It's official, Mum and I have booked our places at Live Laugh Line Dance's Summer Ball in Bracklesham Bay.
I'm really looking forward to it and can't wait. It'll also be our first time on this weekend and my first dance weekend in over 2 years since before my son was born so it's safe to say I'm really looking forward to it.
Here's the full details:
Maybe you could join us?
Just thought I'd check in to write a quick post of what I'm getting up to this year, as its been a bit quiet on here for the last week or so following my last post on the CBA nominations. The deadline for this was over a week ago so I hope you all got a chance to vote, I'm now really looking forward to the CBA's themselves which are less than a month away.
Unfortunately, I don't have tickets, being a parent to a 14 month old I do not go far without him and the thought of leaving him at a relatively young age for a few nights is still an uncomfortable idea for me. I also don't think the other dancers would appreciate having a 14 month old screaming throughout the awards ceremony, poking others in the face and attempting to break free and crawl across the dance floor. So no CBA's for me in person at least. I've heard tickets are available to watch the CBA's online from home - I've not had a chance to look into this yet but if they are then chances are I'll probably choose this option.
Next up, I am very much looking forward to going to Abingdon on Sunday to a Karl-Harry Winson workshop - I promise to post photos, videos and scripts for all dances so watch this space for a post (later) next week.
I also intend to do a little post in the next day or so regarding a new dance of Maggie G's called "Gerry's Reel". You may have noticed my name at the bottom of the dance script - more on how this came about along with video and dance script will follow.
Talking of Maggie, I am hoping to attend another local workshop in May at Berkeley where she is the featured choreographer/instructor for the 5 year anniversary of Boogie shoes so I'm looking forward to that.
I also have a Robbie Mcgowan Hickie workshop I'm hoping to attend later in the year and a social to raise funds for Pancreatic cancer.
More to follow on all of these in future posts.
Happy New Year!!!
I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas and are now quite recovered from the festivities. I can hardly believe the Crystal Boot Awards are now less than a month away and the voting closes very soon so I have decided that this post will feature both the intermediate and advanced dance nominations.
Intermediate Nominations
There are 8 nominations in this category which are listed below as per the running order on the CBA voting page. I have also included the scripts and videos so that these can be compared side by side.
Eternal Secret
Choreographed by Ria Vos, this Intermediate dance is a 32 count, 2 wall line dance to "The Secret" by David Nall. Choreographed in August 2014 the track is currently 16 in the intermediate charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Kate Sala, this Intermediate dance is a 64 count, 4 wall line dance to the track of the same name by Pitbull. Choreographed in August 2014 it was a huge hit throughout late 2014 and 2015 and is still showing 37th in the intermediate charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Robbie Mcgowan Hickie, this Intermediate dance is a 64 count, 4 wall line dance to the track of the same name by Shannon Noll. Choreographed in November 2014 the dance is currently 19th in the intermediate charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Rob Fowler, this Intermediate dance is a 64 count, 4 wall line dance to the huge track of the same name by Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars. Choreographed in November 2014 the dance is currently 27th in the intermediate charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Alison Biggs &Peter Metelnick, this intermediate dance is a 64 count, 2 wall line dance to the popular track of the same name by Olly Murs Feat. Demi Lovato. Choreographed in November 2014 the dance is currently 6th in the intermediate charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Julie Harris & Neville Fitzgerald, this intermediate dance is a 64 count, 2 wall dance to another popular chart song "Hold my hand" by Jess Glynne. Choreographed in March 2015, the dance is currently 24th in the intermediate charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Julie Harris & Neville Fitzgerald, this intermediate dance is a 32 count 4 wall line dance to "Good Goes the Bye" by Kelly Clarkson. Choreographed in March 2015, the dance is currently number 1 in the intermediate charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Karl-Harry Winson, Ria Vos & Robbie McGowan Hickie, this intermediate dance is a 64 count 2 wall dance to "Bedroom" by Alvaro Estrella. Choreographed in June 2015 the dance is currently 8th in the intermediate charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
That's all for the intermediate dances, below you will find the nominations for the Advanced Dances.
Advanced Dance Nominations
There are 7 nominations in this category which are listed below as per the running order on the CBA voting page, scroll down to review all nominations.
The Remix
Choreographed by Karl-Harry Winson, & Yvonne Anderson, this advanced dance is an 80 count, 2 wall dance to "Remix (I like the)" by New Kids on the Block. Choreographed in October 2014, the dance is currently 29th in the advanced charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Kim Ray, this advanced dance is a 32 count 4 wall line dance to "I finally found someone" by Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams. Choreographed in March 2015, the dance is currently joint 29th in the advanced charts with 16 other dances on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Alison Biggs & Peter Metelnick, this advanced dance is a 32 count, 4 wall line dance (videos online state this is an intermediate level dance but the script and video links on thedancefactory uk website confirm this is an advanced dance). Choreographed to "Young Blood" by Sophie Ellis Bextor, in January 2014, this dance is currently 2nd in the advanced charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Guyton Mundy, this advanced dance is a 32 count, 4 wall dance to "She keeps me up" by Nickelback. Choreographed in December 2014, the dance is currently 3rd in the advanced charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Julie Harris & Neville Fitzgerald, thisadvanced dance is a 32 count, 2 wall line dance to the track of the same name by Jessie J. Choreographed in June 2015, the dance is currently 6th in the advanced charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Rob Fowler, this advanced dance is a 72 count, 4 wall line dance to "Earned it" by The Weeknd. Choreographed in January 2015, this dance is currently 15th in the advanced charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Maggie Gallagher, this advanced dance is a 32 count, 4 wall line dance to the track of the same name by The Script. Choreographed in September 2014, the dance is currently 1st in the advanced charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
So that's all the advanced dance nominations. If you are ready to vote you can visit the CBA's website by clicking here to vote for your favourite dances.
I will be posting the Dance of the Decade nominations later this week so please revisit then to review the final dance nomination category.
Hope to see you then!
Welcome to the third of my posts about the nominations for the Crystal Boot Awards to be held in Blackpool 2016. In today's post, we'll be looking at the nominations for the Improver dance of the year to help you decide which of the dances you would like to vote for. This category has 8 dances so I will list each dance in turn with the key details, video and script to firstly remind you of the dance and help you make up your mind which one you would like to vote for.
The nominations for Improver dance of the year are:
Corn Don't Grow
Choreographed by Tina Argyle, this Improver dance is a 64 Count, 4 wall line dance to
"Where Corn Don't Grow" by Travis Tritt. Choreographed in May 2014 this dance is currently number 13 in the improver charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.
Choreographed by Ria Vos, this Improver dance is a 64 count, 2 wall line dance to "Wonder what you're doing for the rest of your life" by Train feat. Marsha Ambrosius. The dance was choreographed in September 2014 and is one of 6 nominations at the CBA's for Ria.
Choreographed by Willie Brown & Heather Barton, this Improver dance is a 32 count, 4 wall dance to "Oh Cecilia (Breaking my heart) by The Vamps. The dance was choreographed in October 2014 and is currently 22nd in the Line Dancer Magazine Improver Charts.
Choreographed by Rachael McEnaney-White, this Improver dance is a 64 count, 4 wall dance to "Rock and Roll is King" by the Electric Light Orchestra, The dance was choreographed in December 2014 and is currently 23rd in the Line Dancer Magazine Improver Charts.
Choreographed by Gary O'Reilly, this Improver dance is a 32 count, 2 wall dance to "South Australia" by Nathan Carter. The dance was choreographed in November 2013 and is currently 17th in the Line Dancer Magazine Improver Charts.
Choreographed by Robbie Mcgowan Hickie, this Improver dance is a 32 count, 4 wall dance to "Tell the World" by Eric Hutchinson. The dance was choreographed in March 2015 and is currently 6th in the Line Dancer Magazine Improver charts.
Choreographed by Dee Musk, this Improver dance is a 32 count, 4 wall dance to "What'll Keep me out of heaven" by Brandy Clark. The dance was choreographed in February 2014 and is currently 2nd in the Line Dancer Magazine Improver charts.
Choreographed by Kim Ray, this Improver dance is a 64 count, 2 wall dance to "Who put the Bomp" by The Overtones. The dance was choreographed in May 2015 and is currently 3rd in the Line Dancer Magazine Improver charts.
So those are the Improver dance nominations. If you are ready to vote click here to go to the CBA website and vote for your favourite dances. Or if you haven't got your other selections ready, take a look at my posts on the AB dances and Beginner dances by clicking on the relevant link.
Welcome to the second in a series of posts about the nominations for the Crystal Boot Awards 2016. In today's post, I'm going over the Beginner dance nominations to help you decide which dance you would like to vote for. This year the category has 7 nominations which I will list below with video's and scripts for you to view to help you make up your mind.
The nominations for Beginner dance in no particular order are:
Until the Dawn
Choreographed by Gary Lafferty, this Beginner dance is a 32 count 2 wall line dance to Meghan Trainor & Charlie Puth's "Marvin Gaye." Choreographed in June 2015, this has been a very popular dance, fun to dance (and sing) to and is currently number 4 (as at today's date) in Linedancer Magazine's Beginner Charts.
Choreographed by Tina Argyle, this Beginner dance is a 32 count 2 wall line dance to "Calm after the Storm" by The Common Linnets. Choreographed in May 2014, this dance is currently number 3 (as at today's date) in Linedancer Magazine's Beginner Charts.
Choreographed by Lorna Mursell, this Beginner dance is a 32 count, 2 wall line dance to "Country Medley" by Nathan Carter. Choreographed in October 2014, this dance is currently number 2 (as at today's date) in Linedancer Magazine's Beginner Charts.
Choreographed by Robbie McGowan-Hickie & Tony Vassell, this Beginner dance is a 48 count, 4 wall line dance, to "Shake your Boogie & Roll" by Pete Stothard, Choreographed in June 2014, this dance is currently number 9 (as at today's date) in Linedancer Magazine's Beginner charts.
Choreographed by Carrie Anne Green, this Beginner dance is a 32 count, 4 wall line dance, to "Snowgirl" by Hermes House Band feat Lou Bega. Choreographed in February 2015, this dance is currently number 7 (as at today's date) in Linedancer Magazine's Beginner charts.
Choreographed by Maggie Gallagher, this Beginner dance is a 32 count, 4 wall line dance, to "Just add moonlight" by Eli Young Band. Choreographed in April 2014, this dance is currently number 8 (as at today's date) in Linedancer Magazine's Beginner charts.
Choreographed by Niels Poulsen this Beginner dance is a 32 count, 4 wall line dance, to "One Way Ticket" by Eruption. Choreographed in May 2015, this dance is currently number 1 (as at today's date) in Linedancer Magazine's Beginner charts.
So those are our Beginner dance nominations. If you are ready to vote click here to go to the CBA website and vote for your favourite dances - Or if you haven't got your other selections ready, the improver nominations will be featured in my next post (to be uploaded at the weekend).
Alternatively if you want to view the nominations for the Absolute Beginner category click here to view my post on these.
Ok so the nominations have been announced for the 2016 Crystal Boot Awards - Do you know who you are voting for? Thought not. So over the next few weeks I will be posting a series of blog posts about the nominations and listing them so that you can compare them all in one place.
Today I'm going to go through the nominations for the Absolute Beginner Dances. There are 4 nominations in this category so I will list each dance and provide you with the dance details, video and script.
In no particular order, the nominees for Absolute Beginner Dance are:
The Galway Gathering
Choreographed by Maggie Gallagher & Gary O'Reilly, this AB dance is a 32 count 4 wall line dance to Nathan Carter's "Games People Play". Choreographed in January 2015, this has been a very popular dance and is currently number 3 (as at today's date) in Linedancer Magazine's Absolute Beginner Charts.
Choreographed by Debbie Hogg, this AB dance is a 32 count, 4 wall dance to "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars. Choreographed in February 2015, this is a great floor split to the widely danced intermediate version for dancers with less experience who want to dance to the great track but aren't yet at the intermediate level. It's also still popular at number 5 in the Linedancer Magazine's Absolute Beginner Charts.
Choreographed by Claire (Butterworth) & Stephen Rutter, this AB dance is a 32 count, 4 wall beginner dance to a track of the same name by Shakin' Stevens. Choreographed in February 2015 this is fun little dance is currently number 2 in the Linedancer Magazine charts.
Choreographed by Frank Trace, this AB dance is also a 32 count, 4 wall beginner dance to a track of the same name by Ricchi E. Poveri. Choreographed in 2009 this dance has slowly taken off and is currently number 1 in the Linedancer Magazine Charts.
Ok, so those are your nominations, now it's time to decide which dance you like best out of these and when you're ready (and you've chosen all your favourites in each category) you can cast your vote online by clicking here.
Alternatively you can vote via post, telephone or text - full details here.
JUST REMEMBER ALL VOTES NEED TO BE CAST BY 12.00 GMT on 11/01/2016.
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