A few weekends ago some of my line dance friends went on a Line Dance weekend to Port Talbot which was hosted by Crystal Boot Award Winner Dave Baycroft and they were good enough to let me know the dances they were taught. Special thanks to Linda Milne & Jackie Barber for providing the details below xxx Line Dance weekends are a great way of seeing what is likely to be popular in the line dance charts in the coming months as many instructors (including my own) go to these weekends learn the dances and then bring back the ones they enjoy to teach in class. If they are popular these in turn take off, end up in the line dance charts and go on to enjoy significant success. The line dance weekend featured 2 main choreographers, Karl-Harry Winson (see previous post on recent workshop I attended of his) and the lovely Dee Musk. Dave Baycroft also taught a few dances over the weekend as well which are all expected to do well in the coming months. So what did the dancers learn? See below for scripts and details.
Karl-Harry Winson's dances:
Hey Elvis - 32 Count, 4 wall, improver dance to a track of the same name by either Bryan Adams or Billy Ray Cyrus
Pop That Lock - 64 Count, 4 wall, intermediate dance to a track of the same name by Adam Lambert Stitches - 64 count, 4 wall, intermediate line dance to a track of the same name by Shawn Mendes. NB. For full reviews of the above dances including videos please see my previous blog post by clicking here as they were previously taught at the Karl-Harry Winson workshop I attended in Abingdon Slip Away - unfortunately the script is not yet available and has not been posted on either copperknob or linedancer, NOW AVAILABLE!!! I understand that this is a 64 count, 2 wall, lower improver level line dance which was choreographed by Karl & Daniel Whittaker to 'Never let her slip away' by Bill Crawford.
Dee Musk's dances:
Hey Hey Allelujah 32 count, 4 wall, improver dance to a track of the same name by Rachel Platten. This dance was choreographed by Rob Fowler, Dee Musk, Shelly Guichard & Conor McVeigh
Making History 32 count, 2 wall intermediate dance to 'History' by One Direction. This dance was choreographed by Simon Ward, Dee Musk and Craig Bennett. This is Craig's final dance and I was fortunate to have learnt this one at our class this week. I found starting in the right place quite tricky and until the beat kicked in properly I was second guessing whether I was dancing it correctly but once it got going I really liked this as the dance goes really well to the music and the restarts are relatively straight forward.
Sweet Lovin' 64 count, 2 wall, intermediate dance to a track of the same name by Sigala ft Bryn Christopher.
Dances taught by Dave Baycroft: Overloading by Gary O'Reilly (big dance at the CBA's) A 64 count 2 wall, Intermediate dance to 'Overload' by Life of Dillon.
About Feelings by Ria Vos, A 32 count, 2 wall intermediate dance to 'Mixed Drink About Feelings' by Eric Church
We Wanna Dance by Maggie Gallagher. A 48 Count, 4 wall, Intermediate Dance to 'We Wanna' by Alexandra Stan & Inna ft. Daddy Yankee.
Cake by the Ocean by Scott Blevins. A 96 Count, 4 wall, Intermediate (Phrased) dance to a track of the same name by DNCE. Scott's own video on youtube has been blocked :-( otherwise see video below by Yvonne and her students.
Congratulations to all of the winners - I'm sure we'll be dancing the above dances for many years to come. I look forward to what line dancing has to bring over the next 12 months and look forward to seeing the 21st CBA awards (no I don't have tickets).
My next post will be a review of the Karl-Harry Winson event I attended in Abingdon.
Firstly, I just want to say a huge congratulations to all the nominees for the Crystal Boot Awards (some of whom are featured below), every single nominee strongly deserved their nominations and has contributed to make Line Dancing in the UK (and beyond) as wonderful as it is, so thank you so very much to you, the team at Linedancer Magazine and also to the instructors out there without whom many of us would not be line dancing.
Before I go any further I would just like to confirm that due to various commitments over the weekend and technical issues with access (thanks Betty Drummond for finally getting me access!) I was unable to watch much of the weekend over the live broadcast so much of my information comes second hand from my Mum and Facebook so thank you to all those who have posted pictures and videos online from the weekend.
So without further ado the winners are (with photo's courtesy of CBA website):
Dedicated Dance Artist - Outstanding Achievement: Natalie Thurlow
Dedicated Dance Artist : Richard Palmer
Dedicated Dance DJ: Dave Baycroft
Female Dance Personality: Jo Thompson-Szymanski (on the left)
Male Dance Personality: Karl-Harry Winson
UK Instructor & UK Choreographer: Rachael McEnaney-White
International Instructor: Ria Vos
International Choreographer: Niels Poulsen
Dancers' Choice : Walt Hsu
The Irene Crossley for the love of dance award: Jean Webb
Star Award for outstanding contribution: Jean Garr
Hall of Fame: Nicola Lafferty
Coming up in Pt 2 - Winning Dances
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 this weeks review of Live Laugh Line Dance (Episode 51) the last episode of 2015 until the show returns in 2016. I'm a bit late watching this so if you also haven't watched this yet please click here to catch up on Episode 51.
Episode 51
This weeks episode was a look back at the dances being danced and the personalities who were featured on the show. The episode opened with an interview by Nikki Sharon with Rob Fowler at the Bracklesham Bay Summer Ball where he was a featured choreographer. He mentioned his current projects specifically "Legends in Line" the aim of which is to preserve the classic dances and to teach those to people who may have missed this the first time around or as Rob Fowler described it, "A tribute and a celebration of all the dances that we've danced on the dance floor for 20 years." It sounds brilliant, and I know we are considering this as one of our options for a dance weekend next year.
The first interview was followed by the opening dance "Price of Admission" choreographed by Daniel Trepat, Darren Bailey, Magali Chabret & Rob Fowler. This dance was taught at the Bracklesham Bay Weekend and is a lovely dance to a nice country song of the same name by Bradley Walker.
Hillary Kurt Webster than interviewed Karl Harry Winson also at the Bracklesham Bay, they were discussing the various genre's of music and styles of dances that we are currently enjoying dancing too. Hills also complimented Karl on his success at the 2015 CBA's where he walked away with three awards for Male Dance Personality, UK Instructor & Dance of the Year (with Robbie McGowan Hickie) for "Alcazar". This year he has been nominated for UK Choreographer, UK instructor, Male Dance Personality, Intermediate Dance for "Your Place or mine" (with Ria Vos & Robbie Mcgowan Hickie), and Advanced Dance for "The Remix" (With Yvonne Anderson) along with "Alcazar" for Dance of the Decade so I think he has a good chance of winning in at least one category.
The next dance featured was "Pop 'n' Drop" by Dee Musk and Ria Vos (also one of my current favourite dances) and was another dance taught at the BB weekend. This dance goes so well to the music whilst being a bit of a challenge as well - good fun to dance to.
We then had a brief entertainment with OGR sound (Glenn Roger's family) before moving on to "Shut up and Dance," choreographed by the shows sponsors Alison Biggs and Peter Metelnick. This is actually my favourite pop song of 2015 and the dance looks brilliant. Unfortunately, in the region where I dance this wasn't widely danced and I don't recall it going high in the charts (it's currently 37th in the intermediate line dancer magazine charts) which is a shame, compared to "Black Magic" which is still riding high at number 4.
Nicky then interviewed John and Jo Kinser who talked about their 30 years in line dance and reminisced about the various workshops that used to exist including workshops on technique. This has been a hot topic of discussion recently on both the line dancer magazine facebook page and also within my own class. Some of the instructors such as Rachael McEnaney-White do include tips on styling when teaching their dances but this is not widespread. I know several people in my own class are interested in doing a workshop on Styling and Technique so it would be interesting to see whether anything comes of this.
Our next dance was "Gods of Love," by Dee Musk a great track and a good one to sing along too (the track is very catchy). Dee was also a featured choreographer at the BB weekend and was interviewed by Nikki where they discussed Dee touring all over the world, from Japan to Rio and visiting Europe in between - she is very popular at the moment and has been nominated for 5 CBA's for 2016, UK Choreographer, UK Instructor, Female Dance Personality, Improver Dance (Heavenly Cha) & Dance of the Decade (Little Red Book) so I expect to see her to walk away with at least one of the awards.
The final dance this weekend was old favourite "Patient Heart" which has seen a massive surge in popularity in recent years and is regularly a floor filler at my local classes, a great sing along track this will be around for many years to come.
That's all for today - here are the scripts for the dances featured in the episode: Price of AdmissionDaniel Trepat, Darren Bailey, Magali Chabret & Rob Fowler (Imp) Pop n DropDee Musk & Ria Vos (int) Shut up and Dance Alison Biggs & Peter Metelnick (int) Gods of LoveDee Musk (Imp) Patient HeartMichael Vera-Lobos & Lisa Foord (Int)
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.
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