Welcome to my final post featuring the dance nominations for the Crystal Boot Awards. The deadline for getting your votes in is fast approaching with only a few days to go, so today I'm going to go through the nominations for the "Dance of the Decade". There are 22 nominations in this category so lets get started shall we.

Below, I have listed each dance and provided you with the level, dance details, video and script so you can compare them all side by side.

In no particular order, the nominees for Dance of the Decade are:

Alcazar

Choreographed by Karl-Harry Winson & Robbie McGowan Hickie, this Intermediate, 52 count 4 wall dance is to "Blame it on the Disco" by Alcazar. Choreographed in November 2014 it is currently 78th in the Linedancer Magazine Intermediate Charts.

Click here to view the script.

All I Can Say

Choreographed by Racheal McEnaney White & Simon Ward, this Intermediate, 64 count, 2 wall dance is to "Beautiful" by Frankie J Feat. Pitbull. Choreographed in February 2014, this dance is currently 40th in the Old Favourites chart on Linedancer Magazine.

To view the script click here.

Be Strong

Choreographed by Audrey Watson, this Improver, 32 count, 4 wall dance is to "Words 'I Love You' by Chris de Burgh. Choreographed in May 2005, this dance is currently 33rd in the Old Favourites chart on Linedancer Magazine.

To view the script click here.

Beautiful in My Eyes

Choreographed by Simon Ward, this Intermediate, 32 count, 2 wall dance is to a track of the same name by Joshua Kadison. Choreographed in May 2012, this dance is currently 11th in the Old Favourites chart on Linedancer Magazine.

To view the script click here.

Bittersweet Memory

Choreographed by Ria Vos, this Intermediate, 32 count, 4 wall dance is to "Clouds" by David Nail. Choreographed in October 2010, this dance is currently 16th in the Old Favourites chart on Linedancer Magazine.

To view the script click here.

The Blarney Roses

Choreographed by Maggie Gallagher, this Improver, 32 count, 2 wall dance is to "Where the Blarney Roses Grow" by The Willoughby Brothers and was choreographed in March 2012.

To view the script click here

Blue Night Cha

Choreographed by Kim Ray, this Beginner, 32 count, 4 wall dance is to "Blue Night" by Michael Learns to Rock. Choreographed in  July 2010 this dance is currently 12th in the Beginner Charts on the Linedancer Magazine website.

To view the script click here.

Bosa Nova

Choreographed by Phil Dennington, this Intermediate, 64 count, 4 wall dance is to "Blame it on the Bossa Nova" by Jane McDonald. Choreographed in June 2005, this dance is currently joint 40th in the Old Favourites Chart on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

Galway Girls

Choreographed by Chris Hodgson, this Improver, 31 count, 2 wall line dance is to "Galway Girl" by Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle. Choreographed in June 2008, this dance is currently joint 40th  in the Old Favourites Chart on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here

Human Dancer

Choreographed by Alan Birchall, this Intermediate, 64 count, 2 wall dance is to "Human" by the Killers. Choreographed in October 2008, this dance is currently 5th in the old favourites chart on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

Irish Stew

Choreographed by Lois Lightfoot, this beginner/intermediate, 32 count, 4 wall dance is to "Irish Stew" by Shamrock. Choreographed in February 2005, this dance is currently 33rd in the old favourites chart on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

Little Red Book

Choreographed by Dee Musk, this Beginner 32 count, 4 wall dance is to "You're more than a number in my little red book," by the Drifters. Choreographed July 2008, this dance is currently 30th in the Beginner chart on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

Mamma Maria

Choreographed by Frank Trace, this Absolute Beginner, 32 count, 4 wall dance is to a track of the same name by Ricchie E. Poveri. Choreographed in May 2009, this dance is currently 1st is the Absolute Beginner charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

Move a Like

Choreographed by Ria Vos, this Intermediate, 64 count 2 wall dance is to "Moves like Jagger" by Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera. Choreographed in June 2011, this dance is currently joint 40th in the old favourites chart on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here

My new life

Choreographed by John Offermans, this Beginner, 48 count, 4 wall dance is to "High Class Lady" by The Lennerockers. Choreographed in 2007, this dance is currently 59th in the Beginner charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

Quarter After One

Choreographed by Levi J. Hubbard, this Intermediate, 56 count, 4 wall dance is to "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum and was choreographed in October 2009.

To view the script click here.

Something in the Water

Choreographed by Niels Poulsen, this Beginner, 32 count, 4 wall dance is to a track of the same name by Brook Fraser. Choreographed in April 2011, this dance is currently 13th in the Beginner Charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

The Bomp

Choreographed by Kim Ray, this Improver, 64 count, 2 wall dance is to "Who put the Bomp" by the Overtones. Choreographed in May 2015, this dance is currently 3rd in the improver charts on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

Throw away the key

Choreographed by Alison Biggs & Peter Metelnick, this Intermediate, 68 count, 2 wall dance is to "Wake Me Up" by Helene Fischer. Choreographed in October 2012, this dance is currently joint 40th in the old favourites chart on Linedancer Magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

Wagon Wheel Rock

Choreographed by Yvonne Anderson, this Improver, 64 count, 4 wall dance is to "Wagon Wheel" by Nathan Carter and was choreographed in September 2012.

To view the script click here.

We only live once

Choreographed by Robbie McGowan Hickie, this Intermediate, 64 count, 4 wall dance is to a track of the same name by Shannon Noll. Choreographed in November 2014 this dance is currently 21st in the Intermediate charts on Linedancer magazine's website.

To view the script click here.

Wow Tokyo

Choreographed by Kate Sala, Ria Vos & The Tokyo Line Dancers, this intermediate, 64 count, 2 wall dance is to "I don't care what you say" by Anthony Callea and was choreographed in July 2013.

To view the script click here.

Thank you for staying with me, I appreciate this has been a very long post.

If you are ready to vote, visit the CBA Voting Page to register your votes and if you need a reminder of the other nominations in the other categories please check out the relevant post. You have until Monday 11th January to register your vote so please don't miss out on your chance to vote and vote now.

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.

To view the script click here

After the Storm

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.

To view the script click here.

Triple Mix

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.

To view the script click here.

Piano Man

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.

To view the script click here.

Snow Girl Charleston

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.

To view the script click here.

Just Add Moonlight

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.

To view the script click here

Ticket to Blues!

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.

To view the script click here

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.

So I heard the new Little Mix track 'Love me like you' and I loved it!

It was the perfect music for a Beginner level dance and I more or less choreographed this in 5 minutes whilst at my desk at work (without even having the music to hand).

Unfortunately the song name is very similar to Ellie Goulding's Love me like you do so I decided to choose a completely different name - Its a dance to "Little" mix, the song is called "Love" me like you do and it's a "cha cha" - not very original I know - But it works lol!

Billy and his Newliner's class were kind enough to have a go at this last night and their efforts are fantastic - especially as some of the dancers were absolute beginners on their first week - I think you'll agree some of them did very well!

I've uploaded this to youtube and you can view the script here

Links to Copperknob & Linedancer will be updated as and when these are available.

Let me know what you think