Welcome to this weeks review of Live Laugh Line Dance! - If you haven't watched Episode 47 - I don't want to spoil the fun for you so please, stop reading, click here and watch the current week (47 at time of writing) episode.

Episode 47

This weeks episode was hosted by the lovely Hillary Kurt Webster as Nikki Sharon was at a line dance event. Hillary always comes across as a really fun, but down to earth character so I do hope I get a chance to meet her at some point.

Episode 47 kicked off with "The Bomp" a favourite of the Live! Laugh! Linedance! team as it has appeared several times on the show and is still very popular on both Linedancer and Copperknob. This recording was made at the Bracklesham Bay weekend and it features Kim Ray dancing in the 2nd Row (dressed in red) It has also been nominated as the Improver dance of the year at the Crystal Boot Awards - (nominations for the CBA's will be discussed separately in a further post).

Alison and Peter then introduced "Knee Deep", an improver dance of theirs from 5 years ago (has it really been that long?), I haven't danced this one in a while but I remember it being a lovely little dance, to a great track by the Zac Brown Band - a good one to sing along to and also one of the first revivals of the "walking around in a circle" steps which is very popular right now and found in a lot of dances.

"Goodbye California" was this week's entry from Rob Fowler, - this is new to me but I really love the music and the dance seems to go really well.

Next up we had a short piece from Nikki who was (very appropriately) dressed up for what appeared to be a halloween outfit for a themed night on her weekend away. In the piece she encouraged dancers to go on line dance weekends away with their clubs (which I very much encourage) - for those who haven't been I can promise you that once you've been on one weekend you will definitely want to go on another.

Ria Vos, is a very popular name in line dancing at the moment. Recently she has written some lovely dances of which I count "No man's land," this is a beautiful dance but unfortunately the video was not that impressive. Well to be frank it was a bit of a mess... dancers going all over the place, very few people knowing what they were doing... but at least they looked like they were having fun :-D I'd also like to give a special mention to the lady in the pink top at the front - whilst all hell was breaking loose around her she kept going (and to me that's what line dancing is all about.)

The next dance was "Wasn't expecting that," by Richard Palmer and Lorna Dennis. I've heard this song on a number of occasions, it's beautiful and emotional and incredibly sad at the end (if you ever watch the artist music video please have a box of tissues to hand). 

The Classic dance this week was Kathy Hunyadi's "The One for Me" which I have never come across before however it's a fun little dance to a lovely track by the Rascal Flatts (one of my favourite country bands) and I hope it pops up again in the future.

In honour of the Halloween theme of last weeks episode the music over the credits in this weeks episode were replaced with "The 'Rogers' Mash" Glenn Rogers own take on the famous 'Monster Mash'. It was a fun one to listen to and I laughed a few times, it makes a nice change from the usual music on the end credits.

That's all I have time for today. Scripts for all dances featured in this weeks episode are featured below. I also have no affiliation to the TV Show whatsoever. Please feel free to add any comments below on your thoughts for this week's episode.

The Bomp Kim Ray (Imp)

Knee Deep Alison Biggs & Peter Metelnick (Imp)

Goodbye California Rob Fowler (Int)

No Man's Land Ria Vos (Int)

Wasn't Expecting That Richard Palmer & Lorna Dennis (Imp)

The One for Me Kathy Hunyadi (Imp)

Several months ago, whilst channel hopping on a Thursday night, I came across something rather interesting. A tv show called Live! Laugh! Line Dance! was just starting, and being stuck at home on maternity leave with a baby who'd only just gone to bed, I sat down to watch whilst eating my hastily prepared dinner.

I have to confess I was a bit sceptical of what the content was likely to be. Line dancing in the UK is seen by many as tongue-in-cheek and rarely gets the attention and respect it deserves, but when I saw that it was produced by one of my favourite line dance personalities, Glenn Rogers, my hopes were lifted and once I'd watched my first episode, I felt it was a true and accurate picture of line dancing right across the UK (based on my own experience).

The show is now on during a Saturday afternoon on Showcase TV at 15.00 and is part of my regular weekly tv viewing, so with the start of this blog, I have decided to write a review of each week's episode.

If you've not watched it yet - stop reading and click here and check you are watching episode 44. If not click here and choose number 44.

Episode 44

This week's episode was hosted by internationally renowned choreographers Alison Biggs and Peter Metelnick (Dance Factory UK) who are also sponsors of the show.

The show opened with Karl Harry Winson's "Alcazar", a great dance which has the capacity to fill the floor wherever it is played. The video clip on the show was taken at the Bracklesham Bay Summertime Ball in August 2015, which some of my own friends attended, and if you look very closely I believe that is Karl Harry dancing in the 4th row on the left side (from the front) after he popped in on the weekend.

The next dance introduced was Kim Ray's "The Bomp" - currently no 1 in the Linedancer Magazine charts and a great track with steps that remind me slightly of Miller Magic (remember that one?). Alison and Peter also reminisced about some of Kim's previous dances, namely a dance to Pretty Woman (possibly called "Rodeo Drive"?) and also the very popular dance "It's up to you" which to this day is still one of my big favourites. I understand this was also danced at Bracklesham Bay so fingers crossed there is some video of this to come in a future episode.

"Hit the Base" was the next dance to be shown. I've not dance this yet but I think this is going to be a big hit - it's showing as 4th most viewed on Copperknob and is also one of Line Dancer Magazine's most viewed dances. It's a great dance by the fabulous Daniel Whittaker to music which has a great beat - I'm really looking forward to doing this one.

"Tell the World" has been a very popular dance in recent months for choreographer Robbie McGowan Hickie. A fun dance for Improvers which is fairly easy to grasp and with music which most of us have come across on the TV adverts for Windows 10 (I wonder if the person in charge of UK marketing for Microsoft is a line dancer?).

Moving on, our classic dance this week is the amazing "Shania's Moment" by Nathan Easey. I love this dance, it really shows line dancing at its best and I think it's a dance all line dancers must learn. It's danced everywhere and its great if you want to add your own variations as there is so much you can do with this. I hope this will be around for many years to come.

"Tuesday Blues", is a new dance and one I have to say I am not familiar with. It's choreographed by Simon Ward known for dances such as "Titanic", "Turn Me Loose," and "Outta Control". The music is Elton John's, 'I guess that's why they call it the blues" and from the video the dance looks like it fits really well to the music. I'm sure we'll probably be seeing more of this one soon, I can see its the 2nd most viewed dance on Copperknob already and its also one of the most viewed dances on Line Dancer Magazine too.

The show ended on "Hit the Road Jack" a fun little improver dance from a few years ago by Alison and Peter. This still seems very popular as I've seen it danced at classes, socials and events this year and I think its another dance that will stick around for a few years yet.

That's it for today. A full list of the dances featured on the show are listed below with links to the scripts on Copperknob (its easier to link to them than line dancer magazine)

Dances featured:(with links to Copperknob for scripts)

Alcazar - Karl Harry Winson & Robbie McGowan Hickie (Int)

The Bomp - Kim Ray (Imp)

Hit the Base - Daniel Whittaker (Int)

Tell the World - Robbie McGowan Hickie (Imp)

Shania's Moment - Nathan Easey (Imp)

Tuesday Blues - Simon Ward (High Int)

Hit the Road Jack - Peter Metelnick & Alison Biggs (Imp)

What did you think of this weeks show? Please add your comments below.