will let you know what we're getting up to for those who aren't able to join us.

See you on the floor!